Social developments from digital environments
25.Global Village or
Global Marketplace?
In the village, folks would
- Be interconnected
- Be interdependent
- Telecommute, mixing home with job
- Share a cultural veneer so, would be informed about each other.
In the marketplace, folks
- Would share a public info. infrastructure
- Could access widely available info. resources
- Could scale info. use to their needs
- Are very independent.
Center for the Digital Future/Annenberg-USC
*Highlights of their 2007 internet trends study [.pdf] (esp. .pdf pages 2-4, with 4-8 for your consideration)
*Their 2007 A Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users.pdf (.pdf pages 2-8, the the remainder for your consideration)
*Price of virtual living: Patience, privacy
Study Question
Are the trends tending toward the "village" or "marketplace" metaphor? Cite evidence from the studies to support your answer.
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