Communication, Differentiation and the Evolution of World Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2701946 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Boris Holzer (0000-0002-2074-2074, Bristol University Press, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Publication date | 2021-03-11 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| DOI | 10.31235/osf.io/zkstu |
| OpenAlex | W3116682458 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 19 |
The history of globalization is intertwined with the history of communication technologies. From a sociological perspective, innovations and developments of both mass media and symbolically generalized media shape the structure of social contacts. Concerning the nexus between globalization and communication, I distinguish three analytically distinct yet partially overlapping phases of globalization: In a first phase, communication became universal by incorporating the globe into networks of exchange, power and belief. In a second phase, communication became instantaneous by means of telecommunication. In a third phase, increasing differentiation within subsystems of society created incentives to communicate across the globe. In their combination, these processes have resulted in the fusion of horizons of meaningful action into a singular global frame of reference. However, that does not imply uniformity since that global frame of frame has also institutionalized a preference for continuous change and variation
Action (physics) · Economic geography · Economics · Frame (networking) · Geography · Globalization · Globe · Incentive · Microeconomics · Nexus (standard) · Physics · Political science · Sociology · Telecommunications · Computer Science · Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism · Higher Education Governance and Development · Law · Psychology · World Systems and Global Transformations
Genese des globalen Wissenschaftssystems
Evolutionary Theory and the Theory of World Society
On the Boundaries of the Social World
Die Gesellschaft der Gesellschaft
Empire and Communications
Globalization
In Defense of the Indians
Magic Connections
Beyond the Means of 99 Percent of the Population
A Phenomenology of Globalization? Giddens on Global Modernity
The Change to Change
Patterns of Empire
World History in a Global Age
The Rise of the Nation-State across the World, 1816 to 2001
From Empire to Nation-State
The Social Structure of the World Polity
World Society and the Nation-State
The Standardization of Time
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |