URST 200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: State Council Information Office, Louis Wirth, Instrumental And Value Rationality
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Facebook as a way of life - louis wirth in the social network city. Increasing digitization of the world"s information (we are outnumbered by robotic/machinery objects) Social media --> blending of the real and the virtual. We tend to think of social media as a place that does not have any. Facebook is one of the largest social networks in the world, and has global implications. Lu wei --> was part of the state internet information office for the. Zuckerberg wanted to get him on his side. Wei stated that china would not make use of the internet/social networks as it would induce risks to the prc through unregulated ideas construction. It does not render cities obsolete --> essentially it does not replace urban social life, but reflects and transforms it. Population penetration: when cities urbanize, populations are increasingly becoming reliant on social media.
