The Information Age trilogy is his précis: "Our societies are increasingly structured around the bipolar opposition of the Net (social network) and the Self";Castells, The Rise of the Network Society (1996) p. 3 the "Social network" denotes the network organizations replacing vertically integrated hierarchies as the dominant form of social organization, the Self denotes the practices a person uses in reaffirming social identity and meaning in a continually changing cultural landscape. In other words, Castells’ theory of the Information Age explores the dissonance between “universal, digital language,” and individual, even local identities. Our physical selves exist in different places and experience different cultures, but the mind has essentially migrated into the world of the internet and the television. They exist in a “global space of instant information".Mann, Douglas. 2008. “Postmodernism: Political Economy and Communications.” Pp. 265–275 in Understanding Society: A Survey of Modern Social Theory. Canada: Oxford University Press.
The Information Age trilogy is his précis "Our societies are increasingly structured around the bipolar opposition of the Net (social network) and the Self";Castells The Rise of the Network Society (1996) p 3 the "Social network" denotes the network organizations replacing vertically integrated hierarchies as the dominant form of social organization the Self denotes the practices a person uses in reaffirming social identity and meaning in a continually changing cultural landscape In other words Castells’ theory of the Information Age explores the dissonance between “universal digital language” and individual even local identities Our physical selves exist in different places and experience different cultures but the mind has essentially migrated into the world of the internet and the television They exist in a “global space of instant information"Mann Douglas 2008 “Postmodernism Political Economy and Communications” Pp 265–275 in Understanding Society A Survey of Modern Social Theory Canada Oxford University Press