Moore’s Law The processing power and speed of any electronic calculating device doubles every 18 months while the price decreases by 50%.

The Law of the Photon Bandwidth speed and capacity per dollar has been tripling every 12 months.

The Internet Revolution Each day there are: 2 million new web pages 10 billion instant messages 19 billion email messages and 12 billion spam messages The web is doubling in size every 120 days 80% of the sites that WILL exist a year from now don’t exist today

Each day there are:

2 million new web pages

10 billion instant messages

19 billion email messages and 12 billion spam messages

The web is doubling in size every 120 days

80% of the sites that WILL exist a year from now don’t exist today

Age of Info Whelm More data produced in the last 50 years than in the previous 5,000 years More than 3,000 books published daily Age of disposable information New technical information doubles every two weeks

More data produced in the last 50 years than in the previous 5,000 years

More than 3,000 books published daily

Age of disposable information

New technical information doubles every two weeks

Biotechnology Biotecnology is using biological processes to develop products and create technological solutions to pharmacology, medicine, agriculture, mining, etc.

Nanotechnology Nanotechnology is not building things down by making them smaller, but building things up by manipulating one atom at a time.

Manuel Castells’ T heory of The Network Society

Central C laim In all sectors of society we are witnessing a transformation in how their constitutive processes are organized, we are witnessing a shift from hierarchies to networks. This transformation is as much organizational as a cultural question.

In all sectors of society we are witnessing a transformation in how their constitutive processes are organized, we are witnessing a shift from hierarchies to networks.

This transformation is as much organizational as a cultural question.

3 trends = Network Society This process of transformation says Castells started in the 1970s through the interaction of three independent trends: Network Society the invention of microelectronics and the IT revolution the crisis of industrialism in both capitalist and statist societies the profound cultural challenge mounted by the rise of social movements in the late 1960s

This process of transformation says Castells started in the 1970s through the interaction of three independent trends:

Castell’s D efinition “ A network society is a society whose social structure is made of networks powered by microelectronics-based information and communication technologies.” Castells (2004) in The Network Society. A Cross-cultural perspective, (p. 3)

“ A network society is a society whose social structure is

made of networks powered by microelectronics-based

information and communication technologies.”

Castell’s D efinition “ Social structure : T he org anization arrangements of humans in relations of production, consumption, reproduction,experience and power expressed in meaningful communication coded by culture.” Castells (2004) in The Network Society. A Cross-cultural perspective, (p. 3)

“ Social structure : T he org anization arrangements of humans in relations of production, consumption,

reproduction,experience and power expressed in

meaningful communication coded by culture.”

Castell’s D efinition “ A network is a set of interconnected nodes . A network has no center, just nodes” Castells (2004) in The Network Society. A Cross-cultural perspective, (p. 3)

“ A network is a set of interconnected nodes .

A network has no center, just nodes”

Clarifying The network society is made of what Barry Wellman calls complex social networks . The infrastructure of this Social Network is made of computer networks that connect people and organizations . ‘Just as a computer network is a set of machines connected by a set of wires, a social network is a set of people (or organizations or other social entities) connected by a set of socially meaningful relationships . (Barry Wellman, 2004)

The network society is made of what Barry Wellman calls

complex social networks . The infrastructure of this Social

Network is made of computer networks that connect people

and organizations . ‘Just as a computer network is a set of

machines connected by a set of wires, a social network is a

set of people (or organizations or other social entities)

connected by a set of socially meaningful relationships .

(Barry Wellman, 2004)

Characteristics of networks (Castells) Networks work on a binary logic: inclusion/ exclusion Sharing protocols of communication make it possible to connect to the entire network and communicated networks from any node Networks are self-reconfigurable, complex structures of communication that ensures, at the same time, by the capacity to adapt to the operating environment. Digital networks are global, as they know no capacity to reconfigure themselves.

Networks work on a binary logic: inclusion/ exclusion

Sharing protocols of communication make it possible to connect to the entire network and communicated networks from any node

Networks are self-reconfigurable, complex structures of communication that ensures, at the same time, by the capacity to adapt to the operating environment.

Digital networks are global, as they know no capacity to reconfigure themselves.

Literature Webster, Frank (2002) Theories of the Information Society. London: Routledge (2nd Edition) Curran, J & Gurevitch, M (2005) Mass Media & Society . London: Hodder Arnold (4th Edition) - Chapter 15 by N. Garnham Castells, M (1996) The Rise of the Network Society .Vol. 1 of the Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture . Oxford: Blackwell Hamelink, C (1999) The Ethics of Cyberspace . London: Sage Servaes, J & N. Capentier (eds.) (2005) Towards a Sustainable IS: Deconstructing the WSIS . Bristol: Intellect Books Van Dijk J (2nd Ed.) (2006) The Network Society, Sage Publication, London

Webster, Frank (2002) Theories of the Information Society. London: Routledge (2nd Edition)

Curran, J & Gurevitch, M (2005) Mass Media & Society . London: Hodder Arnold (4th Edition) - Chapter 15 by N. Garnham

Castells, M (1996) The Rise of the Network Society .Vol. 1 of the Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture . Oxford: Blackwell

Hamelink, C (1999) The Ethics of Cyberspace . London: Sage

Servaes, J & N. Capentier (eds.) (2005) Towards a Sustainable IS: Deconstructing the WSIS . Bristol: Intellect Books

Van Dijk J (2nd Ed.) (2006) The Network Society, Sage Publication, London

Do you know the lingo? BBS a/s/l BCNU BTW HAGD

BBS

a/s/l

BCNU

BTW

HAGD

How did you do? BBS - Be Back Soon a/s/l – Age/Sex/Location BCNU – Be Seein’ You BTW – By the way HAGD – Have a Good Day http://www.web-friend.com/help/lingo/chatslang.html

BBS - Be Back Soon

a/s/l – Age/Sex/Location

BCNU – Be Seein’ You

BTW – By the way

HAGD – Have a Good Day

Generations

Who is Generation Y? 76 million people born between 1978 – 2000 Millienials, Net Generation, Echo Boomers, Google Generation, iGeneration Ongoing debate about where to begin and end a generation.

76 million people born between 1978 – 2000

Millienials, Net Generation, Echo Boomers, Google Generation, iGeneration

Ongoing debate about where to begin and end a generation.

Source: “ Growing Up Digital: The Rise of the Net Generation” Don Tapscott, McGraw-Hill, 1997

Moments that Define Generation Y Space Shuttle Challenger Accident, January 25, 1986

Moments that Define Generation Y End of the Cold War, about 1990

Moments that Define Generation Y Persian Gulf War, January 17 – March 10, 1991

Moments that Define Generation Y The Digital Revolution of the 1990’s

Moments that Define Generation Y Attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon and the crash of Flight 93, Sept. 11, 2001

Moments that Define Generation Y War in Iraq, March 20, 2003 - present

Technology Usage Statistics Among children ages 8 to 18: 96% have gone online. 74% have access at home 61% use it every day 13 to 17 year olds average: 3.1 hours a day with television, 3.5 with digital media 70% of teenagers use IM to stay in touch 56% prefer to use the Internet instead of the phone students in grades 7-12 know more screen names than home phone numbers 12 to 15 year old California students: Spend 90 minutes a day online 40 minutes with IM, 31 downloading music, 22 with email Email is now seen as a way to communicate with “old people” MySpace has over 100 million user accounts

Among children ages 8 to 18:

96% have gone online.

74% have access at home

61% use it every day

13 to 17 year olds average:

3.1 hours a day with television, 3.5 with digital media

70% of teenagers use IM to stay in touch

56% prefer to use the Internet instead of the phone

students in grades 7-12 know more screen names than home phone numbers

12 to 15 year old California students:

Spend 90 minutes a day online

40 minutes with IM, 31 downloading music, 22 with email

Email is now seen as a way to communicate with “old people”

MySpace has over 100 million user accounts

Today, Our Children Have A Different Relationship With Information

Today, Our Children Have A Different Relationship With Information

Mobile Computing Cell phones PDAs iPhone Text Messaging Photo taking/sharing Voting Music - VCast

Cell phones

PDAs

iPhone

Text Messaging

Photo taking/sharing

Voting

Music - VCast

Sharing Audio and Video

Sharing Other Things Social Bookmarking Collaborative writing an projects Slideshows Photos and Images

Social Bookmarking

Collaborative writing an projects

Slideshows

Photos and Images

Social Networking- Globally

Online Social Networking

Facebook

What does this mean for employers? To keep Generation Y employees happy: Involve team work Provide them with technology tools Offer frequent feedback Give them training Challenge them to succeed Don’t expect them to do the same job for years! From Managing Generation Y by Carolyn A. Martin, Ph.D. and Bruce Tulgan

To keep Generation Y employees happy:

Involve team work

Provide them with technology tools

Offer frequent feedback

Give them training

Challenge them to succeed

Don’t expect them to do the same job for years!

The Seven Traits of the Worst Managers for Generation Y Close-mindedness Ineffective Delegation Lack of Knowledge and Organization Skills Inability to Train or Facilitate Training Disrespect for Young People Intimidating Attitude Overemphasis on Outward Appearance From Managing Generation Y by Carolyn A. Martin, Ph.D. and Bruce Tulgan

Close-mindedness

Ineffective Delegation

Lack of Knowledge and Organization Skills

Inability to Train or Facilitate Training

Disrespect for Young People

Intimidating Attitude

Overemphasis on Outward Appearance

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