socialtheory
The Demise of Social Identities in the Age of Corporatocracies and New Media
To what extent are our personalities and lifestyles original and authentic in the age of corporatocracy, in which the new media ecosystem constitutes the very back-bone of it? The term ‘new media’ initially emerged to capture a sense that quite rapidly from the late 1980s on the media and world of communications began to look...
The Invincible Chinese
From a non-Asian perspective, China has always been perceived as a mysterious place. For its size and global power, there is little knowledge in circulation about this country. Mainly, we think about its cuisine, industry, its massive population and every now and then we hear about China’s foreign policy, but we know little about everyday...
