Why Do We Need Social Worlds While Talking about D-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem in Cyberspace?
Why Do We Need Social Worlds While Talking about D-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem in Cyberspace?
Author(s): Anna Maria NawrotSubject(s): Sociology, Culture and social structure , ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Summary/Abstract: This paper is based on the application of the “Social World’s” theory created by Shibutani to the worlds of knowledge society, cyberspace, d-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem.1 Knowledge society will be presented as the social world and cyberspace as the sub-social world with the d-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem as the subworld of cyberspace. This theory will open discussion about activity, boundaries, arenas and values of each social world/sub-worlds. However, the main intention of this paper is an introduction to a discussion about the sub-world of d-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem as an example of one of the most striking sub-worlds within cyberspace trying to answer the question: why do we need social worlds while talking about d-Knowledge Commons Ecosystem? This paper is to be divided into five parts: 1. Activity, 2. Boundaries, 3. Arena, 4. Values, 5. Conclusion.
Journal: Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology
- Issue Year: 2/2008
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 189-200
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English