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Chapter 7-Lesson 1 Human Person in The Society
Chapter 7-Lesson 1 Human Person in The Society
I. Forms of Society
C. Virtual
what is right and typically subject to the same political authority and
dominant cultural expectations.
Virtual society arises where people organize Now, one of the main terms in the modern world is
themselves through communication technology the ‘digital citizen’. What does this actually
and Internet. This society is composed of members mean? A digital citizen is a person who is
with higher educational attainment, better training, knowledgeable and responsible enough to
and specialized roles. effectively use different social platforms in the
internet. They often engage in useful topics and
DIGITAL SOCIETY AND THE INFORMATION AGE issues that will help build a better society, politics
and government. If we will dig deeper, digital
Digital technologies have wildly affected our citizenship might look simple. We might think that it
interactions and activity in the 21st century. They is just about using the internet safely. However, we
have significantly changed our way of learning, also need to consider and understand that this
working and socializing. In this modern world citizenship can get complicated, especially if we
we rely with the use of modern technology are going to criticize and show interest in sensitive
which has led to considering the possible outcome topics as we start to become a digital citizen, using
for the society, digital media to actively participate in society and
concerning how we would take part in interaction, politics.
and how we can use these digital tools and
communication channels. If we look a little closer at the field of ‘citizenship
studies’ this will lead us to a better understanding
Having our heads of digital society in our minds, we of what digital society really means. A citizen is
first have to think of the information society; defined as an individual character who is viewed
which are correlated with the progress and as a member of a society while citizenship
development of digital information and considers an individual’s behavior in terms of
communication technologies to the internet at rights, obligations and functions of said citizen.
least. Information society plays a vital role with Being a citizen of a state requires tons of
regards to the circulation and control of made- obligations and duties such as work, taxation and
up ideas which affects political, economic, social obedience of laws. On the other hand, citizens also
have their rights, it includes civil rights such as message. Virtual realities remove risks; and
freedom of speech and expression, to stand for because we do not want to risk, we patronize the
what we believe in, and rights to a private life; virtual world. Commitment is hard. To commit is to
political rights, or the right to vote and social rights risk. In the virtual world, one’s anonymity
to health care and welfare. In this course we will lessens, if not completely removes risks. When
tackle these rights as we look at real definition of we are confronted with real social problems like
what it means to be a citizen in the modern society war and famine, discrimination harassment and
and how legislation and the government shape our corruption; we let the world know that we condemn
ability to be democratic citizens who can stand for these evils and express participation in the
the truth. abolition of these problems. How? By a futile click
to like. People in the modern technological society
ultimately make no real commitments
What does this all mean then in the digital age?