HUMAN PERSON

AND
SOCIETY
After going through this module, you are expected
to:

1. identify the different types of society;

2. differentiate their qualities;
3. explain digital society and digital citizenship;
4. identify the effects of being a member of
digital society.
 LEARNING TASK 1
Before delving into the discussion, fill
out the table on the next slides about
the things you have learned from
society and your contributions to it.
 Things you How did you Impact on you
learned from learn them?
society
1.

2.

3.

4.

5.
Things you have How did you Impact on Society
contributed to share them to the
society community?
What is a
society?
 Society may be defined as the
permanent union of men who are
united by modes of behavior that
are demanded by some common
end, value, or interest. Analyzed
semantically, the term denotes a
union of one kind or another.
(Philosophical Analysis)
People who live in a definable
community and who share a
culture. (Strayer, 2015)
“Society is a number of like-minded
individuals who know and enjoy
their like-mindedness and are
therefore able to work together for
common ends.”
(Giddings)
 “Society is the general term for
persons living in social relations.”
(Kimbal Young)
“Society is the complex of organized
associations and institutions within
the community.”
(George Douglas Howard Cole)
 A largely self-sufficient community
arising because of the bare necessities of
life and continuing for the sake of a good
life, common to all its members.
(Aristotle)
 The ideal society is one in which the
citizens live happy lives. Further, they
do so not by making their main aim
money, or a pleasant life, or power, as is
the case with most people in our
societies.
(Plato)
 7 elements of society?
• Social Organization.
• Language.
• Customs and Traditions.
• Religion.
• Arts and Literature.
• Forms of Government.
• Economic Systems.
CATEGORIES OF SOCIETY
Pre-Industrial Societies
Industrial Society
Post Industrial Society
Pre-Industrial Societies
Tribal Society
Feudal Society
 Tribal Society
“Tribe” - a group of peoples
living in a primitive setting under a
leader or chief
 Tribal Society

“primitive “preliterate
society”
or society”
4. language systems of tribes are
unwritten which provides a narrow
extent of communication

5. show a self-sustaining structure

which is absent in the modern society
 Feudal Society
Feudalism refers to the economic,
political, and social system that
prevailed in Europe from about the
ninth to the fifteenth century
Due to the lack of effective
centralized government during this
period, kings and lords granted
land and provided protection to
lesser nobles known as vassals.
In return, these vassals swore oaths of
loyalty and military service to their
lords. Peasants known as serfs were
bound to the land and were subject to
the will of their lords.
INDUSTRIAL
SOCIETY
One which uses advance technology to
drive a masssive production industry that
will support a large
population. The objective of an industrial
economy is the fast and efficient
manufacturing of standardized products.
Post Industrial
Society
Post Industrial Society is marked by a progress
from a manufacturing-based to a service-based
economy. Post industrialization is most evident in
countries and regions that were among the first to
experience the Industrial Revolution, such as the
United States, western Europe, and Japan.
Daniel Bell, an American sociologist, first
coined the term ‘post-industrial’ in 1973 in
his book “The Coming of Post-Industrial
Society: A Venture in Social Forecasting,”
which describes several features of this
kind of society.
Characteristics of a
Post Industrial
Society
1.a shift from the production of goods to the
production of services
2.replacement of manual laborers with technical
and professional workers
3.the replacement of practical knowledge with
theoretical knowledge
4.focusing to the theoretical and ethical
implications of new technologies,
5. the development of recent scientific disciplines—that
involve new forms of information technology, cybernetics,
or artificial intelligence—to evaluate the theoretical and
ethical implications of new technologies.
6. an emphasis on the university and polytechnic institutes
which produce graduates who innovate and lead the new
technologies contributing to a postindustrial society.
7. the changing values and norms which reflects the
influences on the society
DIGITAL SOCIETY
AND THE
INFORMATION
AGE
 have wildly affected our interactions and
activity in the 21st century
have significantly changed our way of
learning, working and socializing
we rely with the use of modern technology
paved many opportunities reaching bigger
audiences
 have access to sources and technologies which
enables people to connect with activities whether
economic, social, political, or educational
people can manipulate the phasing of learning (e.g.
free sources) or businesses (e.g. online selling)
without a large sum of money used as a capital and
can share ideas and perspectives to the international
audiences as they connect beyond
 A digital society is a modern, progressive
society formed as a result of the adoption and
integration of Information and Communication
Technologies (ICT) at home, work, education
and recreation and supported by advanced
telecommunications and connectivity systems
and solutions.
 Digital
Citizenship
Digital Citizenship is the ability to
navigate our digital environments in a
way that is safe and responsible and to
actively and respectfully engage in
these spaces.
 A digital citizen is a person who is
knowledgeable and responsible enough to
effectively use different social platforms in
the internet and often engage in useful
topics and issues that will help build a
better society, politics and government.
 Being
Digital
Citizens
Isin and Rupert (2015)
This book suggests that if we constitute ourselves
as digital citizens, we
become subjects of power in cyberspace. We enact
ourselves on
the internet, considering and understanding the
opportunities presented by
this medium, such as anonymity, communication,
and influence.
 THE
DISEMBODIED
SUBJECT
Disembodied
lacking of body
freed from the body
lacking in substance, solidity
or any firm relation to reality
Disembodied subject
(in technological society) does not mean that
human person is no longer living with their
bodies, rather, in a manner of speaking, people
are slowly putting aside their bodies in relating
with others because the technological society
offers an alternative which apparently resolves
human of an embodied subject.
 Face_x0002_to-face interaction is too stressful and
difficult while virtual interactions are relatively
easier
 people prefer communicating using virtual world,
even if the person involved is someone seen on a
regular basis
 Everyone is glued to their devices – cellphones,
tablets, laptops, or any device and they are all
probably interacting with their virtual societies
 EXAMPLE OF
DISEMBODIED
HUMAN
RELATIONSHIPS
taking selfies
virtual meetings
video calling
online educational
learning
Learning Task: Using an overlapping
Venn diagram, learners must analyze
all the differences and similarities of the 3
major historic societies. Use the
rubrics as guide for answering.
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True or False: Write the word True if the
statement is correct and write the
word False if the statement conveys
otherwise. Write your answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Human societies remain the same.
2. Tribal societies have an established
property right.
3. Post-industrial societies focus on
development of mass production.
4. Virtual society relatively provides a new world
for us.
5. The virtual society and the technological
devices today are starting to reshape the
human person and human interactions and
relationships.

6. Virtual worlds and disembodied

relations promote commitment.
7. One of the features of industrial society is that it
emphasizes on the importance of universities and
polytechnic institutes which produce graduates
who innovate and lead the new technologies
contributing to a postindustrial society.
8. Feudal society has its historical roots from Asia
Minor.
9. The language systems of tribes are well-written
which provides a vast extent of communication.

10. Human society continuously develop as

humans develops themselves.
 Thanks for the
usual cooperation!!!