Title :
Study on social culturology of the “Internet sharer”
Author :
Zhao, Hongyan ; He, Mingsheng
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Humanities & Social Sci., Harbin Inst. of Technol., Harbin, China
Abstract :
ldquoSharingrdquo is another new phenomenon in the Cyberworld, which is exposing everying of oneself to the light of the day in the net, including the Chinese people has always been closely-guarded secret of personal privacy. The emergence of Internet sharer has thoroughly subverted the introverted subtle inner of Oriental cultural traditions. Their typical ldquolow contextrdquo behavior shows the Chinese people´s individuality and courage in E times. ldquosharingrdquo behavior of the network in a rapidly changing times may be short-lived, but it contains a profound cultural connotation of the social transformation period, that is, the East-West culture clashes and integration triggered by the realization of the ldquoglobal villagerdquo. The emergence and prosperity of the ldquosharingrdquo on the Internet Age originated from the change of a range of social factors, which initially embodied the main body of the lost self and attribution to the groups desire in the main impact of the information. As a new thing, the ldquosharingrdquo could lead to a series of social problems in its early stage, while it is the integration and transformation of culture in the era of globalization, which is bound to the history. Therefore, it is necessary to actively guide and standardize the Special phenomenon.
Keywords :
Internet; social aspects of automation; Chinese people; East-West culture; Internet sharer; Oriental cultural tradition; cultural connotation; cyberworld; global village; globalization; personal privacy; social culturology; social problem; social transformation; Cultural differences; Feedback; Helium; IP networks; Information services; Internet; Privacy; Remuneration; Social factors; Web sites; Culture transforms; Internet sharer; cultural integration; low-context; social identity;
Conference_Titel :
Web Society, 2009. SWS '09. 1st IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Lanzhou
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4157-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4158-7
DOI :
10.1109/SWS.2009.5271802