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- ISBN 9783631748626
- Weight: 287g
- Dimensions: 148 x 210mm
- Publication Date: 25 Sep 2018
- Publisher: Peter Lang AG
- Publication City/Country: CH
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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This book tries to answer the question how the identity and cultural values of individuals are being modified by the Internet and its global culture. It is based on unique research projects focusing on foreign students and their way of communicating in the new media. The aim is to explore the relationship between the cultural affiliation of young Internet users from Poland, Germany and Ukraine and their attitudes as well as communication behaviour in Internet interactions.
The author presents an in-depth analysis of network communication and its influence on possible changes of cultural identity. Creating an alternative platform for discussions, network communication becomes a place for a new type of identification – a cosmopolitan one. It is also the frame in which self-reflection and modification of cultural identity take place. According to the author, the social media thus might also be perceived as a tool for building tolerance with respect to the cultural differentiation of the world.
Grażyna Piechota is a lawyer and sociologist. She works as Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Management and Social Communication of the Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University. She specializes in civil society, political communication and networked communication.