Category Archives: Communication

COMMUNEcating in the Spaces In-Between – Creating New Understandings of Organizing and Communicative Practice

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Giorgio Bertini

This essay describes the authors’ efforts to engage disciplinary calls for greater diversity through the construction of an international online community and conference, COMMUNEcation. They describe the commitments and goals of the community and conference, the construction of the COMMUNEcating … Continue reading →

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A Sociological Theory of Communication – The Self-Organization of the Knowledge-Based Society

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

Read Read also: Introduction Networks of communication evolve in terms of reflexive exchanges. The codification of these reflections in language, that is, at the social level, can be considered as the operating system of society. Under sociologically specifiable conditions, the … Continue reading →

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Identity, Communities and Citizenship

Posted on February 27, 2011 by Giorgio Bertini

This Report addresses three overlapping and interlocking domains; identity, community and citizenship. The Challenge will also explore the intersection of identity and community, and identity and citizenship, and the ways in which changing technologies are likely to impact all. Common … Continue reading →

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Identity, Community and Selfhood – understanding the self in relation to contemporary youth cultures

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Giorgio Bertini

Read This paper discusses some of the key factors that shape young people‟s identity in relation to contemporary youth cultures. It describes a tightening of relationships between identity, leisure and consumption that have interacted with developments in communication technologies and … Continue reading →