#nextchapter A STUDY GUIDE TO PROGRAM OR BE PROGRAMMED: TEN COMMANDMENTS FOR A DIGITAL AGE BY JENNIFER HANSEN WILL LUERS SETAREH ALIZADEH DR. DENE GRIGAR A Study Guide for Douglas Rushkoff’s PROGRAM OR BE PROGRAMMED #nextchapter The following study guide aims to provoke further thoughts and extend the conversation surrounding Douglas Rushkoff’s book Program or Be Programmed: Ten Commands for a Digital Age. It has been created for a wide variety of readers––from high school to adults––and purposes––from
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.........................................................................7 1.1.2. Commitment of the political leadership and public concern ................................................7 1.1.3. Gauging the effect of the Law on the society .......................................................................7 1.2. RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................................................................................8 1.2.2. Stakeholder oriented research
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democracy for development on three levels, or fromthree perspectives: at the local level it is beneficial with regards to utilising local knowledgeand including local communities, at the national level it is significant because it allows forcivil society to thrive, and viewed from a global perspective it is crucial and highly beneficialfor states to show efforts towards enhancing democracy.At the smallest level – the local or communal level – democratic values includingparticipation, inclusion
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benefiting those around me, and those who need me to help. During my time volunteering as a lifeguard, I not respected the authority of others in control, but, I also took initiative when it was necessary. During this time, I looked over the lives of people at the pool, spent time administering swim tests for younger children, cleaning the bathrooms, and power washing the deck around the pool. After the summer was over, I felt accomplished by spending my time and effort
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Summary 1 At the beginning or Part 2 Chapter 1, Tocqueville says that the most vivid affection equality creates is passion for that equality. Then he says equality can be instituted in civil society and not be in power in the political world. He then goes on to say that in different times and in different conditions freedom has embodied itself to men. It is not connected entirely to one social state and one run into it elsewhere than in democracies. For this reason it cannot build the discrete
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social members and evaluates power relations in society, which covers government, corporations and civil society. Research method is covered a literature review which is based on quality academic journal articles, texts and research institutes’ materials. The report clarifies each member’s interaction and its power residents. This power resident and relationship can be reformed through social agenda setting. There is possibility that power-balanced society in capitalism can be diminished through its
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The society I find most appealing is the Industrial society. Industrial society refers to a society driven by the use of technology. The reason they use technology is to produce goods for our economy. Factories that manufacture goods such as clothing, cars, home appliances, etc. are all part of the industrial society. It is characterized by use of external energy sources like fossil fuel. They are always looking for new sources of energy to use. These energy sources help to increase production so
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Unit Four The Great Society Johnson took the presidency at the death of the beloved Kennedy. As history often does, it repeated itself and showed the public was not ready or able to trust a president who was not voted into office. Lyndon B. Johnson took office and sworn to continue the liberal agenda of Kennedy and called for a “Great Society” to end poverty and racial injustice (pg. 146). The Great society was a set of domestic programs proposed or enacted in the United States on the initiative
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Development Bank (1990, 1991) and World Bank (1991) all argued that NGOs have a particular ability to work effectively with the poorest communities. The early 1990s saw a distinct change in emphasis, with greater weight being placed on the term civil society than on non-governmental organisation. Although this change cannot be attributed to any single factor, a number of emerging concerns may offer some insights. The work of authors such as Putnam (1993) showed the importance of non-governmental and non-private
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HISTORICAL INJUSTICE TOWARD TRIBALS: A REFLECTION ON FOREST POLICES OF INDIA Introduction The Forest policy plays a vital role in the life and economy of rural poor. It is also played a crucial role in sustaining the life supporting systems of country’s environment. The livelihood activities of tribal’s center on the forest in which they live. They have maintained a time immemorial relation with forest and always interact for their sustenance and try to recreate the forest with their
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