Network and Contemporary Socio-Cultural

Author: Bao Zonghao
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Publish Date: 2001-07-01
Features: This book is the outcome of the National academic symposium on "Network and Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues." The included articles cover a wide range of social realities, such as the relationship between the network and economy, politics, society, culture, education, and ethics. It represents an attempt to summarize academic research on the network. The book includes topics such as "Network and Modern Civilization," "Network and Society," "Network and Politics," "Network and Economy," "Network and Culture," "Network and Education," and "Network and Ethics." The essays in the collection "Network and Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues" reflect the enthusiasm and attention of Chinese academia toward the rapidly emerging internet in recent years. They demonstrate the current state of Chinese scholars exploring network phenomena from diverse perspectives and fields, marking the level of Chinese scholars in network and socio-cultural research. The articles in the collection "Network and Contemporary Socio-Cultural Issues" have the following distinct features:
⑴ From the backdrop of globalization and networkization, they recognize the significance of the network in the new era with fresh concepts and thinking, highlighting the revolutionary impact of the network on human social development. At the same time, they do not overlook the negative effects of the network and suggest taking proactive measures to overcome them through improving network technology, formulating network laws, and establishing network ethical norms.
⑵ The development of the Internet urgently requires the involvement of Chinese humanities and social science scholars. There is an urgent need for a strategic alliance between humanities and social science scholars and technologists to jointly explore the relationships between "digital technology" and "humanistic spirit," "network economy" and "traditional economy," and "virtual society" and "real society." The articles in the collection reflect the efforts and attempts of humanities and social science scholars in this regard.
⑶ A careful reading of this collection reveals that many of the papers present innovative perspectives, well-chosen starting points, solid theoretical foundations, and theoretical innovation.
⑷ The papers in this collection address numerous issues and cover a broad scope, reflecting the authors' efforts to study the relationships and problems between the network and civilization, society, culture, politics, economy, ethics, and education, based on different disciplinary knowledge backgrounds. These explorations will serve as the foundation for building disciplines such as network sociology, network economics, network culture, network ethics, and network politics in the future. We will also gather experts and scholars from across the nation to establish and develop network disciplines, continuously enriching and improving China's humanities and social science disciplines.