Response to the Book by Mattleart “Networking the world 1794-2000”
must also include 5 quotations from the text. Choose your quotations carefully—they should not be more than 3 lines (you may use an ellipsis to condense a quote if necessary).
First, you will provide a brief one-page summary of the author’s main arguments and his emphasis on networks (both literal and metaphorical).
Next, you will detail the ways in which Mattelart examines how networks both shape and are shaped by the cultural, political, and economic realms. You will focus on three chapters. One of the chapters must be chapter 6, but you may choose the two other chapters. One must come from chapters 1-3, and the other from 4,5 or 7.
Key questions include:
o What is the main idea of this chapter?
o What are the key networks in this chapter?
o Pick a key network and describe how it is developed/created in the cultural, political, and economic realms? What is the history of these networks?
o How is this network mobilized in the cultural, political, and economic realms?
o What are the impacts and consequences of this network?
You must pick 6 of the following key terms to include and define: (and you can’t just include it in a quote).
o Internationalization
o Standardization
o Consumption
o Monopolies of Knowledge (from lecture, the wikipedia page is also ok)
o Ideology
o Cultural Imperialism
o Globalization
o Neoliberalism
o Democratization
You should have short conclusion that engages with Mattelart’s conclusion. Are you optimistic about these networks creating global cohesion? Is Mattelart? Why or why not? What does he mean by “tragic hope”?