Actor-network theory

Actor network theory is an important element in analyzing the different psychological characteristics of human behavior. Through this network, modern Shakespeare audiences can rely on individual character agencies in order to better understand the psychology behind the behavior individual characters. In Shakespeare’s Othello, through Shakespeare’s use of actor network theory, the audience is able to engage in a pre-Freudian type of psychoanalysis, which allows them to observe an interpretation of human behavior, through the agencies of Shakespeare’s characters. Here, and like many of his other plays, actor network theory is deeply imbedded onto the agencies that are represented by individual characters. Character agencies reflect upon a character’s…

This essay applies the lens of hermeneutics and actor-network theory (ANT) to analyze a picked scene from the movie HER, which was directed by Spike Jonze in 2013, in order to understand the relationship between humans and technology. In the film, the main character Theodore works as a letter-author. He is on the verge of divorce with his wife, Catherine. Technology provides him a more colorful living environment that he needs especially under his situation. Sadness and anti-social, to him,…

or targeting of a computer, computer network, or networked device is known as cybercrime. Hackers or cybercriminals looking to profit from their crimes commit the widely held cybercrime. On occasion, though, cybercrime seeks to harm networks or systems for purposes other than financial gain. They might be personal or political. Both individuals and groups commit cybercrime. Some cybercriminals are quite technically skilled, well-organized, and employ pioneering methods. The two important…

The book, acting in an uncertain world: an essay on technical democracy examines the limits of liberal and deliberative democracies with growing technological society and also proposes solutions for the uncertainties prevailing because of them. Michel Callon, one of the authors is a main scholarly driving force of the book. He is well reputed French Sociologist and friend and colleague of Bruno Latour, but inclined toward more applied and less abstract approach than him. It mainly focuses on the…

Do you ever just get on a social network and post about how you are doing or where you are at and what you are doing that day? Many of us are guilty of this, but very few to none think about any of the consequences. Whatever the reason may be for one to have a social network, my research shows we need to pay closer attention to what we post; we have no control over who can really see our profiles. Everyone needs to understand the good and the bad consequences of having social networks. Weigh out…

Mark Zuckerberg became aspired to create this addicting, yet powerful social media network to connect people all around the world due to his love of programming and technology. Facebook was intended to connect Harvard students, until it spread to other campus’s, being used by people of all ages. As Zuckerberg created program site’s for entertainment, people became more active with them and started to connect with people outside of their norm. Mark Zuckerberg is one of the most influential and…

The Muzarabani district has also enjoyed the management of the flow of Ziziphus mauritiana from one actor to the other .The decentralisation policy has allowed the local authority to be involved in extension services, marketing and agro- ecological processing of Ziziphus mauritiana to some extent. Other actors involved include; the international institute Southern Alliance for Indigenous Resources (SAFIRE) and Indigenous fruit tree programme of the World agro forestry centre (ICRAF). Lack of…

Why is making networks, things and the relationship between humans and nonhumans visible both so difficult and so important? Sociology that focuses primarily on interactions between humans assigns an inactive role to objects and other non-human things. Non-humans can, and sometimes do, indeed figure prominently in traditional sociology, but they are not evaluated as anything more than passive tools that humans employ in order to reach our various ends. Traditional sociology holds that humans…

A social network is a social structure made up of a set of social actors (such as individuals or organizations), sets of dyadic ties, and other social interactions between actors. The social network perspective provides a set of methods for analyzing the structure of whole social entities as well as a variety of theories explaining the patterns observed in these structures.[1] The study of these structures uses social network analysis to identify local and global patterns, locate influential…

practice, and for brokerage theory. First, this study represents a step in understanding how the professional development field is structured. Professional development has received a great deal of research attention, but very little has explored the internal workings of the field itself. Little is known about the organizations and actors involved in professional development or about interactions among them. Yet, the the structure of networks in a field influence the availability and flow of…