Globalization reflects the notion that the world has become a common social space through technological and economic forces so that development in a region of the world can have profound effects on the livelihood of individuals or societies in other regions. It is not difficult to find the relationship between this phenomenon and the civil society development. Globalization has had a profound i...

This research stems from the issue of the mobility phenomenon, through the pathway tread by subjects in need of connection and access to uninterrupted information flow. In this informational, cultural and technological context, the presence of mobile dispositives stands out, especially cell phones. Such artifacts, which contain not only voice services, but texting information, and Internet conn...

n an August morning in 1973, an escaped convict took four bank employees their captors. Psychologists called this newly discovered phenomenon the Stockholm Syndrome.1 A coping mechanism also known as the Survival Identification Syndrome, the Common Sense Syndrome, or, simply, transference, the Stockholm Syndrome usually consists of three components that may occur separately or in combination wi...

Wikipedia has become a widely accepted reference point for information of all kinds; real-world events (e.g., natural disasters, man-made incidents, and political events) as well as specific entities like politicians, celebrities, and entities involved in an event. Due to its open construction and negotiation, Wikipedia is an important new cultural and societal phenomenon, and the content of Wi...