Social and information networks undermine the real relationship between individuals (ego) friends (alters) they are connected with on social media. The structure of individual network is highlighted by ego network. Egocentric approach popular due to its focus individuals, groups, or communities. Size, structure, composition directly impact networks. Moreover, analysis includes strength – alter ...

This paper investigates the principal competing visions of global politics that are currently advanced in the public discourse about globalization in opposition to the traditional state-centered perspective. The first part of the paper develops an analysis of ideal models as cultural resources that grounds the different reading of human bonds. The second part applies the notion of ideal models ...

The paper examines Australian Indymedia collectives as a means to improve understanding of the practices of alter-globalisation movements. Two key issues are explored. The first concerns the politics of the alter-globalisation movementsöwhat they demand and how they practise their aims. The second concerns the potential of information and communication technologies (ICTs) to provide a space wit...