Global modern institutions depend on pooled shared knowledge via news
Evidence
It is that the global extension of the institutions of modernity would be impossible were it not for the pooling of knowledge which is represented by the “news.” This is perhaps less obvious on the level of general cultural awareness than in more specific contexts. For example, the global money markets of today involve direct and simultaneous access to pooled information on the part of individuals spatially widely separated from one another. — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 193
Categorization
- XREF: Directly supports the reader’s Giddens frame: pooled knowledge is the expert-system base that enables institutional trust without facework — the faceless commitment Stevens places in Darlington Hall’s hierarchy. — connects to: Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly; Modernity’s globalising tendencies connect individuals to large-scale systems — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 409; Modern trust takes the form of trust in specialized information processing (+2 more)
Related
- Modern organizations routinely connect local and global, affecting millions of lives (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- Media shapes public knowledge by defining events and scenarios people cannot access directly
#expands(0.70) - Modernity’s globalising tendencies connect individuals to large-scale systems
#corroborates(0.60) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 409 - Modern trust takes the form of trust in specialized information processing
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