Networked society differs by relying on computers to manage social information

Evidence

Human beings have always been enmeshed in complex social network structures such as food webs, semantic webs, and economic webs. Yet according to Manuel Castells, ‘networked society’ differs from these ancient modes of organization in that today we rely on our computers to process and manage the information necessary for us to live with ourselves, and one another. — Theresa M. Senft, Camgirls, 78