global networks

• Parts


  Subdivisions into which something is or is regarded as divided and which together constitute the whole
• Whole


  The completeness of the parts or components
• We are the parts

  Society is the whole
• Primary Identity or Individuation


  • The norms that an individual learns through the society
  • Includes values, attitudes, and beliefs
• Values


  • "Honesty is the best policy"
• Attitudes


  • "Takbo! May aso!"
• Beliefs


  • "Wow ang taba ng bata, napakalusog siguro nya."
• Secondary Identity


  • Also known as social identity
  • Includes the roles and statuses that the individual has to perform as part of his society
• Occupation


  • Corresponds with income and educational attainment, which combined determine a person's social class
• Educational background


  • Includes your high school and college
• Economic status


  • Considered by your occupation and income
• Gender


  • The socially constructed roles, behaviors, activities and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women
• Status


  An individual's position in society which carries with it a set of defined rights and obligations
• Roles


  The sets of expectation which occupy a particular status
• Gestalt laws applied to global networks


  • Figure
  • Similarity
  • Proximity
  • Closure
  • Continuity
  • Symmetry or Order
• Figure refers to the people in a nation which may vary in terms of color, size etc.
• Similarity states the things which share characteristics such as shape, size, color, texture, and good composition (geographical setting and characteristics of different nation)
• Proximity -states that "objects or shapes that are close to one another appear to form groups". Even if the shapes, sizes, and objects are radically different, they will appear as a group if they are close together. (Refers to close neighboring countries which possess same cultural background etc.)
• Closure - involves the provision of missing details to be a part of potential pattern or once closure is achieved, the elimination of details unnecessary to establish a pattern match. Examples are governance, laws, and others.
• Continuity - states that things tend to continue shapes beyond their ending points (interconnections to cross countries essence of globalization or evolution of generation).
• Symmetry or Order - connotes stability and peace and order, like sets of instruction or reference. It does not give the impression of things that "something is out of balance, missing or wrong."