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Cyberspace And Social Inequality

Cyberspace
&

Social Inequality


Table of Content

Introduction 3
Social Stratification and Inequality 4
Cyberspace & Communication 9
Erosion of Stratification through the Internet 10
Cyberspace’s Negative Side 11
Conclusion 12
Bibliography 13

Introduction

Throughout the years, communication, availability of information, self education came at a very high price which not many people could afford. Just like communication, information and education, freedom, equality, respect from others came at a high price.

Social Stratification takes place in almost every society across the world. It is a system by which societies create hierarchies within itself by providing power and privileges to some while denying it to others.

With the help of technology, people have a greater opportunity to avail themselves of all kinds of information available. Technology has helped to simplify communication between people from all over the world and has also helped to make it economical.

Even with the changes that have taken place, and with the improvements in technology, there are negative aspects. For instance, social stratification is gradually decreasing is most societies and the internet has also played a part, but the information available on the internet can, at times, mislead the reader or can be extremely opinioned which can be taken at face value and this will leave the reader misinformed. The internet also contains information that can be viewed to be hurtful to some people.


Social Stratification and Inequality

Social stratification is a sociological term for the hierarchical arrangement of social classes, castes, and strata within a society. While these hierarchies are not universal to all societies, they are the norm among state-level cultures (as distinguished from hunter-gatherers or other social arrangements). Slavery, caste and class are the major systems of Social Stratification. Apart from them, gender, race, age and...