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In this paper globalization is analyzed from the electronic information and communication perspective. Two kinds of communities are distinguished: traditional territorial communities and new kind of content communities. Content communities are the results of human communication via Internet. Content communities group people round a particular information content that is of interest to them. Features of both kinds of communities are analyzed, showing their fundamental differences. Basing on those differences, a conclusion is that global society is a myth, while information society is a reality.
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Cellary, W. (2007). Globalization from the Information and Communication Perspective. In: Janowski, T., Mohanty, H. (eds) Distributed Computing and Internet Technology. ICDCIT 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4882. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77115-9_30
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