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Information Assurance and Security (CERIAS)
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Globalization and heterogenization: Cultural and civilizational clustering in telecommunicative space

Author

Sorin Adam Matei

Entry type

article

Abstract

The globalization of telecommunicative ties between nations is studied from a heterogenization perspective. A theoretical model inspired by Appadurai’s “disjuncture hypothesis,” which stipulates that global flows of communication are multidimensional and reinforce regional/local identities, is tested empirically on an international voice traffic dataset. Spatial-statistical measures (global and local versions of Moran’s I) indicate that countries that share the same linguistic (English, Spanish, or French) or civilizational (Catholic, Protestant, and Buddhist–Hindu) background are more likely to be each other’s “telecommunicative neighbors” and that this tendency has increased over time (1989–1999).

Date

2006 – 11

URL

http://www.sciencedirect.com/s ... 42503eae7e56302406b447f47

Journal

Telemantics and Informantics

Key alpha

Matei

Pages

316-331

Volume

23

Affiliation

Purdue University

Publication Date

2006-11-01

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