Digital Society · 2 Concepts

DS2.4 — Power

Digital Society · SL / HL · syllabus-mapped notes

1. DS2.4.1

   How power is studied

   Power in digital society is explored and investigated by diverse subjects, fields and professions such as global politics, social and cultural anthropology. political science, public policy, philosophy, sociology and law.

2. DS2.4A

   What power is

   Power is a feature of all social relations that involves a person’s or group’s capacity to influence or control the actions of others.

3. DS2.4B

   Power is structural

   Power is structural and embedded within institutions, organizations and governments.

4. DS2.4C

   Power is unequal

   Power is not equally distributed.