• Think about the rise and rise of the Internet: were its shape, its form and its function inevitable? Could it have been different? If so, how?
• Network Society: Many theorists see it as a space of limitless social and cultural opportunity. Others see is as a much more limited space ruled by commodification and commercialism. What do you think?
• Politics online: does the process complement traditional politics, or detract from it?
• In what ways, and with what consequences, has our relationship with time been changed through the network society?
• Critically analyse the Network Society: what are its positives and negatives?
• Is social media actually social, or is it anti-social media?
• Describe and critically assess the positive and negative connections between globalisation and the network society.
•  Looking at it from the perspective of 2016, what can we say now about the function of new media in politics?
• Think about the amounts of information generated in the network society: is information overload a problem?

. Describe and critique the ‘space’ of the network