Chapter III – Global

Networks
Prepared by: Ms. Lash and Ms. Maji

CONTENT
 • LESSON 1:
“THE NATURE OF GLOBAL
NETWORKS” • LESSON 2:
• “GLOBAL NETWORKS AND GLOBALIZATION”
● What is Global
Network?
● How does global
networks link
diverse individual
from different
countries in multi
focused forms of
social linkages?
Global Network
• Global means that an entity’s
reaches are beyond territorial borders of
a particular country.
• Network refers to a set of units like nerves,
 species, individuals, institutions or states
with a particular rule which determines
the degree or direction of relation or ties
that exist between or among social
entities or units.
Global Network
• Is one of the major trends in the twenty
first century.
• It is a major featured of contemporary
 processes of globalization.
• It can be seen in different fields like
business, migration, governance,
terrorism, science; in professions; and
even in different disciplines.
Two Major
Types of
Global Network
1. Technical global networks – is a form of
global network adopted from
 telecommunication systems that utilize a
variety of satellite, cable, and wireless
technologies.
2. Interpersonal global network is a form of
global network that includes cross-border
groups such as migrants, aid, or social
workers involved in advocacy work and even
professionals discussing and debating about
new ideas and discoveries.
Types of Global
Networks
 (Holton, 2008, 77-78)
1. Advocacy networks 7. Migrant networks

2. Business, trading, and 8. Policy networks

commercial networks
3. Friendship networks 9. Professional networks

4. Imperial networks 10. Religious networks

5. Information networks 11. Terrorist network

6. Knowledge/Intellectual networks 12. Women’s network

 Advocacy Networks
● Individuals called actors who share
particular values and common
discourse ● Dense exchanges of
information and services.
● Actors called activists.
● Actors who mobilized to influence
Business, trading, and commercial
networks
● It includes transnational economic
and business networks, commercial
networks, enterprise networks, and
innovation networks.
Friendship networks
● This type of network looks into social
communication patterns, interpersonal
bonding, and social support.
Imperial networks

● Analysis of imperial empires are

usually done by historians who study
spatial patterns of connections that
link the metropoles with the
colonies.
Information networks
● Information networks are global
networks where communication is
primary function. These networks
develop as new technologies of
communication encounter a variety of
functions.
Knowledge/Intellectual networks
● Knowledge networks give importance
to the transmission of knowledge and
its connection with policy
development.
Migrant networks
● This type of global network deals
with migrants who left their countries
and settled in new territories.
Policy networks
● Is defined as “a set of relatively
stable relations that are
nonhierarchical and independent in
nature that links a variety of actors.
Professional networks
● Is a type of network that deals with
the promotion of the professionals’
mental and academic interests to
support sociability and friendship.
Professional networks
● Is a type of network that deals with
the promotion of the professionals’
mental and academic interests to
support sociability and friendship.
Religious networks
● It deals with religious practiced by
immigrants and their respective
networks.
Terrorist networks
● Terrorist networks are engaged in
organized crimes because they need
funds to sustain their activities.
Women’s networks
● Women have been a focus of many
networks. It also connected with other
network types such as advocacy
networks and friendship networks.

Thank you!
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