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What are the BA1002 key concepts?

BA1002 traces the flow of key concepts through networks that shape who we are and how we experience the world.

Key concepts:	Network properties:
Power Space and Place Reality and Virtuality Narrative and Communication Self and Community Exchange	Relations of power Interrelations between the one and the many Facets of communication and exchange Connections to space and place The interrelation of fact-fiction and reality-virtuality

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Start well - do some background readings on BA1002 key concepts

Networks
Power
Space & Place
Reality & Virtuality
Communication
Self & Community
Exchange

Networks
From Key Contemporary Concepts
Networks
From the Cambridge Dictionary of Sociology

Power
From Key Contemporary Concepts
Power
From the Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies
Power (social and political)
Wikipedia

Space
From the Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies
Place
From the Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies
Place identity
Wikipedia

Reality
Virtual
From "Cyberspace" in Key Contemporary Concepts

Communication
From the Bloomsbury Guide to Human Thought
Communication
From The Pragmatics Encyclopedia
Narrative
From The International Encyclopedia of Language and Social Interaction
Narrative
From The Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies

Identity
From Key Contemporary Concepts
Social Identity
From the Collins Dictionary of Sociology
Community
From Key Contemporary Concepts
Gender
From the Sage Dictionary of Cultural Studies

Exchange
From Key Contemporary Concepts
Exchange
From the Collins Dictionary of Sociology
Exchange
From the Encyclopedia of Social and Cultural Anthropology

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