A socio-historical analysis of the relations between social conflict and technological innovations

Abstract

We are living in a globalised society, underpinned by ICT, where the dynamics between public communication and social order (social consensus/conflict] have changed, are changing and will do so again in the future. The purpose of this study is therefore to contribute to the understanding of these changes. But to the extent that the public communication generates other effects, the use of communication in the public policies will have to be different. The aim is to analyse public communication transformations in the globalisation era that influence social order. The study explores one of the dimensions of the Research: “Social Production Communication and Social Reproduction in the Globalisation Era”, carried out by the UCM Group research: Social identities and communication. Consequently, the work presented in this article is based on its previous design, which is macrosociological, sociohistorical and directed at the transference of the results.