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- Hyperconnectivity:
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The phenomenon of society being always connected through networks, readily accessible, interactive, and information rich
- Social Learning:
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Learning incorporating social media, gaming, real-time feedback, and simulations
- 24/7:
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Referring to 24 h a day, 7 days a week, especially in reference to Internet connection and communication
- Dunbar's Number:
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A suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships
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We are entering a completely new form of society, which is a quantum step change from the twentieth century industrial age. Due to the complete and pervasive connectivity of humans around the globe, we have entered the era of hyperconnectivity and the 24/7 information society.
This is a revolution in humanity which has never had limitless communication. For hundreds of thousands of years, humans lived in hunter-gatherer...
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Cheok, A.D. (2014). Human Behavior and Social Networks. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6170-8_235
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