Networks exist in any and every field possible, such as social, political, governmental, media, and etc. After reading Manuel Castells’s “Afterword: Why Network Matter?” it is clear to me that networking is a necessary tool in society today. Networking is Power. Power of control, wealth, and or influence which cease to exist in any sole institution, state or large conglomerates. Networking is a global phenomenon which enables us to connect with people from all walks of life.
The world today revolves around social networking and the internet. This is an undeniable fact in today’s world. Societies, individuals, organisations depend and rely on social network to aid them towards their true cause. Networking is also important today because of the development of technologies of software-based communication which society today relies heavily on. Organisations and individuals could not accomplish goals and tasks without certain required technology hence the most useful and powerful tool for today is the social networking culture such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, MySpace and others. With further advancement in social networking technologies, solutions to various problems might possibly be solved on a much easier level. Social network also provides us real time updates even on events that are happening in remote places.
Big organisations need international business; companies from all over the world are talking about mergers. This will place them at the top of their industry and to be better than their competitors. With the help of networking, these will be a possibility. Deals can happen more conveniently and with greater easement. Especially if there already exist a stable and good-relationship network among the parties.
Networking is used among governments of different countries in order to make the world a better place when they want to have an agreement, to make the world a better place. Like the UN, international law, alliance among countries and etc. Decision making processes that would be of greater benefit to a large scale of people instead of being limited to a specific region, group, and others.
Activists also find that networking is very crucial in their cause. This is because they need a “tool” to enable them to spread their message. They often discuss their morals, cultures and visions among other activist in their network in hopes that when they succeed it will be a life that the people had wished for.
If the question is why Network Today? Then I’d have to say that networking is the key to great success in any field, whether it is towards a certain goal or to attain anything. It plays a very crucial role in this modern age; it even has the ability to close the gap between generations. It helps to shape our knowledge and the information we retrieve. Hence network is power and power is everything.
As mentioned previously, there are many different societies who use network to become the Alpha One. When one society of that particular network has more power, it can even influence other networks and have a say in it. I have now come to realize that networking is such a powerful tool that it has played such an important role in shaping and moulding my life without me even realizing it has done so then. As of now, this is my understanding to as why networking matters.
