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It is described an abstract model for the definition and the dynamic evolution of "communities of actants" originating from a given reference society of roles. Multiple representations are provided, showing how communities evolve with respect to their reference societies. In particular we show how such representations are self-similar and factorisable into "prime" constituents...
Socio-technical collective adaptive systems (CAS) are composed of different heterogeneous parts or entities (e.g., individuals, groups, computers, robots, agents, devices, software, services, sensors) that interact collectively in a complex and largely unpredictable manner. Their ability to be adaptive requires incorporating mechanisms that allow entities to interact and perform actions favoring the...
The functions of social organizations in the process of public conflict management are as follows: information and communication function, intermediary intervention function, the solution proposed function. The specific and multiple roles of social organizations in public conflict management are as follows: information aggregator, information analyzer, information clarifier, information disseminator,...
In China, social organizations are active in all kinds of public affairs, including the public conflict. Though the government is sensitive to social organizations' participation in public conflict process, they are enrolling in the conflict process more and more frequently. Looking from the function aspects of social organizations, the role of social organizations to conflict resolution is double,...
China's reality social, has the specificity of centralize traditions, with no opposition parties and social organizations are not yet ripe. Due to changes in information technology and popularization of Internet users in China, led that the China's network society to be the first scale in the world's network society. According to this article, the features of the network society, such as occult, open...
The public opinion formation is becoming of a strategic importance at all levels of society. Public voice, a consequence of an asymmetrical informational structure, is interwoven by viewpoints of many individuals involved in the issue. The control and possible handling to manipulate information are now major issues in social organizations, including economy, politics, fashion, and even personal affairs...
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