As a result of reading Chapter 12 and participating in related class discussions and activities, you should be able to:

(1) Define the characteristics of an e.net’er;

(2) Have some fun conversations with your classmates and friends concerning the dialectical poles and challenges that e.net’ers face in the contemporary culture;

(3) Discuss some of the pros and cons of globalization;

(4) Reflect more in-depth on the relationship between surface-level pop culture and exported cultural images and stereotype issues;

(5) Analyze and draw out some practical implications of “collaborative individualism.”