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Manuel Castells: Works, Technology, Cultures & Measurement

Manuel Castells Oliván (Catalan: ; born 9 February 1942) is a Spanish sociologist. He is well known for his authorship of a trilogy of works, entitled The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. He is a scholar of the information society, communication and globalization.

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Manuel Castells topic overview

The analysis highlights Works, Technology, Cultures and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Manuel Castells.

Related topics
100
Source areas
5
Connected nodes
105
Extracted relationships
35
Related term clusters
54
Bridge connections
105

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Biography · 48 topics
Overview · 22 topics
Theoretical contributions · 20 topics
Publications · 8 topics
Critical responses to Castells · 2 topics

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Key facts & relationships

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Known for
Research on the information society, communication and globalization Organization theory Network society
Education
University of Paris
Born
(1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 84) Hellín, Albacete, Spanish State
Doctoral advisor
Alain Touraine
Doctoral students
Ananya Roy Sasha Costanza-Chock
Fields
Sociology, urban planning, communication studies

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Overview

Biography

Theoretical contributions

Critical responses to Castells

Publications

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How Manuel Castells connects Entity context

The extracted context around Manuel Castells shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Manuel Castells → Cartagena, Castells, February, Fernando Castells Adriaensens, Hellín, Irene, Josefina Olivan Escartin, La Mancha, Madrid, Politics, Spanish State, Valencia Another extracted example is Manuel Castells → Books, Castells, Karl Marx, Max Weber, The Information Age. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Manuel Castells

Top relations

related to Early life · 12
Manuel Castells → Cartagena, Castells, February, Fernando Castells Adriaensens, Hellín, Irene, Josefina Olivan Escartin, La Mancha, Madrid, Politics, Spanish State, Valencia
related to Publications · 5
Manuel Castells → Books, Castells, Karl Marx, Max Weber, The Information Age
Parents · 2
Manuel Castells → Fernando Castells Adriaensens (father), Josefina Olivan Escartin (mother)
related to Theoretical contributions · 2
Manuel Castells → Castells, Organization
Born · 1
Manuel Castells → (1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 84) Hellín, Albacete, Spanish State
Doctoral advisor · 1
Manuel Castells → Alain Touraine
Doctoral students · 1
Manuel Castells → Ananya Roy Sasha Costanza-Chock
Education · 1
Manuel Castells → University of Paris
Fields · 1
Manuel Castells → Sociology, urban planning, communication studies
Known for · 1
Manuel Castells → Research on the information society, communication and globalization Organization theory Network society

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Important terminology

castells society information university social age communication network castells' global power economy sociology oxford manuel press isbn cambridge networks also

Manuel Castells relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 35 structured relationships around Manuel Castells. Examples in this analysis include Manuel Castells → Born → (1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 84) Hellín, Albacete, Spanish State and Manuel Castells → Doctoral advisor → Alain Touraine. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

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Manuel CastellsBorn(1942-02-09) 9 February 1942 (age 84) Hellín, Albacete, Spanish State1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsDoctoral advisorAlain Touraine1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsDoctoral studentsAnanya Roy Sasha Costanza-Chock1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsEducationUniversity of Paris1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsFieldsSociology, urban planning, communication studies1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsKnown forResearch on the information society, communication and globalization Organization theory Network society1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsMonarchFelipe VI1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsOther notable studentsDaniel Cohn-Bendit1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsParentsFernando Castells Adriaensens (father)1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsParentsJosefina Olivan Escartin (mother)1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsPreceded byPedro Duque (Universities)1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsPrime MinisterPedro Sánchez1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsSpouseEmma Kiselyova1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsSucceeded byJoan Subirats1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsWebsitewww.manuelcastells.info/en1.00infobox
Manuel CastellsWorkplacesUniversity of Cambridge; University of Southern California; Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (Open University of Catalonia); EHESS; University of Paris X: Nanterre1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Related term clusters

The concept neighborhoods around Manuel Castells bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Manuel, Theory and Spanish. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Manuel Castells
    • Manuel
    • Theory
    • Spanish
    • Communication
    • Network
    • Internet
    • Work
    • World
    • International
    • Research
    • Sociology
    • Urban
  • manuel castells
    • Manuel
    • Social
    • Theory
    • Network
    • Spanish
    • Communication
    • Internet
    • Marxism
    • Sociology
    • Work
    • World
    • University
  • the information age: economy, society and culture
    • Culture
    • Economy
    • Age
    • Information
    • Network
    • Trilogy
    • Society
    • Identity
    • Communication
    • Castells'
    • Power
    • Global
  • information society
    • Age
    • Network
    • Culture
    • Society
    • Economy
    • Trilogy
    • Communication
    • Identity
    • Global
    • Press
    • Social
    • State
  • communication
    • International
    • Society
    • University
    • Network
    • Research
    • Cambridge
    • Power
    • Manuel
    • Professor
    • Technology
    • World
    • Theory
  • usc annenberg school for communication and journalism
    • International
    • Society
    • University
    • Network
    • Research
    • Cambridge
    • Power
    • Manuel
    • Professor
    • Technology
    • World
    • Theory
  • st john's college, cambridge
    • Oxford
    • Press
    • Communication
    • Isbn
    • Information
    • Global
    • Spanish
    • University
    • Identity
    • State
    • Catalan
    • City
  • university of cambridge
    • Oxford
    • Press
    • Communication
    • Isbn
    • Urban
    • Information
    • Global
    • Economic
    • World
    • International
    • Spanish
    • University

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Manuel Castells, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Manuel Castells with Biography. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Manuel Castells — Biography · splits 57 ⟂ 49
Manuel Castells — Overview · splits 83 ⟂ 23
Manuel Castells — Theoretical contributions · splits 85 ⟂ 21
Manuel Castells — Publications · splits 97 ⟂ 9
Manuel Castells — Critical responses to Castells · splits 103 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

Manuel Castells

Nodes106
Edges105
Triples35
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.018868
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Manuel Castells to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Works, Technology, Cultures & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Manuel Castells · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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