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discussion about how he connected
people and drama.
On the one hand, we get the
impression that Shakespeare's wit -
his creative and imaginative mind
- enabled him to design and represent the natural human characteristics of groups and their relationships
(see [8]). Shakespeare's scripts were
the technological devices he had to
link people and drama. On the other
hand, today the interactions that
exist among Shakespearean characters are similar to those we find
in social media tools. In this sense,
Shakespeare could be considered
an "Engineer of Social Systems";
that is to say, one who designs realistic social networks.
Technology and the humanities share the same objective: to
facilitate communication among
people in a globalized world.
For many individuals who work
to develop technology to benefit humanity, Shakespeare can
become a source of knowledge
about human nature and the way
in which people communicate.
This task requires creating paths
to connect people with people, a
challenge that many engineers currently undertake. Perhaps some of
them could borrow these abilities
by looking at Shakespeare.
Shakespeare used the work
"engineer" in Othello (2.1.65)
to signify "one who invents and
fashions systems" [9]. Engineers
therefore can build new bridges
between engineers and those who
surround them. In the same way
that Shakespeare's scripts are the
bridge between audience, actors,
and stage, social media and social
networks are bridges that link people with the events and experiences of other people. In this sense,
the playwright's statement that
"All the world's a stage" (As You
Like It, 2.7.140) becomes more
meaningful than ever.
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Table 1. Group Size in Different Types of Social Networks.
Type of Network
Social Network
Group Size
Natural groups
hunter-gatherer camps
25
hunter-gatherer camps
37.7
australian aboriginal camps
25.82
British social networks
35
russian social networks
24.8
21 Grams
25
ajami
32
amores perros
31
Babel
34
Crash
33
Hyperlink Cinema
W. Shakespeare's plays
A. Chekhov's plays
B. Shaw's plays
happy endings
24
hereafter
34
love actually
37
Magnolia
31
Mammoth
32
syriana
33
traffic
31
richard iii
47
romeo & Juliet
35
hamlet
33
troilus & Cressida
29
King lear
28
titus andronicus
24
a Midsummer night's dream
23
othello
22
the tempest
19
twelfth night
18
the seagull
13
uncle Vanya
10
three sisters
14
the Cherry orchard
18
Pygmalion
12
heartbreak house
13
Note: This table was compiled from the research published by [4], [11], [13].
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Víctor Hugo Masías is a clinical psychologist and a researcher in the
Department of Management Control
and Information Systems at the Uni∕
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Chile. Email: vmasias@fen.uchile.cl.
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