Key Terms Chapter 08: Media and Technology
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Cyberfeminism | the application to and promotion of feminism online | ||||
Design Patents | patents that are granted when someone has invented a new and original design for a manufactured product | ||||
Digital Divide | the uneven access to technology around race, class, and geographic lines | ||||
E-readiness | the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge | ||||
Evolutionary Model of Technological Change | a breakthrough in one form of technology that leads to a number of variations, from which a prototype emerges, followed by a period of slight adjustments to the technology, interrupted by a breakthrough | ||||
Gatekeeping | the sorting process by which thousands of possible messages are shaped into a mass media-appropriate form and reduced to a manageable amount | ||||
Knowledge Gap | the gap in information that builds as groups grow up without access to technology | ||||
Media | all print, digital, and electronic means of communication | ||||
Media Consolidation | a process by which fewer and fewer owners control the majority of media outlets | ||||
Media Globalization | the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas | ||||
Neo-Luddites | those who see technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life | ||||
Net Neutrality | the principle that all Internet data should be treated equally by internet service providers | ||||
New Media | all interactive forms of information exchange | ||||
Oligopoly | a situation in which a few firms dominate a marketplace | ||||
Panoptic Surveillance | a form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly | ||||
Planned Obsolescence | the act of a technology company planning for a product to be obsolete or unable from the time it’s created | ||||
Plant Patents | patents that recognize the discovery of new plant types that can be asexually reproduced | ||||
Technological Diffusion | the spread of technology across borders | ||||
Technological Globalization | the cross-cultural development and exchange of technology | ||||
Technology | the application of science to solve problems in daily life | ||||
Technophiles | those who see technology as symbolizing the potential for a brighter future | ||||
Utility Patents | patents that are granted for the invention or discovery of any new and useful process, product, or machine |