Chapter 1 Flashcards
Digital Native
Someone that is accustomed to technology
Digital Immigrant
Someone that is new to technology
Convergence
The coming together of computing, telecommunications and media in a digital environment
3 type of convergence
Technological
Economic
Cultural
8 implications of convergence
Media organization changes Media type changes Media content changes Media use changes Media distribution changes Media audience changes Media profession changes Attitude and value changes
Oligopoly
A market form bj which a market or industry is dominated by a small number of sellers
Asynchronous
Activities that take place outside real time. Example: email.
Synchronous
Takes place like a conversation
Mass media
Diversified media technologies that are intended to reach a large audience by mass communication
Inter mass communications
Face to face communications, generally one on one
Four functions of mass communications
Surveillance
Correlation
Cultural transmission
Entertainment
Citizen journalism
Public citizens that place the role of collecting, reporting, analyzing and disturbing news and information
Surveillance
Information about the processes, issues and events
Correlation
Journalism, advertising and public relations help shape public opinion
Cultural transmission
Transference if dominant culture and subculture(s) from one generation to the next or to immigrants