Chapter 11 Flashcards
Web 2.0
Emphasize sharing/online collaboration
Shift power in public debate on SM
Effects how PR practitioners reach targeted audiences
Web 3.0
Transformed digital media platfrom
Revolutionize how info is gathered
Semantic Web - more intelligent/intuitive/gather info based on content/meaning
Recognize relationships/link sources/databases
Social media
Bypass traditional media
Public can bypass media
Need to know how to id, monitor, engage
Media/Messages/Values
message/medium must link to values of communicator/targeted publics
values not linked to changes in technology
Analog communication
relays all info in original message in form of continuously varying signals
Digital communication
translates analog into computer-readable bits of info
hypermedia
integrated multimedia - incorporate audio, visual, textual info
wireless communication
global comms = mobile/responsive/cost-effective
global experiences
ie smartphones
narrows comms gap b/w rich & poor nations
social ramifications of technology
new town commons
redefined communities
Media conglomeration
preservation of personal privacy
job security
protection of intellectual property
New Town Commons
where people get latest news, share grief, engage in thoughtful political discussion
internet went from place for academic researchers to town commons of 21st century
Redefined communities
changed social relationships
look different from traditional relationships, but share similar elements
need to learn new values of these communities
media conglomeration
when media companies merge – now own means of production/distribution across wide spectrum of media
“the class with the means of material production at its disposal has control at the same time over the means of mental production” - Marx
Time Warner
Largest media conglomerate - New Line Cinema, Time Inc, HBO, Turner, CW, WB, Warner Bros, CNN, DC Comics, etc
Preservation of Personal privacy
easier to gather/store/transmit personal info
Always a risk with online, despite safeguards
Job Security
new tech = more productivity
Also = possibility of doing jobs with fewer workers