Chapter 4: Culture and Social Media

Question 1

Custom

Answer 1

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act.

Question 2

Alternative fact (alt fact)

Answer 2

A statement that can be proven to be false.

Question 3

Habit

Answer 3

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual.

Question 4

Global-local continuum

Answer 4

Concept that what happens at a global level effects the local level (and vice versa)

Question 5

Cultural homogenization

Answer 5

The process of reduction in cultural diversity through the diffusion of popular culture.

Question 6

Cultural appropriation

Answer 6

Process by which people adopt customs and knowledge from others to use.

Question 7

Cyber espionage

Answer 7

The unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy data in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations.

Question 8

Glocalization

Answer 8

The practice of conducting business according to local and global considerations.

Question 9

Ethnic neighborhood

Answer 9

A neighborhood (in a big city) where a local culture practices customs.

Question 10

Fake news

Answer 10

A false report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report created to maliciously spread misinformation and mislead consumers of the content.

Question 11

Franchise

Answer 11

An agreement between a corporation and business people to market that corporation’s products in a local area.

Question 12

Taboo

Answer 12

A restriction on behavior imposed by a social custom.

Question 13

Malware (malicious software)

Answer 13

Hostile or intrusive software designed to cause intentional harm.

Question 14

Ransomware (cryptoviral extortion)

Answer 14

A form of malaware that encrypts the victim’s files, making them inaccessible, until a ransom is paid to decrypt them.

Question 15

Terroir

Answer 15

The contribution of a location’s distinctive physical features to the way food tastes.

Question 16

Trolling

Answer 16

The practice of posting deliberately inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in social media in order to provoke quarrels or otherwise agitate people.

Question 17

Folk culture

Answer 17

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogenous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups.

Question 18

Colonialism

Answer 18

The practice or policy of control by one people over other people or areas by establishing colonies and aiming for economic dominance.

Question 19

Creolization

Answer 19

The process in which creoles are formed.

Question 20

Placelessness

Answer 20

The loss of a unique character of a place that looks like any other.

Question 21

Cultural divergence

Answer 21

The tendency for culture to become increasingly dissimilar with the passage of time.

Question 22

Cultural relativism

Answer 22

The belief that different cultured societies have no vantage point to examine other cultures based on the presumed equality of cultures.

Question 23

Ethnocentrism

Answer 23

Judging another culture based on the values of one’s own culture.

Question 24

Imperialism

Answer 24

The state policy, practice, or advocacy of extending power by gaining direct territorial acquisition or by gaining political and economic control of other areas.

Question 25

Popular culture

Answer 25

Culture found in a large heterogenous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.

Question 26

Cultural convergence

Answer 26

The tendency for cultures to become more alike with the passage of time.

Question 27

Multiculturalism

Answer 27

The belief that different cultural or ethnic groups have the right to maintain distinctive cultural practices rather than assimilating to the mainstream culture.

Question 28

Sequent occupence

Answer 28

When different groups take over the land once occupied by different groups, each leaving an imprint on the place from which the next group learns.