chapter 8 Flashcards
cyberfeminism
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 globalization
the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of
ideas
media
all print, digital, and electronic means of communication
neo-Luddites:
those who see technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life
new media:
all interactive forms of information exchange
panoptic surveillance:
a form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are
decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly
planned obsolescence:
when a technology company plans 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
