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Digital Age Flashcards

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is “a time when large amounts of information are widely available to many people, largely through computer technology”. (Collins Dictionary).

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Digital Age or Information Age

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The_______ as “the advancement of technology from analog electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today.

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Digital Revolution

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Digital revolution

The era started during the_____ and is ongoing.

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1980s

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4
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Digital revolution marks the beginning of the_______”. Sometimes also referred to as______.

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Information Era

digitalization

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is the procedure of moving a business into the digital age – embracing the technologies that are relevant to improving your organization and enabling it to become more competitive.

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Digitalization

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________ (who) has described digitization as the process of purposely moving from manual or analogue processes, such as managing commercial insurance renewal data using email and spreadsheets, to digitized and, where possible automated processes.

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Steve Cloutman

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the process of purposely moving from manual or analogue processes, such as managing commercial insurance renewal data using email and spreadsheets, to digitized and, where possible automated processes.

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digitization

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_______ are characterized by their use of digital technology and their low physical cost of production and distribution ( Penn, 2019)

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Types of media

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are electronic tools, systems, devices, and resources that generate store, or process data

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Digital technology

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New media is related to ____ that use electronic devices for distribution

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digital media

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are software formats that enable individuals, groups, and companies to communicate and share information such as images and text.

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Social networks

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are networks of people who share information across the online community through a social networking platform

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Virtual communities

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games apps, productivity apps, lifestyle, entertainment apps

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MOBILE APPLICATION

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netflix, video on youtube, blog/vlogs, Spotify etc

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VIDEO AND AUDIO LIVE STREAMING

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________ are primarily those that have a pre-installed decoder service to access your favorite channels

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Digital television

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are a hybrid of TV and computer

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Smart televisions

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17
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Usually identified with video games

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COMPUTER AND ONLINE GAMES

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These are forms of interactive multimedia used for entertainment played on a personal computer

Most often requires alicense agreement

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COMPUTER AND ONLINE GAMES

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These are stored in the computer and exchanged between two users over telecommunications.

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ELECTRONIC MAILS

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20
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One of the most largely used features on the internet

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E mails

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21
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in 1917 sent the first email

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Ray Tomlinson

22
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These are books made available in digital form or readily presented on a computer or handheld device

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ELECTRONIC BOOKS

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A digital audio file is made available on the internet to download on the computer or mobile device, commonly, available of which can be received by subscribers automatically (Oxford Dictionary, 2020)

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PODCAST

24
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characterized by its reliance on the network effect- the value of the network gets higher as the number of users and contributors increase

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Social media

25
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was a subset of new media from 2003-2013 but now, it is entirely different platform

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Social media

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Socmed platforms

(85%)
(79%)
(72%)
(66%)
(63%)
(56%)

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Facebook
Youtube
FB Messenger
WhatsApp
Instagram
Twitter

27
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More than half of the world’s population used social media with _______ by the start of July 2020 (Kemp, 2020).

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3.96 billion

28
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Specializing on the distribution of the content like photographs and videos,

Examples: Youtube and instagram

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Media network

29
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Focus on the exchange and connection of ideas, thoughts, and contents with other users like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn

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SOCIAL NETWORK

30
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The ideal platform for in-depth discussion and allows conversations to grow like Quora, Reddit, and Wordpress

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DISCUSSION NETWORK

31
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Enables user to give reviews for products and services and allows interaction as well such Yelp and Glassdoor

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REVIEW NETWORK

32
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Allows people to create content for their audience and help them discover the content, and establishes engagement and familiarity with your content like Tumblr and Medium

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SOCIAL BLOGGING NETWORK

33
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The word_____, though it has been used popularly in current times, is a word from the theory of______ (1996) is a corrupted term from the phrase “Net Citizen”

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netizen

Michael Hauben

34
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As netizens, geographical separation in the actual reality is replaced by existence in the same virtual space called the_____.

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internet

35
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Hauben profoundly cautions that the______ can, nevertheless, be a “source of opinion” though he said that a netizen can train him/herself to discern real from fabricated information

A

internet

36
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But in a certain extreme way, even______ are often bent to suit the “infotainment” genre favored by the general audience (Demotic Turn, 2010).

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news reports

37
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There is a rise in______ news as reporters tend to bend the news to the stories, they often favor.

An example of this is tabloidization or sensationalizing small news items and making a big deal out of such

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opinionated

38
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The world’s physical limits collapsed via the faster streaming of information and communication via the______, and true enough, the effect is limitless and transcendental

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internet

39
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With democratizing power of media (________), everyone can voice out their ideas via the internet

A

Graeme Turner

40
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In the Philippines, internet usage penetration is more than____% as of 2012 and is continuously rising

A

30

41
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However, the______ of media, even if away from Hauben’s ideal 100% penetration in society, is still evident in society, and this is via social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and the like.

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democratization

42
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is the most widely used platform

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Facebook

43
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THE AGENDA SETTING THEORY:

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MCCOMBS AND SHAW

44
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A theory that holds intense media attention increases the importance of certain topics, issues, and individuals

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AGENDA SETTING

45
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It has the ability to tell us what issues are important and has a very powerful influence of the media

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AGENDA SETTING

46
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functions mostly in mass communication and media

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Agenda setting

47
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use agenda-setting to describe important events we have not personally witnessed

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We (as an audience to mass media)

48
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uses agenda setting theory to inform us on what they think is important to our society

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media

49
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research over the years believes that agenda-setting theory follows a certain sequence:

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o The media presents information and provoked awareness of issues

o That information then provokes us to change our attitudes or even keep the same attitudes

o The change in attitude then will provoke behavior change and the media got what they are hoping to achieve

50
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is power, and whoever wields it to manipulate minds is likely to find its literary and technological machinery turned against him when the minds it has manipulated discover its potency as a political weapon.”(Lumbera, 1984)

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Popular culture

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