Digital Age Flashcards
is “a time when large amounts of information are widely available to many people, largely through computer technology”. (Collins Dictionary).
Digital Age or Information Age
The_______ as “the advancement of technology from analog electronic and mechanical devices to the digital technology available today.
Digital Revolution
Digital revolution
The era started during the_____ and is ongoing.
1980s
Digital revolution marks the beginning of the_______”. Sometimes also referred to as______.
Information Era
digitalization
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.
Digitalization
________ (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.
Steve Cloutman
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.
digitization
_______ are characterized by their use of digital technology and their low physical cost of production and distribution ( Penn, 2019)
Types of media
are electronic tools, systems, devices, and resources that generate store, or process data
Digital technology
New media is related to ____ that use electronic devices for distribution
digital media
are software formats that enable individuals, groups, and companies to communicate and share information such as images and text.
Social networks
are networks of people who share information across the online community through a social networking platform
Virtual communities
games apps, productivity apps, lifestyle, entertainment apps
MOBILE APPLICATION
netflix, video on youtube, blog/vlogs, Spotify etc
VIDEO AND AUDIO LIVE STREAMING
________ are primarily those that have a pre-installed decoder service to access your favorite channels
Digital television
are a hybrid of TV and computer
Smart televisions
Usually identified with video games
COMPUTER AND ONLINE GAMES
These are forms of interactive multimedia used for entertainment played on a personal computer
Most often requires alicense agreement
COMPUTER AND ONLINE GAMES
These are stored in the computer and exchanged between two users over telecommunications.
ELECTRONIC MAILS
One of the most largely used features on the internet
E mails
in 1917 sent the first email
Ray Tomlinson
These are books made available in digital form or readily presented on a computer or handheld device
ELECTRONIC BOOKS
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)
PODCAST
characterized by its reliance on the network effect- the value of the network gets higher as the number of users and contributors increase
Social media
was a subset of new media from 2003-2013 but now, it is entirely different platform
Social media
Socmed platforms
(85%)
(79%)
(72%)
(66%)
(63%)
(56%)
Facebook
Youtube
FB Messenger
WhatsApp
Instagram
Twitter
More than half of the world’s population used social media with _______ by the start of July 2020 (Kemp, 2020).
3.96 billion
Specializing on the distribution of the content like photographs and videos,
Examples: Youtube and instagram
Media network
Focus on the exchange and connection of ideas, thoughts, and contents with other users like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn
SOCIAL NETWORK
The ideal platform for in-depth discussion and allows conversations to grow like Quora, Reddit, and Wordpress
DISCUSSION NETWORK
Enables user to give reviews for products and services and allows interaction as well such Yelp and Glassdoor
REVIEW NETWORK
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
SOCIAL BLOGGING NETWORK
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”
netizen
Michael Hauben
As netizens, geographical separation in the actual reality is replaced by existence in the same virtual space called the_____.
internet
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
internet
But in a certain extreme way, even______ are often bent to suit the “infotainment” genre favored by the general audience (Demotic Turn, 2010).
news reports
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
opinionated
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
internet
With democratizing power of media (________), everyone can voice out their ideas via the internet
Graeme Turner
In the Philippines, internet usage penetration is more than____% as of 2012 and is continuously rising
30
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.
democratization
is the most widely used platform
THE AGENDA SETTING THEORY:
MCCOMBS AND SHAW
A theory that holds intense media attention increases the importance of certain topics, issues, and individuals
AGENDA SETTING
It has the ability to tell us what issues are important and has a very powerful influence of the media
AGENDA SETTING
functions mostly in mass communication and media
Agenda setting
use agenda-setting to describe important events we have not personally witnessed
We (as an audience to mass media)
uses agenda setting theory to inform us on what they think is important to our society
media
research over the years believes that agenda-setting theory follows a certain sequence:
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
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)
Popular culture
