Media - Random Bits Flashcards
What does disinformation lead to?
a lack of trust in public institutions and social division
What is internet activism?
Grassroots movements using the Internet, especially social media, to mobilize, organize protests, raise awareness and funds, etc.
What is hacktivism?
- Hacktivism: Refers to the use of computer networks as a means of protest to promote political ends.
What is Alternative media?
Media that represent and give voice to people ignored by mainstream news media
What is culture jamming
A reapproproation of our mental space that has become saturated with commercial messages.
What is the internet
A global system of interconnected computer network system using Internet protocol suite to link devices worldwide
What is the web
The World Wide Web: the collection of web pages that you view when you are online on a computer or other device
What percentage of the worlds population has access to internet
57%
What is the difference between Web 1.0 and Web 2.0
- Web 1.0: desktop online shopping. web 2.0: social medias, mobile, cloud services.
What percentage of Facebook’s revenue comes from advertising.
97.5
What is the information panopticon
Technological systems use transparency to assert power, control, and authority over users. Data is collected on a user using various technologies: Google gps, fitbit health statistic, biometrics in India, facial recognition, and then that information is being used by businesses and governments to control their populations
What are 4 principles of journalism
o Loyalty must go to the citizens
o Objective in reporting news
o Be balanced not to favour one side of the issue
o Defend democracy
What are the 5 bias filters present in news media
- Size, Ownership, and Profit Orientation
- The Advertising License to Do Business
- Sourcing Mass Media News
- Flak and the Enforcers
- Anti-Communism
Describe 1. Size, Ownership, and Profit Orientation
newspapers survive with large investments from big coorps they need to please
Explain 2. The Advertising License to Do Business
Media must have the largest audiences possible to attract companies who want to advertise with them
Sourcing Mass Media News
“Official” sources (i.e. the state or huge private businesses) provide most of the information to journalists. These
Flak and the enforcers
News media seeks to avoid flak: negative response to a media statement or program – can be damaging: lawsuits, boycotts, etc.
Anti-communism/ the need for enemies
News media has to fit into the dichotomous frame of the political world: us vs. them.
Joint venture
partnership between two businesses
oligopoly
a market where a few sellers dominate
conglomerate
Company that operates across several business sectors
Media cross ownership
ownership of multiple media businesses by a person or corporation
Concentration of media ownership
Due to mergers, fewer and fewer firms control a large shares of the market.
Describe postwar american culture
1.Leisure time (economic growth)
2. Television – common references: nation-building
3. Suburban consumer culture – conspicuous consumerism- homogenous white middle class –
4. Levels out former religious and ethnic differences
5. Race and gender inequalities remain
6. Consumption becomes rituals, spirituality
What is the difference between Americanization and american cultural imperialism?
Americanization is the process of American brands and values being adopted by global cultures. American cultural imperialism refers to how American culture is pushed onto other cultures, and how parts of those cultures will be limited or misappropriated
How is Americanization limited?
Global digital divide
Proptectionism
Indigenization,-
How is protectionism achieved in Canada
- Restrict American content (quotas) – 60% of tv
- Subsidize Canadian content
- Created public cultural institutions
