Quiz #1 Flashcards
The “Californian ideology” refers to:
- a mix of libertarianism and counterculture bohemianism that shaped early Internet start-ups
In the video clip we watched in class, Henry Jenkins argued that:
- participatory culture has a long history, including media like riot grrrrl zines
- participatory culture can foster political engagement
In their article “High Tech or High Risk,” Justine Cassell and Meg Cramer argue that
- girls have historically been subject to moral panics around new media technologies
political economy tells us to “follow the money” by paying attention to
- media ownership
- labour
As we discussed in class, Wikipedia has been criticized for:
- a lack of female editors
Like the Internet, which media technology was shaped by amateur users?
- the radio
What is an example of media consolidation?
- Yahoo buys Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollars
The idea that video games cause youth to engage in violence is an example of:
- a moral panic
Why might we be critical of the “hype” around participatory culture?
- the unpaid labor of media audiences
- corporate accumulation of our personal data
- racist memes like Pepe the Frog
- gendered harassment like that experienced by Leslie Jones
“Historical Materialism” characterizes which approach to studying new media?
- political economy
Our contemporary networked information economy is characterized by:
- peer production
- The Internet
- Sharing economy
- knowledge industries
Which scholar called attention to the importance of structure and the ways in which media technologies reshape society and culture?
- Marshall McLuhan
The inclusion of racially “diverse” emojis by Apple and other companies offers an example of
- social shaping of technology
In her article “Why Youth Heart Social Network Sites” boyd argues that networked publics are characterized by:
- invisible audiences
- persistence
