Things That Suck
Having to talk to people in real life
Face-to-face communication
Messages transmitted through an infrastructure of digital software, hardware, and networked systems
What is digital communication?
Ahmed and Sarah share responsibility for the quality of messages in this balanced form of communication
This term describes a medium in which messages are exchanged in real-time
What is synchronous?
These programs sort through data to determine which messages are relevant for you to receive
What are algorithms?
A digital story that deceives audiences by combining authentic emotion with inauthentic information
What is fake news?
When we are bombarded with too many digital information that we cannot keep up, we experience this phenomenon
What is digital communication overload?
This 2016 presidential candidate was criticized for using a personal email address to conduct official business as Secretary of State
Who is Hillary Clinton?
Feelings of closeness and trust develop faster, and more intensely in these mediated relationship than in their face-to-face counterparts
What are hyperpersonal relationships?
A digitally created icon that represents you online
What is an avatar?
These artificial intelligence programs simulate human interaction
What are chatterbots?
Strained by digital communication overload, we do this to manage the flow of information
What is digital filtering?
This 2016 presidential candidate was criticized for benefitting from fake news produced by "content farms" in Eastern Europe.
Who is Donald Trump?
The experience of, through digital communication, feeling physically close to those who are physically distant
What is virtual proximity?
This term describes a medium in which messages are exchanged at different times
What is asynchronous?
Collectives of homogenous persons targeted by algorithms, usually unaware of their being collected and targeted
What are calculated publics?
Monitoring by large-scale institutions and organizations of less powerful entities. Big Brother is watching
What is digital surveillance?
Citizens of Townsville vote "Yes" to require police officers to wear body cameras, enacting a form of this
What is sousveillance?
A community in which you can choose when to be a member and when to leave, as opposed to belonging by birth
What is a postmodern community?
The power to act in certain ways when the people with whom you're communicating don't know who you are in physical reality
What is (freedom of) anonymity?
The arguably unethical use of words like, "suck" in things like Jeopardy! categories
What is heteronormative language?
These uni-tasking advocates claim that distracted work decreases efficiency.
What are digital multi-tasking critics?
Bobby says, "That's crazy," in a half mumble as he glances down at his fantasy football score. Physically present, but not fully invested, Bobby embodies this phenomenon
What is continuous partial attention?
A digital form of postmodern community in which each person has greater freedom and flexibility than ever before
What is a virtual community?
Facilitated by intentional filtering, this unbalanced process reinforces the perceptual systems of the receivers
What is asymmetrical communication?