Meme
Network
Spectacle
Hyper real
Introduction
100
contagions passed among our mind
What is meme
100
replicator of tech; they adapt and mutate with innovation
What is temes
100
role of image, distraction, and entertainment
1) convey lived experiences 2) make audiences passive and complacent 3) present a heightened, glamorous type of lifestyle meant to keep us interested
100
Why do Cowboys and their stadium fit in hyper real?
football cowboys are ramped up portrayal of olden-time cowboys; stadium is the largest in the world with enormous screens + it holds concerts on top of football games
100
central idea of textbook
What is use movies to introduce students to critical thinking about media and society
200
what depends on ability to survive by saying something about the world that ensures its replication in the hosts
What is evolution of memes
200
social message of printing press, television, car, and computer/network society
press- spread of mass society and mechanized lifestyles, amplification of written lifestyles tv- accept events occurring on screen, extends to visual form car - we are a mobile consumer society dependent on fossil fuels computer- embrace a 24/7 networked society that spans the globe and links people with info, entertainment, and one another
200
technological and cultural shift to replace lived experience with representation of lived experiences
What is spectacle
200
hyper real in Truman show
main character's reality exists entirely in within a massive TV studio, viewers are still prisoners on the map of television
200
educational goals of textbook
What is think critically about media and society
300
media events that provoke real social change; intends to spread its own code as far as wide as possible
What is media virus
300
a form of period-doubling
What is moore's law
300
worth and hours of programming for ESPN
What is $40 billion and 30,000 hours in 2012
300
how does coke zero exhibit hyper real?
water or coke were drink choices, then they made coke zero, which is hyper real of water
300
concept name for: your brain has as many neurons in it as there are stars in the milky way + your mental universe grows over time
What is Milky Way of Your Mind
400
what is the last frontier?
media With more media presence comes more power
400
the least structured organization of them all; capable of infinite rearrangements and of growing in any direction
What is kelly's explanation of a network
400
supra-ideology of all discourse on TV
What is entertainment
400
how do disneyland and las vegas exhibit the hyper real
they are microcosms of media and simulation in everyday life
400
What elements does the human body have with the cosmos?
What is hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon
500
working definition of a meme
a unit of info in a mind whose existence influences events such that more copies of itself get created in other minds
500
transcends the minds of society, evident in pong game
What is a hive mind
500
how many hours will an average 21-year-old have played since birth?
What is 10,000 hours
500
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What is the amount of hours i wish i could sleep tonight
500
Do you think Vacker really has a girlfriend
What is nawwww
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