Key Terminology
The spread of one popular culture around the world.
universalization
The trend of fewer independent companies owning the world's media outlets.
media concentration
This Edmonton-born media guru coined the term "global village."
Marshall McLuhan
This term describes social isolation caused by technology, such as sitting at a table with others while only texting someone else.
techno-isolation?
This non-profit organization aimed to help developing nations by providing laptops for less than $150
One Laptop per Child (OLPC)
The mixing of elements from different cultures to create a new cultural product.
hybridization
Another term for "media convergence," occurring when a company owns multiple types of media like newspapers and TV stations.
media cross-ownership?
Finish the famous McLuhan quote: "The ____ is the message."
medium
Psychotherapists use this nickname for people who use technology to block out their physical community.
high-tech hermits
Name two of the three specific barriers to digital technology mentioned for people living in Canada.
rural location (lack of high-speed), money (financial), and language challenges
The gap that separates people who do and do not have access to up-to-date digital technology.
digital divide
This Arabic TV station was restricted in Canada because cable providers did not want to be held responsible for monitoring hate-law violations.
Al-Jazeera
This 1972 satellite launch initiated a new era of communication in Canada’s North.
Anik A1
Name one positive influence of communication technology
nearly eliminating distance as a barrier or staying closely connected to friends/family
This continent has the lowThis continent has the lowest percentage of Internet users at only 3.6% est percentage of Internet users at only 3.6%
Africa
ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal, often directed at the Western world by stations like Al-Jazeera.
propaganda
Critics argue that media concentration results in a reduction of these two things in the news.
diversity of news gathering and cultural programming?
This national network, launched in 1999, creates programs "by, for and about Aboriginal peoples."
APTN
One effect of the universalization of popular culture is that it might extinguish this....
Cultural Diversity
He criticized the OLPC project, stating it was "just taking what we do in the rich world and subsidizing its use in the developing world."
Bill Gates
Current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media.
pop culture
In 2001, this major Canadian media company sparked a national outcry by ordering all of its daily newspapers to take the same editorial position, regardless of local or regional differences
CanWest Global Communications
According to McLuhan, as people communicate more quickly, these two types of distances stop mattering as much.
geographic and cultural distances
This is the primary problem with techno-isolation in a community
reduced socialization and a reduced sense of community?