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SS Ch. 3 Test

Identity, Media, & Communication Technology

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The term wired world means The world is connected with technology
What was the fastest selling electronic deviece in the world in 2005? The cell phone
In which way has digital technology helped us? The communication barrier of distance has been eliminated
The digital divide is: The gap that seperates people who don't have access to digital technology.
The concern about digital divide is: That many people will remain uneducated.
The chairman of Microsoft is: Bill Gates.
What is the APTN? Television for Aboriginal people in Canada; Aboriginal Peoples Television Network.
Marshal McLuhan coined the phrase global village. This phrase symbolizes: The growing connections among people around the world.
According to McLuhan, global village meant that: People would no longer be citizens only of their own local community, but rather, of the world.
There are 9 transnational media corporations that: Dominate all the media throughout the world.
Media convergence is: When the diferent media outlets integrate
Media concentration is: When the media is in the hands of only a few people.
People who criticize media concentration and convergence say that: It stops the free flow of information.
What is Al-Jazeera? An Arabic TV station.
What is propoganda Informationa nd ideas spread in order to achieve a specific goal.
What does the CRTC (Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commision) do? They regulate all the broadcasting that takes place in Canada.
Techno-Isolation is: Becoming a high-tech hermit.
What was considered to be one of the backlashes of the destruction of the World Trade Center in NY? People from the Middle East were harassed and arrested and mosques were firebombed.
What was the problem with the "Make Poverty History" concerts? The organizers were accused of not including black artists.
What do many people equate pop culture with? American culture.
What're 6/ 10 things that Tony Reinke sees as being dangers of media? Media wants something from you Media stirs our appetite for glory Media causes dangerous habits Media reduces your attention span Media endangers our prayer lives Media blinds the glory of Christ, decreasing our zeal for God
Is media concentration more dangerous than media concentration? What do u think?
Give the names of 2 transnational corporations that develop and sell American pop culture. Disney Time Warner
List 4/8 diagnostic questions that Christians should consider in regard to their use of the media: How much media time is used for escaping, what am I escaping? When you're done watching/ dealing with media, coes it leave you recharged or depleted? How consistent is your devotional life? What does your prayer life look like?
Define CRTC Regulates broadcasting in Canada
Define World Wide Web The internet
Who was Lee Harvey Oswald? John F. Kennedy's assassin.
What was Bill Gates responsible for? Microsoft
Statement by Marshall McLuhan: "The medium is the message"
What's G-8 Leading industrial countries
Who was Osama Bin Laden? The head of al-Qaeda: and extremist Muslim group.
What's Al-Jazeera? An Arabic TV station.
Define hybridization It mixes elements of different cultures and creates new cultural products so people can connect with one another in new ways.
Define Universalization Everywhere in the world.
Define pop culture American culture plus that of other nations
What's APTN? An Aboriginal TV station.
What's propoganda? Ideas spread to achieve a goal.
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