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Geo ch.4
Culture and Social Media
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| habit | a repetitive act that a particular individual performs |
| custom | a repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group |
| folk culture | traditionally practiced by small, homogenous groups living in isolated rural areas |
| popular culture | found in large, heterogenous societies that share certain habits despite other differences |
| folk music | often anonymous origin and tells a traditional story |
| popular music | from known authors and is produced for sale |
| folk clothing | may reflect environmental or cultural factors, including religious tradition |
| popular clothing | reflects occupation and income |
| taboos | a social or religious custom prohibiting or forbidding discussion of a particular practice or forbidding association with a particular person, place, or thing |
| terroir | the contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes |
| malware | a hostile software designed to cause intentional harm |
| ransomware | encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, until a ransom is paid to decrypt them |
| cyber espionage | the deployment of a virus to observe and/or destroy data in the computer system of a government agency or large corporation |
| fake news | a false, often sensational, report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report |
| alternative facts | statements which can be proved false |
| trolling | the practice of posting deliberately inflammatory messages on social media to provoke quarrels or agitate people |
| dowry | property or money brought by a bride to a husband on their marriage |
| cultural homogenization | the process by which the spread of popular culture leads to a loss of localized folk culture diversity |
| franchises | an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specific commercial activities |
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