SMAD 470 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE SOLUTIONS

SMAD 470 FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDE SOLUTIONS Automation - Ans:-Algorithms created for you. Automatically generated content created for you based on your likes, searches, etc Rhizome - Ans:-structure of digital media with all of its interconnected nodes and links Simulation - Ans:-Characteristic of digital media can be applied to explain the metaverse. In the contemporary music industry, songs are often recorded one instrument at a time, often in different studios and over a long period of time. Technological determinism - Ans:-technology are the single most important course that is driving human history or the development of human society and culture (technology shapes the culture, one way road) Technocultural Approach - Ans:-Culture is changing/ influencing technology Remediation - Ans:-Old media is being reshaped by new media (netflix) Older forms of mass media such as television, film, radio, newspapers, magazines are filtered through digitized spaces. ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 2/14 Taking one media form and transmitting/transforming it through another. (Ex; old media television programs digitized and broadcast onto a tablet or smartphone. What does McLuhan mean by "We shape our tools, and afterward our tools shape us"? - Ans:-- "Medium is the message" - The medium itself is changing how we communicate - Medium is the most important thing - Technological determinism view - "Technologies have unforeseen consequences" What are the concerns of the current state of the public sphere? - Ans:-- The political fragmentation of the public, - The quality of the information environment, - The quality of online political discourse, - The legitimacy of information sources and its privatized nature For Jurgen Harmermas, what are the rules of a successful public sphere? - Ans:-A focus on rational and critical debate and the avoidance of emotion or emotive language in such debate A focus on the content of statements, not the position or standing of the speaker ©GRACEAMELIA 2024/2025 ACADEMIC YEAR. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED FIRST PUBLISH OCTOBER 2024 Page 3/14 Equality of of all participants so that status does not play a part in the debate Freedom in matters of discussion in that any subject should be open for debate and any issue should be eligible for discussion Freedom of assembly Freedom of speech, expression and publication on matters of general interest The intention to reach consensus within debate What are the characteristics of a new social movement? - Ans:-Environmental/ecological, women's rights, LGBTQ+ rights, anti globalization, 'fair trade', global human rights and fight global poverty movements. -less economically or class oriented and more focused on social changes i