W11 Tech

Question 1

media technology

Answer 1

broadly refers to any technological tool that serves as a bridge/conduit to stimuli that is otherwise not available in the immediate physical environment

Question 2

screen media technology

Answer 2

media tech developed in the past century - including television, smartphones etc. and are generally electronic in nature

Question 3

immediate physical environment

Answer 3

environment in which the use of media technology takes place

Question 4

mediated vs unmediated activities

Answer 4

mediated activities = stimuli afforded by screen media tech

unmediated activities = stimuli afforded by physical environment and does not involve the use of screen media tech

Question 5

complementarity-interference model

Answer 5

effects of media tech on well-being

Question 6

complementarity processes

Answer 6

increase WB through providing opportunities to experience PA, meet basic psychological needs and provide information and convenience that the immediate physical envt cannot

Question 7

interference processes

Answer 7

hinder WB by increasing NA or decreasing PA through

• attention costs
• substitution of activities
• upward social comparison
• lack of empathy

Question 8

substitution

Answer 8

media tech can replace engagement with the unmediated environment

Question 9

active or passive use

Answer 9

scrolling through others’ content or actively posting content