exam 1 Flashcards
media definition
means of communication
culture definition
values, beliefs, and practices that require context
what kind of relationship does media and culture have
interdependent
history definition
narrative that organizes and makes sense of the past
historiography
practice of writing history
past definition
things that occurred previously
presentism
history is written and judged from the prospective of when it was created
what is presentism also known as
Historians fallacy
revolution defintion
sudden change in the norm
who created the stages of media history
Lippman
4 stages of media history
authoritarian
partisan
commercial
organized intelligence
authoritarian stage
censored
partisan stage
political parties
commercial stage
sensationalistic
organized intelligence stage
future development
Elizabeth Eisenstein
printing press caused social change; modern world
ideology definition
create a way of interpreting world and our place in it
“The medium is the message”
Marshall McLuhan
determinist definition
technology is bound to happen and change
social constructionist definition
technology impacted by surroundings
utopian defnition
like technology
luddite definition
against technology
what did Plato worry about
writing might lead to loss of memory
Phaedrus
writing shift
picture to phonetic