Key terms

Question 1

Digital revolution

Answer 1

Describes the transformation that digital technology has made to society, particularly in the ways in which we communicate and how information can be shared

Question 2

Global village

Answer 2

The idea that people throughout the world are interconnected through the use of new media technologies (‘giant CNS’)
McLuhan

Question 3

Networked global society

Answer 3

Individuals can share information and organise collective activism bypassing political parties and traditional media
Castells

Question 4

Media convergence

Answer 4

The coming together of different forms of media into a single device
E.g: technological, economic, cultural convergence

Question 5

Social media

Answer 5

Digital technology that allows the sharing of ideas and information (text and visuals) through virtual networks and communities

Question 6

Virtual communities

Answer 6

Communities existing on the internet
Boellstorff and Carter

Question 7

Digital social networks

Answer 7

A form of social media that encourages users to create public profiles and to create a list of others who can be invited to share connections