Tech test Flashcards
Who created the term mcdonalization and what is the basic concept
George Ritzer and to see the affect rationalization has on society
Characteristics of McDonaldization
Efficiency Calculability Predictability Control over uncertainties Non human technology
Negative aspects of McDonaldization
One skill for a job only
Easily replaced and can’t expand their abilities
Thorstein Veblen
Coined terms conspicuous consumption and pecuniary emulation
William Ogburn
Theory of cultural lag
Marshall McLuhan
Encouraged people to consider the effects of new media on the individual and community, he developed the four laws of media
Alvin Toffler
Future shock
Focus on learning how to adapt to control new changes brought on by technology
Stephen Bertmann
Hyper culture
Michelle Weil and Larry Rosen
Important to avoid becoming slaves to machines
People should step back from tech and assess their thoughts and feelings
Humans need rest from tech
Kimberly young
Cyber disorders
Addictive use of the internet leads to isolation, increase in depression, divorce, etc.
Jan English-Lueck
Infomated households
Curious to see the impacts that these information technologies had on the daily lives of families
Conspicuous consumption
Consumers who buy expensive luxury items for no other reason than to display wealth
Pecuniary emulation
Lower class individuals to consume the spending habits of members of the upper class in order to appear to be one of them
Cultural lag
A period of maladjustment occurs when the non-material culture is struggling to adapt to new material conditions
Hyper culture
Encourages people to step back from technology and that family traditions need to be promoted in order to maintain a cultural and personal identity
Infomated households
Homes with at least 5 information technologies ex tv and phones
Name 5 pollutants and an affect from it
Mercury- damage to nervous system and environment
Coal mining- destroys vegetation and air quality
electronic waster- poison workers and water sources with recycled
Pharmaceuticals- sex hormones messed up
Plastic pollution- biological functions messed
Urban air pollution- premature and prenatal deaths
Slag- pollutes anything around it
Untreated sewage- destroys wildlife
Oil- destroys wildlife
Gold mining- poisonous to wildlife
Radiation- death and cancers
Reasons for end of baby boom
Birth control pill
Increase in women’s rights (More jobs for women more education more debt and increase in age of marriage)
Adv. in medical technology and post natal care
Cost of living increased
Lack of religious customs
Sexual revolution
Midway what is it and why is it known
Plastic island also known for battle of midway the US AIRBASE in WW11 in the fight with Japanese
Dimensions of midway
5Miles across
500 000 acres of submerged coral reef
What is micro plastic
Acts like a sponge to absorb other toxins
Consumed by fish which entered our food stream
Complex polymers in which the body can’t break them down
Technological determinism
The technology of a given society is a fundamental influencer of the various ways in which a society exists
Changes in technology are the primary and most important source that leads to change in the society
Define technology
An extension of some human quality that make the process of living easier
Helter skelter growth
Little provision for adequate services
