AP Human Geography Chapter 4: Culture and Social Media Vocab

Where are Cultural Groups Distributed, Where are Leisure & Material Culture Distributed, Why is Access to Culture Unequal, and Why do Cultures Face Sustainability Challenges

Alternative Fact

A statement that can be proved false

Cyber Espionage

The unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy in the computer systems of government agencies and large corporations

Franchise

An agreement between a corporation and businesspeople to market that corporation's products in a local area

Popular Culture

Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics

Terroir

The contribution of a location's distinctive physical features to the way food tastes

Cultural Homogenization

The process of reduction in cultural diversity through the diffusion of popular culture

Fake News

A false report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report, created to maliciously spread misinformation and mislead consumers of the content

Habit

A repetitive act performed by a particular individual

Ransomware

A form of malware that encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible, until a ransom is paid to decrypt them

Trolling

The practice of posting deliberately inflammatory, extraneous, or off-topic messages in social media in order to provoke quarrels or otherwise agitate people

Custom

The frequent repetition of an act, to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group of people performing the act

Folk Culture

Culture traditionally practiced by a small, homogeneous, rural group living in relative isolation from other groups

Malware

Hostile or intrusive software designed to cause intentional harm

Taboo

A restriction on behavior imposed by social custom

Assimilation

Abandoning your cultural traits for new ones

Material Culture

Something tangible that's been given value (cars, homes, Air Jordan)

Neolocalism

Building a sense of community (New Ulm)

Glocalization

A product is distributed globally but adjusted to fit local market

Cultural Landscape

All things humans do to alter the landscape, unique "fingerprint"

Non-material Culture

Ideas or practices that are dear to a group (government, weddings)

Commodification

Turning a trait into a product to sell (baseball sweatshirts)

Global-local Continuum

The notion that what happens at the global scale has a direct effect on what happens at the local scale, and vice versa (a local agriculture community might export food globally)

Cultural Hearth

Place of origin for a widespread cultural trend

Cultural Appropriation

The adoption of customs by other cultures (dream catchers)

Placelessness

Loss of uniqueness in a culture landscape (result of globalization and convergence creating a uniform landscape)