chapter 1- The Media in Our Lives terms

Information Society

information society is where the exchange of information is the predominant economic activity.

Mass Communications

Mass communications is one-to-many, with limited audience feedback

Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI)

generative artificial intelligence (Al)

are computer programs that can create original content.

Virtual Reality

Is an immersive technology that simulates sensory experiences that can fool human sense

Conventional Media

Is mass media forms of print publications, broadcast television, and radio and movies as they existed in a pre-digital world.

Digital

Means computer-readable information formatted in 1s and 0s

Analog

Communication uses continuously varying signals corresponding to the light or sounds originated by the source.

Channels

Is an electronic, mechanical, or software system that links the source to the receiver.

Convergence

Is the intervention of mass media, computer, and telecommunications.

Augmented Reality

Overlays digital images onto the real-world surrounding of its users.

Streaming Video

Converts video to continuous streams of data for transmission over the internet.

Influencers

Are social media users with large followings who are paid to endorse products.

Telecommunications Act of 1996

Is federal legislation that deregulated the communications media.

Copyright

Is the legal right to control intellectual property. With it comes the legal privilege to use, sell, or license creative works.

Net Neutrality

Means users are not discriminated against based on the amount or nature of the data they transfer on the internet.

Digital divide

Is the gap in internet usage between high- and low-income earners, and between Whites and people of color.