ONLINE MEDIA & GLOBAL VILLAGE

DEF GLOBAL VILLAGE

were more globally united due to electronic media becoming a village

the global village gives rise to the "global _____

brain

def GLOBAL BRAIN

meshing of communal brains into one overarching system of thoughts & behaviors

exs of global brain

convergence, meme culture, virality, mcdonalds everywhere

convergence

combining several aspects of our lives that used to be separate

what are the 4 types of convergence?

tech, economic, social, cultural

exs of tech & econ convergence

tech = multifunctional smartphone, econ = using credit card overseas (disney, conglomerates)

exs of of social & cultural convergence

social = dating ideas similar, youth from diff countries are similar, cultural (global) = global village, world starts looking the same

MASH UP CULTURE

everyday life has become entertainment due to convergence & online stage

exs of mash up culture

work, church, school vs spectacle (award shows) are becoming harder to diff

why is it becoming really hard to separate intellectualism/news/politics/ religion from spectacle?

bc the online stage is with us all the time

mash up culture also refers to our cultural obsession w _______

pastiche (different things that don't go together are put together)

social media = major ______ of pop culture

conductor

Facebook & Twitter survived the _____ effect & “-----” ppl from the traditional patterns of socialness

fad, freed

social media is replacing the ------ or the -------’s couch

confessional, psychologist’s

social media platforms also allow for social ------ and are major players on the ----- -----

grooming, online stage

DEF MEME

essentialized form of a idea, phrase, behavior, style, or thing

memes are:

* Highly reproducible, recognizable
* constituent of mash-up culture
* purveyors of pop culture
* **only carry content of temporarily popular material decided by social media users**

due to memes, pop culture is becoming ______ culture, suggested to have happened bc of over ------ of art

mimicry, democratization

what sustains mash-up culture & meme culture?

virality

virality traits:

* short time & title
* humor must be satirical & ludicrous
* element of surprise
* talent = focus must stay in one are

the global village brings us together for a "connected ________”

intelligence

when do others experiences become yours?

when they begin shaping the way you think after you learn about their experience

online stage

place where we can have a diff persona

memes blur _______ culture & entertainment

serious

being online is mesh culture bc

that’s where you have your work, calendar, doctors reminders, church meetings, school

compounding effect

see more, hear more, feel more