Studied by 25 peopleAlternative Fact
A statement that can be proved to be false
Cyber Espionage
The unauthorized and clandestine deployment of a virus to observe or destroy data 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
Found in large, heterogeneous societies that share 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 the spreading of popular culture products across larger spaces, resulting in a loss of localized culture diversity and convergence of cultural preferences
Fake News
False, often sensational, report disseminated under the guise of an authentic news report
Habit
A repetitive act that a particular individual performs
Ransomware
A form of malware that encrypts the victim's files, making them inaccessible
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
A repetitive act of a group, performed to the extent that it becomes characteristic of the group
Folk Culture
Traditionally practiced primarily by small, homogeneous groups living in isolated rural areas
Malware
Hostile or intrusive software designed to cause intentional harm
Taboo
A restriction on behavior imposed by social
Assimiliation
The process through which people lose originally differentiating traits, such as dress, speech particularities or mannerisms, when they come into contact with another society or culture
Material Culture
Anything that can physically be seen on the landscape
Neolocalism
The seeking out of the regional culture and reinvigoration of it in response to the uncertainty of the modern world
Glocalization
The process in which human culture, such as businesses or language or recipes, spreads internationally while also reinforcing certain local cultures.
Cultural Landscape
Cultural attributes of an area often used to describe a place
Non-Material Culture
Anything on the landscape that comprises culture that cannot be physically touched
Commodification
The process of transforming a cultural activity into a saleable product
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
Cultural Hearth
A place of origin for a widespread cultural trend
Cultural Appropriation
A situation where a dominant social or cultural group takes an expression, idea, or product from an oppressed cultural group and uses it for its own benefit.
Placelessness
The loss of uniqueness of a place in the cultural landscape so that one place looks like the rest
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