Media and Technology

4. a process by which fewer and fewer owners control the majority of media outlets
5. the spread of technology across borders
7. those who see technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life
8. those who see technology as symbolizing the potential for a brighter future
9. all interactive forms of information exchange
10. the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge
14. patents that are granted when someone has invented a new and original design for a manufactured product
16. patents that recognize the discovery of new plant types that can be asexually reproduced
18. all print, digital, and electronic means of communication
19. the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas
20. the cross-cultural development and exchange of technology
21. the act of a technology company planning for a product to be obsolete or unable from the time it’s created
22. a form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly

1. the application to and promotion of feminism online
2. a breakthrough in one form of technology that leads to a number of variations, from which a prototype emerges, followed by a period of slight adjustments to the technology, interrupted by a breakthrough
3. the gap in information that builds as groups grow up without access to technology
6. the application of science to solve problems in daily life
11. the uneven access to technology around race, class, and geographic lines
12. a situation in which a few firms dominate a marketplace
13. the principle that all Internet data should be treated equally by internet service providers
15. the sorting process by which thousands of possible messages are shaped into a mass media-appropriate form and reduced to a manageable amount
17. patents that are granted for the invention or discovery of any new and useful process, product, or machine