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  2. Popular culture - Wikipedia

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    Popular culture. Popular culture (also called pop culture or mass culture) is generally recognized by members of a society as a set of practices, beliefs, artistic output (also known as popular art or mass art) [1][2] and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time. Popular culture also encompasses the ...

  3. Cultural globalization - Wikipedia

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    Cultural globalization refers to the transmission of ideas, meanings and values around the world in such a way as to extend and intensify social relations. [1] This process is marked by the common consumption of cultures that have been diffused by the Internet, popular culture media, and international travel.

  4. Global village - Wikipedia

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    Global village. Global village describes the phenomenon of the entire world becoming more interconnected as the result of the propagation of media technologies throughout the world. The term was coined by Canadian media theorist Marshall McLuhan in his books The Gutenberg Galaxy: The Making of Typographic Man (1962) and Understanding Media ...

  5. Internet culture - Wikipedia

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    Internet culture is a quasi-underground culture developed and maintained among frequent and active users of the Internet (also known as netizens) who primarily communicate with one another as members of online communities; that is, a culture whose influence is "mediated by computer screens" and information communication technology, [1]: 63 specifically the Internet.

  6. Electronic media - Wikipedia

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    The computers to store, transmit, and display the web page are electronic media. The web page is an electronic medium. Graphical representations of electrical audio data. Electronic media uses either analog (red) or digital (blue) signal processing. Electronic media are media that use electronics or electromechanical means for the audience to ...

  7. Media culture - Wikipedia

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    The news media mines the work of scientists and scholars and conveys it to the general public, often emphasizing elements that have inherent appeal or the power to amaze.For instance, giant pandas (a species in remote Chinese woodlands) have become well-known items of popular culture; parasitic worms, though of greater practical importance, have not.

  8. Mass media - Wikipedia

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    Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication. Broadcast media transmit information electronically via media such as films, radio, recorded music, or television. Digital media comprises both Internet and mobile mass communication. Internet media comprise such services as email, social media ...

  9. Cyberspace - Wikipedia

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    Cyberspace is an interconnected digital environment. It is a type of virtual world popularized with the rise of the Internet. [1] [2] The term entered popular culture from science fiction and the arts but is now used by technology strategists, security professionals, governments, military and industry leaders and entrepreneurs to describe the domain of the global technology environment ...