Intro to Media - 4 - Mobile Media and Everyday Life

Front

Which sentence describes the concept of "spaces of flows" developed by Castells, Fernández-Ardèvol, Qiu, and Sey (2007)?

Back

Constant movement of people and information over long distances (through the emergence of cell phones).

Answer explanation

People do not communicate with the people physically around them...

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Absent Presence

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Reconfiguring the physical space around people as...

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Private Audio Bubbles

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The dead times of our daily lives are often filled by personal communications...

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Perpetual Contact

Front

TRUE or FALSE: The effect of the concept of "absent presence" creates a situation similar to the concept of "perpetual contact".

Back

False

Answer explanation

It is the opposite; the "absent presence" creates a situation contrary to the concept of "perpetual contact."

Front

Which statement describes the concept of "private auditory bubbles" developed by Michael Bull (2006)?

Back

Allows resistance to imposed auditory experiences, such as background music played by speakers in public places.

Answer explanation

Thanks to mobile media, we are now autonomous nodes...

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Personalization of the experience of time and space

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Characterized by the fact that people and information are constantly moving

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Space of flows

Front

TRUE or FALSE: Mobile media contribute to the emergence of a "personalized culture," which intensifies individualism. The practices associated with mobile media, such as sending text messages or listening to MP3s, somewhat isolate us from the physical world around us, leading to a less critical understanding of it.

Back

True

Front

Which statement describes the concept of "absent presence" developed by Kenneth Gergen (2002)?
People use MP3 players (mobile media) to create their own auditory environment, which detaches them from their ambient environment. They are not socially available.

Back

People use MP3 players (mobile media) to create their own auditory environment, which detaches them from their ambient environment. They are not socially available.

Answer explanation

Reorients people's spatial environment based on their mood and aesthetic preferences

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Private auditory bubbles

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Refers to the fact that the individual is placed at the center of the mobile communication process

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Personal communication society