MSP 1021 Study Guide - Final Guide: Meet John Doe, Randy Olson, Sherry Turkle

• School: Temple University
• Department: Media Studies & Production
• Course: MSP 1021
• Professor: Barry Vacker

Document Summary

Meme: any idea belief or behavior that can be copied or passed along. Lady gaga: fist persons whose videos were viewed over 1 billion times on. Her name spreads like viral videos, who she is, is passed along from fan to fan, face to face, or over social media. Moore"s law: every 12-18 months the power of the computer doubles while the size decreases. The spectacle: life organized around production/consumption of media, images, events, and simulations. Where life is codified and made to look spectacular. The network(movie): the howard beale show is made for life to look much more exciting than it is with its segments including: sybil the soothsayer, jim. Webbing and the endless truth dept. , miss marta hari and the skeletons in the closet, and vox populi. Hyperreal: the signs and symbols for the real are replaced for the real.