CMI 3358 Final Exam Review
Kompromat - ANS-(Russian) compromising information, often false, deceptive, and
stagged, designed to damage the reputation of people or to blackmail them politically
Dezinformatsiya - ANS-(russian) disinformation
Medius - ANS-(latin) middle/neutral
Governmental international communication - ANS-(BBC, VOA, NHK, Al-Jazeera) info
dissemination, propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural and linguistic proximity, national
influence, and prestige
Commercial international communication - ANS-(CNN, OGlobo, MSNBC, Skynews)
informational capitalism
Artificial Intelligence - ANS-the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot
to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings... systems endowed with
the intellectual processes characteristic of humans: the ability to reason, discover
meaning, generalize, or learn from past experience
Sexual Harassment - ANS-1) creation of a hostile work environment
2) quid pro quo (latin) this for that someone in position of power demands sexual favors
in exchange for something
Writing Technologies - ANS-Chiappe Telegraph
Electric telegraph
Telephone
English as lingua franca - ANS-a language that is adopted as a common language
between speakers whose native languages are different; English is an international
language, and language of science, technology, ICT.
English is a global lingua franca.
Other global lingua franca - ANS-Greek: greek empire
Latin: Roman empire
Arabic: Islam
French: francophone countries
Spanish: latin america
, Portuguese: portugese-speaking countries
English: anglophones
Globalization - ANS-the interconnection of nations, peoples, religions, political
ideologies, and cultures around the world through ICTs
Technological determinism - ANS-The belief that information & Communication
technologies (the Internet) determine human action and will solve all our problems
digital divide - ANS-gap between those who have access to ICTs and those who don't
Counter-diffusion - ANS-movement of ideas and technologies from the periphery to the
center
Propaganda - ANS-the deliberate and systematic attempt to shape perception,
manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the
desired intent of the propagandist
Soviet Union - ANS-first political use of radio to spread international propaganda;
AGITPROP
Nazi and US propaganda - ANS-nazi propaganda agaisnt russia and west, american
war propaganda "psychlogical operations"
disinformation - ANS-information that is intentionally disseminated to deliberately
deceive and mislead
misinformation - ANS-sharing information that is incorrect WITHOUT an intent to
deceive and mislead
public diplomacy - ANS-communicating with the public in other countries over the heads
of their governments to bypass official barriers
Film - ANS-came from coating of thin "film" or layer of chemical gel on photographic
plates
Le cinematographe - ANS-French, from greek "writing in movement"
Cinema - ANS-means movies collectively, when viewed as an art form
Kompromat - ANS-(Russian) compromising information, often false, deceptive, and
stagged, designed to damage the reputation of people or to blackmail them politically
Dezinformatsiya - ANS-(russian) disinformation
Medius - ANS-(latin) middle/neutral
Governmental international communication - ANS-(BBC, VOA, NHK, Al-Jazeera) info
dissemination, propaganda, public diplomacy, cultural and linguistic proximity, national
influence, and prestige
Commercial international communication - ANS-(CNN, OGlobo, MSNBC, Skynews)
informational capitalism
Artificial Intelligence - ANS-the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot
to perform tasks commonly associated with intelligent beings... systems endowed with
the intellectual processes characteristic of humans: the ability to reason, discover
meaning, generalize, or learn from past experience
Sexual Harassment - ANS-1) creation of a hostile work environment
2) quid pro quo (latin) this for that someone in position of power demands sexual favors
in exchange for something
Writing Technologies - ANS-Chiappe Telegraph
Electric telegraph
Telephone
English as lingua franca - ANS-a language that is adopted as a common language
between speakers whose native languages are different; English is an international
language, and language of science, technology, ICT.
English is a global lingua franca.
Other global lingua franca - ANS-Greek: greek empire
Latin: Roman empire
Arabic: Islam
French: francophone countries
Spanish: latin america
, Portuguese: portugese-speaking countries
English: anglophones
Globalization - ANS-the interconnection of nations, peoples, religions, political
ideologies, and cultures around the world through ICTs
Technological determinism - ANS-The belief that information & Communication
technologies (the Internet) determine human action and will solve all our problems
digital divide - ANS-gap between those who have access to ICTs and those who don't
Counter-diffusion - ANS-movement of ideas and technologies from the periphery to the
center
Propaganda - ANS-the deliberate and systematic attempt to shape perception,
manipulate cognitions, and direct behavior to achieve a response that furthers the
desired intent of the propagandist
Soviet Union - ANS-first political use of radio to spread international propaganda;
AGITPROP
Nazi and US propaganda - ANS-nazi propaganda agaisnt russia and west, american
war propaganda "psychlogical operations"
disinformation - ANS-information that is intentionally disseminated to deliberately
deceive and mislead
misinformation - ANS-sharing information that is incorrect WITHOUT an intent to
deceive and mislead
public diplomacy - ANS-communicating with the public in other countries over the heads
of their governments to bypass official barriers
Film - ANS-came from coating of thin "film" or layer of chemical gel on photographic
plates
Le cinematographe - ANS-French, from greek "writing in movement"
Cinema - ANS-means movies collectively, when viewed as an art form
