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| the application to and promotion of feminism online |
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| patents that are granted when someone has invented a new and original design for a manufactured product |
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| the uneven access to technology around race, class, and geographic lines |
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| the ability to sort through, interpret, and process digital knowledge |
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| evolutionary model of technological change |
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| 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 |
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| the sorting process by which thousands of possible messages are shaped into a mass media-appropriate form and reduced to a manageable amount |
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| the gap in information that builds as groups grow up without access to technology |
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| all print, digital, and electronic means of communication |
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| a process by which fewer and fewer owners control the majority of media outlets |
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| the worldwide integration of media through the cross-cultural exchange of ideas |
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| those who see technology as a symbol of the coldness of modern life |
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| the principle that all Internet data should be treated equally by internet service providers |
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| all interactive forms of information exchange |
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| a situation in which a few firms dominate a marketplace |
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| a form of constant monitoring in which the observation posts are decentralized and the observed is never communicated with directly |
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| the act of a technology company planning for a product to be obsolete or unable from the time it’s created |
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| patents that recognize the discovery of new plant types that can be asexually reproduced |
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| the spread of technology across borders |
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| technological globalization |
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| the cross-cultural development and exchange of technology |
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| the application of science to solve problems in daily life |
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| those who see technology as symbolizing the potential for a brighter future |
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| patents that are granted for the invention or discovery of any new and useful process, product, or machine |
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