Top stories published by Dictionary of Digital Humanities in July of 2016

Homepage

Open in app

Top Stories published by Dictionary of Digital Humanities in July of 2016

All

2016

July

Eva in Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Jul 3, 2016

Dystopia

A highly undesirable social setting in which members are unhappy and afraid. Its most usual characteristics are public mistrust, police state, oppression, media regulation, and the claim of being an utopia worshipping a figurehead or idea, maintained through corporate, bureaucratic, technological, moral, or…

Technological Determinism

A theory that states that dominant technologies shape the development of social structure, as well as moral and cultural values.

Term coined by Thorstein Veblen

Eva in Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Jul 3, 2016

Mechanical Brain

The idea of a machine capable of solving all problems, both arithmetic and thought processes, which can be captured by mechanisms, via binary arithmetic. That is, the idea of a computer as it was depicted in 1937.

Term coined by Konrad Zuse

1 response

Eva in Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Jul 5, 2016

Memex

A mechanized -for speed and flexibility- device in which individuals would store all kinds of contents and communications, so it could be used to supplement an individual’s memory.

Term coined by Vannevar Bush

Eva in Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Jul 6, 2016

Fanbase | Fandom

The collective of fans of something or someboby.

Eva in Dictionary of Digital Humanities

Jul 10, 2016

Mass Media

A collection of medium that reaches a large audience impossible to attain via other means. Among the most popular mass medium are: print, recordings, cinema, radio, television, and Internet. Each mass medium has its own content types, cultural objects, technologies, leaders, and business models.

June 2016

August 2016

About

Dictionary of Digital Humanities

For the digital citizen → 183 entries and counting | Friends with Digital Culturist → https://digitalculturist.com

More information