Definitions
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- noun computing, slang, derogatory A
haphazard collection ofsoftware assembled in terms of quantity rather than quality. - noun media, slang Traditional
media content, such as printednews reports, republished hastily on theInternet without considering the needs and capabilities of that medium.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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Most of the stories on these sites are mere "shovelware," meaning print articles are tossed online without much thought.
Michael Koretzky: College Journalists Are Good at Consuming Multimedia but Bad at Making It. Why? 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
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The best producers resent the "screen is a screen is a screen" meme because it frees those who are less scrupulous to throw "shovelware" into a scary, fast-changing market.
David Kleeman: "A Screen Is a Screen Is a Screen" Is a Meme David Kleeman 2010
ecbrenner commented on the word shovelware
The shovelware era is over. The challenge now is how to use new media as if traditional media had never existed -- to utilize new media's myriad advantages over traditional media. --Vin Crosbie, ClickZ
October 30, 2008
bilby commented on the word shovelware
I trust it's shovel-ready.
December 8, 2009
hugovk commented on the word shovelware
The Guardian, January 2015:
January 14, 2015