CH 7 Community, Culture, Media

Question 1

Reasons Teens Need community

Answer 1

• feel connections
• feel a membership, purpose
• get acknowledged, valued, protected
• learn an “Us” mentality
• learn leadership and teamwork skills

Question 2

Advantages for Teens in Athletic Things

Answer 2

• good for physcial well-being and coordination
• learn teamwork, slef-control, discipline, self-esteem

Question 3

Disadvantages teens joining athelics

Answer 3

• leanr from a hypermasculine environment
• queer teens may have hostile teammates towards them
• learning a “winnning is everything” mentality

Question 4

what is culture

Answer 4

set of beliefs, values, attitudes, persepctives and customs shared by a group

Question 5

loose culture

Answer 5

not a restristive group, can deviant

Question 6

tight culture

Answer 6

more restrictive, if a deviant may suffer consequences

Question 7

individualism

Answer 7

• ppl are their own being, unique
• they work for themsevles and their own values n beliefs, needs and goals

Question 8

collectivism

Answer 8

• person works for the greater good of the group
• actions depend on those of the group’s goals

Question 9

cross-cultural research

Answer 9

studying phenomemons and how theyre interpreted, experienced, expressed by diff cultures
ex. peace sign

Question 10

4 ways immigrant/Ethno Minorities relate to the Majority

Answer 10

1 = Assimilate: giving up ur own culture and becoming one of them
2 = Marginalization: reject own and majority culture
3 = Separation: rejecting the majority culture
4: Integratice: accepting own culture and majority

Question 11

Reasons why Teens use sm Media

Answer 11

1 = Diversion: just general relaxing or cuz bored
2 = Cognition: to get smarter, learn new things
3: Social Reasons: frens are watchign a movie so maybe i shud
4: Withdrawl: escapism
5: Identity: consuming media of nonfict and fic can relate to oneself
6 = High Sensation: need for stimulation, violence, ASMR

Question 12

some effects of being exposed to media for teens

Answer 12

whatever they consume can lead to them incorporating those ideas into their attitudes, behavs
ex. desensitization to violence
BUT it depends on their history and psych make up

Question 13

Theories as to the Media Effects

Answer 13

1 = Cultivation: there is bias is lotta media consumed that can define or cultivate ur thinking ex. first exposure to tv shows w lotta stereotypes
2 = Social Cognition: learning by watching and if the action if rewarded ex. ppl thinking that p*rn is how sex is irl
3: Schemas:

Question 14

Connections between Violent Media and Violent Behaviour

Answer 14

• not a cause and effect
  BUT can create violent schemas that may lead to violence
• depends on teen’s personal experi
• sometimes interpretation of the violent behvaiour as justified can lead to teen accepting it as well
  ex. if hero beheads villain and saves city, aduiences wud think its justified, therefore, good

Question 15

Connections between Media and Sexuality

Answer 15

• can promote unsafe sex ideas, mysogyny, promiscuity
• can promote sexualition of teens