Chapter 1 and 2 Vocabulary Flashcards
Context
Circumstances or surroundings.
Role Model
Someone to whom others look as an example to emulate.
Collective
A group to which a person belongs and identifies with.
Transnational corporation
A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country. Also called a multinational corporation.
Media concentration
The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations.
Media convergence
The use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and the Internet.
Economies of scale
Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities.
Biodiversity
Variety in plant and animal species.
Homogenization
The erasing of differences. When this term is applied to people, it often refers to the erasing of cultural differences so that peoples become more and more similar.
Acculturation
The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other’s worldviews.
Accommodation
A process that occurs when people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another. The customs, traditions, technologies, beliefs and languages of both cultures may be affected.
Assimilation
A process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture. The cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture.
Cultural revitalization
The process of affirming and promoting people’s individual and collective cultural identity.
