Chapter 1: Study Guide Flashcards
Accommodation
When people from different cultures come into contact and accept and create space for one another.
Acculturation
The cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other’s worldviews.
Assimilation
A process that occurs when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another culture.
Biodiversity
Variety in plant and animal species.
Collective
A group to which a person belongs and identifies with.
Context
Circumstances or surroundings.
Cultural Content Laws
Laws passed by a government to prevent a group’s cultural identity from being overwhelmed by the media of a more dominant culture.
Cultural Diversity
Variety in cultures and identities.
Cultural Revitalization
The process of affirming and promoting people’s individual and collective cultural identity.
Digital Divide
The gap that separates people who do — and do not — have access to up-to-date digital technology.
Economies of Scale
Savings that are achieved by producing, using, and buying things in large quantities.
Gross Domestic Product
The value of all the goods and services a country produces in a year.
Homogenization
The erasing of differences.
Hybridization
The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new.
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.
Multiculturalism
An official Canadian government policy founded on the idea that Canadian society is pluralistic — made of many culturally distinct groups who are free to affirm and promote their own cultural identity.
Outsourcing
A business strategy that involves reducing costs by using suppliers of products and services in countries where labour is cheaper and government regulation may be less strict.
Pop Culture
The culture of the people. This term often refers to current cultural trends that are spread by commercial mass media.
Propaganda
Ideas and information spread for the purpose of achieving a specific goal.
Role Model
Someone to whom others look as an example to emulate.