chapter 4, 6, 7

Question 1

corporate domination

Answer 1

democratic societies are still largely controlled by a relatively small group of powerful commercial corporations

Question 2

first freedom

Answer 2

limiting government intervention

Question 3

deregulation

Answer 3

the free market system is adequate for accommodating the needs of both media producers and media consumers

Question 4

regulation

Answer 4

based on a desired outcome, assessed by public interest

Question 5

cultural imperialism

Answer 5

local culture could be eradicated in the face of a flood of foreign imports

Question 6

selective deregulation

Answer 6

regulations that benefit either the industry as a whole or their portion of it

Question 7

antitrust regulation

Answer 7

avoid monopoly: different owners to ensure new voices and views, regulation on how big a company can become

Question 8

copyright

Answer 8

ensure that media industries can make money

Question 9

fairness doctrine

Answer 9

ensure diversity, prevents a single view point

Question 10

self-regulation

Answer 10

ratings that alert parents to content that may not be appropriate for children

Question 11

net neutrality

Answer 11

the principle that all data on the internet should be treated equally

Question 12

gate keeper

Answer 12

who decide what becomes news and dwhat does not

Question 13

beats

Answer 13

topic that journalist cover, in which they have xpertise

Question 14

news net

Answer 14

standard practice used to gather news by news organization

Question 15

ideology

Answer 15

a system of meaning that helps define and explain the world and that makes value judgements about that world

Question 16

ideological analysis

Answer 16

underlying images of society provided by media content and in recurring patterns

Question 17

media texts

Answer 17

articulate coherent ways of seeing the world

Question 18

culture wars

Answer 18

fundamental issues of morality (Hunter)

Question 19

symbolic power of media

Answer 19

ability to shape what is perceived as normal

Question 20

denotation

Answer 20

the identification of something by pointing it out; literal and factual

Question 21

connotation

Answer 21

refers to the overtones, additional meanings and implications associated with a word or object; values, interpretation, ideology

Question 22

hegemony

Answer 22

the means by which a dominant group wins over a subordinate group through ideas

Question 23

Antonio Gramsci

Answer 23

the notion of hegemony connects questions of culture, power and ideology and is the most efficient way of suing power; from coercion to consent

Question 24

politics of signification

Answer 24

the media produce images of the world that give events particular meaning (re-presentation)

Question 25

new momism

Answer 25

set of ideas, norms and practices, most frequently and powerfully represented in the media that seem to celebrating momhood, but actually promote impossible standards of perfection

Question 26

secondary discourse

Answer 26

ideas about social relationships that are embedded within ads

Question 27

technological solutionism

Answer 27

digital technologies and big data are touted as the source of solutions for everything, from personal to global

Question 28

whiteness

Answer 28

absence of a racial signifer

Question 29

modern racism

Answer 29

more complex, avoids old-fashioned racist images, more sutble

Question 30

gender bland sexism

Answer 30

acknowledges the segregation fo women and men’s sports and makes women’s athletic accomplishments appear lackluster to men’s through the inferior coverage given them