chapter 4, 6, 7 Flashcards

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corporate domination

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

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2
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first freedom

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limiting government intervention

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3
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deregulation

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

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4
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regulation

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based on a desired outcome, assessed by public interest

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5
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cultural imperialism

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

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6
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selective deregulation

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

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7
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antitrust regulation

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

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8
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copyright

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ensure that media industries can make money

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9
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fairness doctrine

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ensure diversity, prevents a single view point

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10
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self-regulation

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

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11
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net neutrality

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

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12
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gate keeper

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who decide what becomes news and dwhat does not

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13
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beats

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topic that journalist cover, in which they have xpertise

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14
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news net

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standard practice used to gather news by news organization

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15
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ideology

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

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ideological analysis

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

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media texts

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articulate coherent ways of seeing the world

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culture wars

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fundamental issues of morality (Hunter)

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symbolic power of media

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ability to shape what is perceived as normal

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denotation

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

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connotation

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

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hegemony

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

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Antonio Gramsci

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

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politics of signification

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

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new momism
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
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secondary discourse
ideas about social relationships that are embedded within ads
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technological solutionism
digital technologies and big data are touted as the source of solutions for everything, from personal to global
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whiteness
absence of a racial signifer
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modern racism
more complex, avoids old-fashioned racist images, more sutble
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gender bland sexism
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
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