Chpt. 1 Flashcards
Media
Form of communication
Culture
Behaviors and beliefs of a specific group of people
Mass media
Combination of many means of communication
Economic globalization
The increased ease with which countries can do business which each other
Sustainability
Represents the idea that we can meet out basic needs and live a good life with compromising future gen. Ability to meet their own
Global issue can be defined as
Persists overtime Transnational and transboundary Affects large numbers of people Has underlying causes Connected to other global issues
Global issues in Balence
Earth is at bottom with a number of balls balencing on top
If you move one around try all move or one might fall
Iceberg model
Tip - events (what we see an hear in the world)
Patterns (help us understand that events are not incidents that happen in isolation)
Structures (underlying root causes that create patterns
Bottom - assumptions and world views that create/sustain structure
Systems thinking
A field of study that looks carefully at all important components of a system and how they connect
System
Group of components that form a complex and unified whole
Worldview
Includes a set of assumptions perspectives and beliefs held by individuals cultures and society’s though which we make sense of our lives and the world
Helps to personally relate to global issues
Media literacy
Is the ability to acess and evaluate media messages in order to understand how they create meaning in society
Questions to ask
Who was this message written for?
Whose perspective is this story told from?
Whose story is not told in this message?
Global awareness
To gain the ability to understand people from other nations and cultures
Also means working collab. With a diverse group of people
Structural solutions
Invocr many people and address root causes of a problem
Often work with government or organizations
