Culture and Media Flashcards
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Spuriousness
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- When you think that something is causing something else, but it isn’t
- Ex- when you think evictions are causing poverty, but it isn’t. But maybe people would be poor even if they hadn’t been evicted.
When you think x is causing y, but in fact x and why are correlated, but not causa - l. It’s important to find a time order to find causality
- Always deal with alternate explanations- this is what an experiment provides
2
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Material culture
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everything that is part of our constructed environment- books, fashion, technology
3
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Nonmaterial culture
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encompasses values, beliefs, behaviors, social norms
4
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Culture
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set of beliefs, traditions, practices
5
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Cultural relativism
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taking into account the differences across cultures without passing judgement or assigned value
6
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Cultural scripts
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modes of behavior and understanding that aren’t universal or natural
7
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Subculture
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distinct cultural values and behavioral patterns of a particular group in society, ex goth people
8
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Hegemony
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- described by Antonio Gramasci
- conditions where dominant group uses its power to elicit voluntary “consent” of the masses
- getting people to do what you want through the use of the status quo
9
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Domination
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- described by Antonio Gramasci
- getting people to do what you want through the use of force
- involves action by the state
- contradicts idea of hegemony
10
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Consumerism
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- steady acquisition of material possessions, often with the belief that they can achieve happiness and fulfillment
11
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Does culture unite or divide us?
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BOTH
