Lecture 4 Flashcards

Culture

1
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what is path dependency?

A

what has occurred in the past persists because of resistance to change

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2
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what is the sex positivity movement?

A

people should explore their sexuality without judgement

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3
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what is popular culture?

A

cultural ideas popular in society

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4
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what does highly controversial mean?

A

causing a lot of disagreement in society

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5
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what is cultural lag?

A

idea that culture takes time to catch up to technological advances

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6
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what are countercultures?

A

a type of subculture that repels against the mainstream culture

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7
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what are subcultures?

A

culture different from the dominant culture and is not necessarily bad

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7
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what is mainstream culture?

A

cultural ideas that align with society ideals

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8
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what is secondary socialization?

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learning culture from sources apart from family and friends like social media

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9
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what is cultural displacement?

A

when you move to a new place and you feel like you don’t fit into the new place and your original place

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10
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what is cultural diffusion?

A

transfer of beliefs from one society to another

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11
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what is globalization?

A

integration of culture making the world a more interconnected place

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12
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what is liquid modernity?

A

constant change and adaptation to constantly changing culture

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13
Q

what are the three main trends of why people do not believe in science?

SIF

A
  1. newer generations are more skeptical
  2. increasing use of the internet and social media for evidence
  3. feedback loop between media, politicians and news
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14
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what is a feedback loop?

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when the outputs are feed back as inputs because of a chain reaction

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15
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what does protestant reformation promote?

A

promotes literacy

16
Q

what does the expansion of democracy promote?

A

interest in political matters

17
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what did capitalist industrialization create media as a source of?

18
Q

what are the four important functions of media?
CSCE

A
  1. coordinate and share information
  2. act as an agent of socialization
  3. social control by influencing conformity
  4. entertainment
19
Q

what is narcotization?

A

becoming numb because of consumption of to much information

20
Q

what is the effect of media broadcasting beliefs?

A

acceptance of the structures of society including its inequalities

21
Q

what is the meaning behind ownership of media being highly concentrated?

A

media is in the hands of a small group of people like CTV and CNN and it is highly profitable for them

22
Q

who created the concept of hegemony?

A

Antonio Gramsci

23
Q

what is hegemony?

A

when dominant groups maintain their dominant position

23
what is cultural imperialism?
when one society's media exerts unilateral influence over another society
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what is tribalism?
tendency to reinforce ideas belonging to your group
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what is polarization?
having a lot of opposing opinions about a situation