Lecture 4 Flashcards
Culture
what is path dependency?
what has occurred in the past persists because of resistance to change
what is the sex positivity movement?
people should explore their sexuality without judgement
what is popular culture?
cultural ideas popular in society
what does highly controversial mean?
causing a lot of disagreement in society
what is cultural lag?
idea that culture takes time to catch up to technological advances
what are countercultures?
a type of subculture that repels against the mainstream culture
what are subcultures?
culture different from the dominant culture and is not necessarily bad
what is mainstream culture?
cultural ideas that align with society ideals
what is secondary socialization?
learning culture from sources apart from family and friends like social media
what is cultural displacement?
when you move to a new place and you feel like you don’t fit into the new place and your original place
what is cultural diffusion?
transfer of beliefs from one society to another
what is globalization?
integration of culture making the world a more interconnected place
what is liquid modernity?
constant change and adaptation to constantly changing culture
what are the three main trends of why people do not believe in science?
SIF
- newer generations are more skeptical
- increasing use of the internet and social media for evidence
- feedback loop between media, politicians and news
what is a feedback loop?
when the outputs are feed back as inputs because of a chain reaction
what does protestant reformation promote?
promotes literacy
what does the expansion of democracy promote?
interest in political matters
what did capitalist industrialization create media as a source of?
profit
what are the four important functions of media?
CSCE
- coordinate and share information
- act as an agent of socialization
- social control by influencing conformity
- entertainment
what is narcotization?
becoming numb because of consumption of to much information
what is the effect of media broadcasting beliefs?
acceptance of the structures of society including its inequalities
what is the meaning behind ownership of media being highly concentrated?
media is in the hands of a small group of people like CTV and CNN and it is highly profitable for them
who created the concept of hegemony?
Antonio Gramsci
what is hegemony?
when dominant groups maintain their dominant position
what is cultural imperialism?
when one society’s media exerts unilateral influence over another society
what is tribalism?
tendency to reinforce ideas belonging to your group
what is polarization?
having a lot of opposing opinions about a situation
