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Agency of social change

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Influencing social attitudes and government policy

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Agenda setting

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The ability of the media to focus public attention on particular topics and therefore direct public discussion and debate on these topics

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Alienated

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Lacking connection to the social world

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Audio/visual media

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Media such as television, radio etc

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Beauty ideal

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The view that women should strive for beauty

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Catharsis

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Violent TV shows are a way to release violent emotions - don’t cause violence

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Censorship

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Preventing certain knowledge from becoming public knowledge or preventing certain things from being on TV

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Compression

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The way in which digital

Technologies can send many signals through the same cable

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Collective intelligence

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Collective information from resources to build up knowledge

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Convergence

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The combination of different ways of presenting a variety of types of information

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Compulsory heterosexuality

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A word used to describe the enormous pressure to be heterosexual placed on young people by family, school, church and all forms of media

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Cult of femininity

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Something such as magazines which promote the traditional view of how women ‘should’ be, eg mother, housewife

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Cybermedia

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Electronic/online media

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Deviancy amplification

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The process whereby societal reaction to deviance from the mass media and the public leads to an increase in the deviance by provoking more of the same behaviour

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Diversification

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The practice of spreading risk by moving into new, unrelated assess of business

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Digital divide

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The difference between those who have access to new media and those who don’t

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Elite

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A small dominant group

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False class consciousness

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Coming to believe that capitalism is a fair system which benefits us all equally

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Empowerment

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Make powerful

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Ethnicity

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The classification of people into groups that share a common culture, history and identity

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Folk devil

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A group that becomes defined as a threat to society

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Gender trouble

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Any behaviour which disrupts the culturally accepted motions of gender

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Global conglomeration

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The trend for media corporations to have a presence in many countries and operate in a global market

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Ghetto superstar

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Gatekeeper
One who has editorial control of media content
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Globalisation
The growing interconnection between different countries, regions and people as the consumer goods and brands stretch across the globe
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Hetrosexism
A word used to refer to the institutionalised discrimination against homosexuality and the privilege of heterosexuality
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Hegemony
The norms and values of the ruling class
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Investigative journalism
Journalism that aims to expose the misdeeds of the powerful
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Hypodermic syringe model
The audience has no way of resisting the message and content of the media - it is being injected into them
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Homophobia
An individual's pathological dread of same sex love
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Horizontal integration
Some media companies own a variety of media and other services, eg Virgin media and airlines
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Media conglomerate
A company that owns various types of media
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Identity
How we see ourselves and how others see us
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Industrial dispute
Disagreements between management and workforce, often leading to workers going on strike
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Interactivity
The consumers ability to interact with a media product
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Mass communication
Reaching an audience of thousands or millions
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Mass culture
The transition of cultural values through the mass media
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Mass media
Forms of communication that reach large audiences
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Media
Channel of communication
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Media concentration
The media us owned and controlled by a small number of companies
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Media stereotype
A media image of a group based on prejudice
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Modernity
Relating to the modern world
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Moral panic
When media coverage on an issue leads to exaggerated public concern
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Participatory culture
We have the power as consumers it now shape the medias agenda
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News values
Media professionals values about what topics are considered newsworthy
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Norm referencing
The ability of the media to present some behaviour views and groups in different lights
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Pluralism
An approach that argues that a range of views and opinions exist in society and this is reflected in a range of media products
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Political socialisation
The process via which we acquire our political values and preferences
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Popular feminism
The term used to describe the promotion of girl power in women's magazines
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Power
An individual or groups ability to get what they desire despite opposition from others
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Print media
Media that is printed | Magazines, newspapers etc
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Selective filters model
Step 1 - selective exposure - the audience chooses how the want to receive the media, depending on a variety of factors eg education Step 2 - selective perception - the audience interpret the media how they want
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Private owned
Owned by a company or individual | Eg BskyB
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Propaganda
The selection and control of information that becomes public knowledge - used to control what people think
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Synergy
A mutually advantageous combination of distinct elements as where two or more related businesses work together
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Public secure broadcasting
The media outlets controlled by the state | Eg BBC
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Retributive masculinity
The attempt to reassert traditional masculine authority through the celebration of traditional male concerns such as football
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Sexual objectification
Turning people, usually women, into objects of sexual desire
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Pluralism
A theory that society is made up of of many different groups all having more or less equal power
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Technological convergence
The tendency for once diverse media forms to combine as a result of digital technology
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Vertical integration
Owning all the stages in the production distribution and consumption of a product
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Public service broadcasting
Media outlets controlled by the state
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Social class
People having the same social status based in things like income and occupation
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Social convention
A generally expected form of social behaviour such as politeness
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Socialisation
The lifelong process,of learning the skills, customs, attitudes, norms and values of your culture
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State ownership
Owned and controlled by the government | Eg BBC
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Stigmatise
To mark a particular social group or individual as different, disapproved of or even dangerous to others
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Two step flow model
Opinion leaders are exposed to the media and the message is passed on
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Stratification
The way that society is divided
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Symbolic annihilation
The way in which women's achievements are often not reported on or are condemned by the mass media
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Telethon
Fundraising event that is broadcast on TV | Eg children in need telethon
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Vertical integration
Owning all the stages in the production, distribution and consumption of a product

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