Media Flashcards
Sociologists are interested in ______ as Durkheim believed _______ represented certain articulation of thoughts
Language
Language
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
A theoretical explanation based on the idea that language influences thought
Media
Technological processes that facilitate communication between and sender and receiver
Mass media
Sending a message from one source to multiple people
Types of mass media
Internet, tv, newspapers
These are mediums of messages
__________________ of media refers to how the Media is increasingly owned by a small number of people and organizations
Corporate concentration
Corporate concentration of the media can limit the free exchange of ideas and diversity of content we receive
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Two types of media diversity
1) idea diversity
2) demographic diversity
Idea diversity
The range of viewpoints expressed in the media marketplace
Demographic diversity
How the media addresses the interests of a diversity of people from a variety of races, ethnitixies, sexual orientations, and classes
Journalists consider ______ to be newsworthy.
Crime
If it bleeds it leads
Newsworthiness Values (12 in total)
Threshold Predictability Simplification Individualism Risk Sex Celebrity Proximity Violence Spectacle and graphic imagery Children Conservative idealogy and political diversion
Threshold
Asking whether a story is significant enough to be of interest to a national audience
Predictability
Vital resources are often committed to pre-planned events
Simplification
A crime story must reduced to a minimal number of parts and themes
Individualism
Stories must have a human interest appeal and be easy to relate to
Risk
We could all be victims with little attention given to crime avoidance
Sex
Sexual violence and female offenders being portrayed as sexual predators
Celebrity
Media is attached to celebrities or high status people
Proximity
Both spatially and culturally
Violence
Fulfils the media’s desire for drama
Spectacle and graphic imagery
“This image may be disturbing to some”
Children
Either victims or offenders
Conservative idealogy and political diversion
Ignore this
In the media, people of color are often presented in ______ and ________ ways
Derogatory and unflattering
Ideal victim
White, weak, female, sick, very old,
Going about respectable and legal activities
Unrelated with the offender
Victimized by ethnic minority male
Police are often seen as _______ that are able to fight crimes quickly and effectively
Heroic crime fighters
Darker side of policing
The side that is about abuse of power and inability to solve crimes
New media
Defined as accessible on demand, digital and is interactive
Social media
Creation and sharing of online information
With the rise of media, it has led to ___________
Cyber bullying
Sousveillance
The recording by a citizin or witness of an incident or activity to hold a bureaucratic organization to account
Filming the police
Top down
Global digital divide
Measure the gap between the digital access and use of technologies across countries
Media literacy
A concept devoted to individuals regaining control over their media consumption
Three stages to media literacy
Stage 1
Stage 2
Stage 3
Stage 1 of media literacy
Become aware of ones own media diet
Stage 2 of media literacy
Learn specific skills of critical viewing
Stage 3 of media literacy
Question who is behind the media you are consuming and who is responsible for the message
