media, cult,society

Question 1

research paradigms

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beliefs, assumptions and practices which research is based on

Question 2

reality definition

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social construct- shaped. by language culture and societal norms

Question 3

positivism

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observation and experiment makes truth- the idea that people discover the knowledge and it already being there

Question 4

cultural essentialism

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system belief that humans are bearers of culture

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technological determinism

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that technology steers society (postman (hates) & McLuhan (loves)

Question 6

social constructivism

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reality is subjective- always subject to change- made by peoples reality in a mutual understanding (ontology)

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structuralism

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analysing culture which seeks to reveal the underlying structures which sit beneath cultural products

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constructivism

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when people construct their own knowledge as opposed to passively taking it in

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epistemology

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the study of knowledge and why its understood this way

Question 10

ontology

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the study of reality

Question 11

Huntingtons theory

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Huntington’s understanding of the relationship between culture(s) and society have negative social (media representations) and intellectual implications- culture is the greatest divide between people

Question 12

Postman

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hates technological determinism but believes in it

Question 13

Anderson

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thinks that mass media (printing specifically) is one of the driving force that constructs these imagined communities (humans shape technology)

Question 14

Marxism

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ontology and an epistemology
Set of economic and political theories about how the “real world”- western capitalist societies- works
theories- of societal change and why that is needed (revolution)

Question 15

Manifesto

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Manifesto- published declaration of the intentions, motives, or views of the issuer

Question 16

Haraway

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Fictions kinship to facts is close but not identical twins

Question 17

Chalmers

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his facts constitute a firm reliable foundation for scientific

Question 18

Intersectionality

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that … gender as an important axis of social difference is simultaneously operative with others like race, class, sexuality, and religion.

Question 19

Gloria Wekker

Answer 19

Dutch feminist historian and social theorist - studies strong paradox at the heart of dutch nationality- self perception as a small but powerful nation and how dutch perception is colourblind to race and the role of Netherlands in the slave trade and her own self perception of being a black woman growing up in the Netherlands

Question 19

Caveat Emptor

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How shifts in the historical context - current events - impact on what we study, how we study it, and our self-positioning towards the object of study

Question 20

Edward said

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Studies orientalism- believes tv supports enforces orientalism