Media/ Race/ Gender/ Family

Question 1

Conservative Media Bias

Answer 1

Corporate ownership/ owners political views - power of advertisers

Question 2

Liberal media bias

Answer 2

Journalist political views, public perception

Question 3

Status Quo Bias

Answer 3

Status quo bias is an emotional bias; a preference for the current state of affairs. The current baseline (or status quo) is taken as a reference point, and any change from that baseline is perceived as a loss.

Question 4

Ascribed Status

Answer 4

Is a position that is neither earned nor chosen but assigned. e.g age, race/ethnicity, gender, social class

Question 5

Achieved Status

Answer 5

A position that is earned or chosen e.g student, worker, team member

Question 6

Hegemony

Answer 6

Cultural hegemony refers to domination or rule maintained through ideological or cultural means. It is usually achieved through social institutions, which allow those in power to strongly influence the values, norms, ideas, expectations, worldview, and behavior of the rest of society.

Question 7

Institutional racism

Answer 7

institutional racism is a form of racism expressed in the practice of social and political institutions. It is reflected in disparities regarding wealth, income, criminal justice, employment, housing, health care, political power and education, among other factors.

Question 8

Gender

Answer 8

The social behaviours and characteristics associated with biological sex

Question 9

Sex

Answer 9

The biological characteristics that distinguish males and females, such as reproductive organs or chromosomes.

Question 10

Hegemonic masculinity

Answer 10

hegemonic refers to the concept of hegemony - the social dominance of certain group, exercised not through brute force but through a cultural dynamic which extends into private life and social realms.

Question 11

Heterosexism

Answer 11

Refers to the anti homosexual beliefs and practices embedded in social institutions.

Question 12

Hidden curriculum

Answer 12

Standards of behaviour that are deemed proper by society and are taught subtly in schools

Question 13

Socialization

Answer 13

The lifelong process through which individuals learn the attitudes, values, and beliefs appropriate for members of a particular culture.

Question 14

Social mobility

Answer 14

Social mobility is shifting from one social status to another, commonly to a status that is either higher or lower.

Question 15

Nuclear family

Answer 15

a heterosexual couple and their dependent children, regarded as a basic social unit.

Question 16

Cultural capital

Answer 16

Pierre Bourdieu

General cultural background, knowledge, disposition, and skills that are passed from one generation to the next.