Media/ Race/ Gender/ Family Flashcards

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Conservative Media Bias

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Corporate ownership/ owners political views - power of advertisers

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Liberal media bias

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Journalist political views, public perception

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Status Quo Bias

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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.

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Ascribed Status

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

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Achieved Status

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

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Hegemony

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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.

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Institutional racism

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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.

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Gender

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The social behaviours and characteristics associated with biological sex

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Sex

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

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Hegemonic masculinity

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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.

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Heterosexism

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

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Hidden curriculum

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

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Socialization

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

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Social mobility

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

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Nuclear family

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

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Cultural capital

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Pierre Bourdieu

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