Sociologist media Flashcards
(Globalisation) McLuhan
the world is rapidly becoming a global village in which rapid technological change has caused space and time barriers in human communication to collapse.
(Globalisation) Sklair
the media blurs differences between entertainment, information and promotion of products and sells an idealised western lifestyle
(Globalisation) Ritzer
Companies such as Apple, Google and McDonald’s weaken local cultures by operating on a global scale, promoting a global culture along with the consumerist lifestyle associated with them
(Globalisation) Fenton
‘cocacolonization’ argues that most media conglomerates are based in the US and dominate media communications.
(Globalisation) Pluralist - Tomlinson
there is a hybridisation of cultures whereby individuals can ‘pick and mix’ and draw upon their own local culture as well as Western culture.
(Globalisation) Postmodernist - Baudrillard
we live in a ‘hyperreality’, in which media images dominate and distort the way we see the world.
(Globalisation) Postmodernist - Strinati
Popular culture forms our sense of reality and increasingly dominates the way we define ourselves.
(Media Representation) - Cohen
young people (folk devils’) are an easily identifiable group to blame for society’s problems.
(Media Representation) - White et al
audiences accuse the media of being ‘insulting’ and ‘out of step’ with the ageing society
(Media Representation) - Curran and Seaton
working class newspapers believe people are interested in over-dramatized and made-up human-interest stories
(Media Representation) - Hall et al
the media exaggerates the extent of black crime, and suggest that black people are more prone to criminality than white people.
(Media Representation) - Mulvey
‘The male gaze’: audience is assumed to be filtering content through the lens of a heterosexual male. Women=erotic object
(Media Representation) - Ferguson
teenage girls magazines traditionally prepare girls for being a good wife, keeping a family happy and what to wear.
(Media Representation) - Mort
‘meterosexual’ males are now emerging in magazines, showing men who are concerned with their appearance but still retain traditional male interests.
(Media Representation) - Gill
to avoid the risk of offending heterosexual audiences, mainstream media represents gay sexuality in a ‘sanitised’ way.
(Media Representation) - Barnes
the majority of information about disabled people is extremely negative
(media ownership) - Bagdikian
media ownerships are the ‘Lords of the Global Village’ who control every step in the information, creation and distribution process.
(media ownership) - Evans
media moguls such as Murdoch undermine editorial independence and encourage them to adopt the same right-wing, conservative views as the moguls.
(News selection) - Bagdikian
News reports will be presented in a way that avoids offending advertisers, with some stories being cut off completely.
(News selection) - Bivens
citizen journalism through mobile phone news footage is transforming traditional journalism.
(News selection) - McCombs
the media not only influences what we think about, but also how we think about certain subjects
(News selection) - Galtung and Ruge
argue that newsworthy items include and play up the elements of a story which makes it more newsworthy.
(new media) - Jenkins
consumers seek out and share new information from a dispersed range of media, therefore contributing to a participatory culture.
(new media) - Helsper
healthy, young, well-educated people with higher incomes and professions are more likely to be frequent users of the new media.
(new media) - Helsper#2
lower education people falling behind other groups because of their access to the internet.
(new media) - Li and Kirkup
men are more likely to have a positive attitude towards the internet and know how to use it extensively.
(media/audience) - Blumer & McQuail
people use media actively to fulfil their own personal needs, which is dependent on class, age, gender.
(media/audience) - Klapper
people choose what they want to expose themselves to in the media.
(media/audience) - Katz and Lazarsfeld
most people form their opinions under the influence of opinion leaders, who in turn are influenced by the mass media.
