Terms Flashcards
Ch. 1: Context
circumstances or surroundings
Ch 1: collective
group to which a person belongs or identifies with
ch 1: role model
look up to
ch 1: Worldview
values, beliefs, economy, geography, knowledge, society, time
Ch 2: transnational corporation
a company that is based
in one country while developing and manufacturing its
products, or delivering its goods and services, in more
than one country.
Ch 2: media concentration
The concentration of ownership
of media, such as the news, in the hands of a few large corporations.
Ch 2: Media convergence
the use of electronic technology to integrate media such as newspapers, books, TV, and the Internet.
Ch 2: economies of scale
savings that come from producing, using, and buying things in large
quantities.
Ch 2: biodiversity
variety in plant and animal species.
Ch 2: homogenization
The erasure of the differences among peoples, and as a result, they become more and more similar.
Ch 2: Acculturation
the cultural changes that occur when two cultures accommodate, or adapt to, each other’s worldview
Ch 2: Accommodation
accepting and creating
space for one another. Accommodation may affect the customs, traditions, technologies, values, beliefs, and languages of both cultures.
Ch 2: Assimilation
when the culture of a minority group is absorbed by another
culture. In this process, the cultural identity of the minority group disappears as its members take on the identity of the other culture.
Ch 2: Cultural revitalization
the process of affirming
and promoting individual and collective cultural identity.
Ch 3: Digital divide
The gap between who has access to technological resources and who does not.
