Unit 1 Flashcards
A pluralistic society
A society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country
Interconnected
The building of ties within and among the peoples of the world
Interdependent
The growing of mutual dependence among people’s, socially, economically, and politically
Retail operations
Businesses that sell goods and services to the public
Transnationals
Corporations that operate in two or more countries
Society
A group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, and ideology, a religion, or particular worldview
Global village
The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s, that the entire world and it’s inhabitants are becoming a large community interconnected by technology, particularly television
Democracy
A political system in which the law applies equally to all people; holds free, fair, and frequent elections of candidates from at least two parties
Individual identity
The traits that make up a person’s sense of individuality
Collective identity
The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people
Bias
An inclination that makes it hard to judge fairly
Tradition
The customs of a family or culture
Intermarriage
Marriage between individuals from different cultural, ethnic, or religious groups
Demographics
Facts and figures from related to populations
Minority group
An ethnic, linguistic, or religious group whose numbers are small compared with those of the dominant culture
Official bilingualism
An official government policy under which a country or province recognizes two official languages
Universalization of popular culture
The production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast World audience
Hybridization
The blending of media and communication technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross cultural consumption
Media consolidation
Mergers of media transnational that result in a concentration of ownership
Media transnational
A mass media corporation that produces TV programs, films, music, books, and so on in two or more countries
Media coverage
merges of media transnationals that result in a concentration of ownership
(see media consolidation)
CBC
Canada’s national English film public broadcaster of television and radio programming
SRC
Canadian’s National anglophone public broadcaster television and radio programming
AMMSA
Canadian based Aboriginal communication society that uses internet, radio, and print media to promote Aboriginal cultures
APTN
Aboriginal Canadian television network that produces programming by and for Aboriginal peoples
Minority language
A language spoken by a minority of people in a country
CRTC
The public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media
Cancon
Canadian content
The amount of Canadian participation in Canada’s broadcasting industry and such areas as direction, writing, performance, cinematography, music composition, and so on
Homogenization
A trend toward uniformity, as with World popular culture as a result of globalization
Monoculture
The uniform global popular culture that results from globalization
Assimilation
Absorption of a minority group by dominant group
Marginalization
The pushing of a group to the margins of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power
Secularism
The complete separation between matters of state and religion
Integration
The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society
Metropolises
Very large cities
Cosmopolitan
Reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated
Acculturation
Change is the result of contact with other cultural groups
Co-operatives
Businesses owned jointly by their members, who share the profits equally
Cultural revitalization
A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs
