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Unit 1 Flashcards

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A pluralistic society

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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

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Interconnected

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The building of ties within and among the peoples of the world

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Interdependent

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The growing of mutual dependence among people’s, socially, economically, and politically

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Retail operations

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Businesses that sell goods and services to the public

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Transnationals

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Corporations that operate in two or more countries

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Society

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A group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, and ideology, a religion, or particular worldview

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Global village

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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

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Democracy

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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

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Individual identity

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The traits that make up a person’s sense of individuality

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Collective identity

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The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people

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Bias

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An inclination that makes it hard to judge fairly

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Tradition

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The customs of a family or culture

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Intermarriage

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Marriage between individuals from different cultural, ethnic, or religious groups

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Demographics

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Facts and figures from related to populations

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Minority group

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An ethnic, linguistic, or religious group whose numbers are small compared with those of the dominant culture

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Official bilingualism

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An official government policy under which a country or province recognizes two official languages

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Universalization of popular culture

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The production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast World audience

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Hybridization

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The blending of media and communication technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross cultural consumption

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Media consolidation

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Mergers of media transnational that result in a concentration of ownership

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Media transnational

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A mass media corporation that produces TV programs, films, music, books, and so on in two or more countries

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Media coverage

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merges of media transnationals that result in a concentration of ownership

(see media consolidation)

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CBC

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Canada’s national English film public broadcaster of television and radio programming

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SRC

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Canadian’s National anglophone public broadcaster television and radio programming

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AMMSA

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Canadian based Aboriginal communication society that uses internet, radio, and print media to promote Aboriginal cultures

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APTN

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Aboriginal Canadian television network that produces programming by and for Aboriginal peoples

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Minority language

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A language spoken by a minority of people in a country

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CRTC

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The public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media

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Cancon
Canadian content

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The amount of Canadian participation in Canada’s broadcasting industry and such areas as direction, writing, performance, cinematography, music composition, and so on

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Homogenization

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A trend toward uniformity, as with World popular culture as a result of globalization

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Monoculture

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The uniform global popular culture that results from globalization

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Assimilation

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Absorption of a minority group by dominant group

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Marginalization

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The pushing of a group to the margins of society, where they hold little social, political, or economic power

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Secularism

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The complete separation between matters of state and religion

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Integration

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The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society

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Metropolises

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Very large cities

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Cosmopolitan

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Reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated

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Acculturation

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Change is the result of contact with other cultural groups

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Co-operatives

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Businesses owned jointly by their members, who share the profits equally

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Cultural revitalization

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A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs

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