unit 1 rev- world issues Flashcards
what does the political lens involve?
power and control established through laws, governance, warfare, nationalist movements, political ideologies
what does the social/cultural lens involve?
Interpersonal relations or relations among communities, include cultural factors.
what does the economic lens involve?
Finances and impact on the financial well-being of the country or countries involved.
what does the environmental lens involve?
Involve the natural environment, physical geography features (location, landform regions, soil, water, weather, natural disasters)
what does the resource lens involve?
The exploitation of natural resources in all their diverse forms—from dipping a bucket into a stream to collect water for one’s daily activities to blasting off the top of a mountain to extract the coal contained within
WHAT IS WHERE?
Define the Issue: briefly explain what is happening
Location: Where is this issue occurring? Identify the absolute/specific area where it is situated (maps!)
Scale: Local, National, Global
Place: the space that the issue is inhabiting - theoretical and perceived places likes parks, walkways, ghettos, personal routes to school/work, sacred land
WHY THERE?
Social/Cultural: education, health, family, religion, media
Political: government, laws, power, borders, military
Economic: trade, wealth, poverty/inequalities, monopolies
Environment: ecological impact of and on natural environment
Resource:sustainability, use and misuse of water, oil, land, forests, etc.
Why Care?
What solutions have been proposed and/or tried?
Identify how it connects to other issues, conflicts?
Connect to course concepts for cross-referencing.
How do News organizations make money?
By selling advertising space to companies. This allows readers and viewers to pay for little or none of the cost to produce stories. except the CBC, cause the federal government funds them.
what is bill C-18?
Context: 69% of Canadians read news online, which is expensive to produce but only 11% pay for it (CBC, 2023)
- Bill C-18 would require Meta and Google to share a portion of the advertising revenue they receive when they use or share media content
how did meta and google react to bill C-18 being enforced?
In protest, Meta began removing links to news content for Canadians on Facebook and Instagram as of Aug 1, 2023; google made similar threats
why is a journalism usage fee important?
when news outlets, essential to the democratic process, don’t have enough resources, it becomes more difficult to keep in check and scrutinize officials, corporations, and other issues of public interest
consuming news on social media is convenient but also bad. why?
news on social media is curated by an algorithm that prioritizes click-bait and creates echo chambers where misinformation can become indistinguishable from reliable sources
what is the purpose of news images? (5 answers)
-Inform
-Harm
-Mislead
-Influence
-Entertain
what is the Purpose of news images on personal Social Media accounts
to communicate opinions or beliefs
How do those choices affect how you interpret the image?
e.g., crop, focal point, lighting, angle, etc
what is fake news?
deliberately presenting false information to mislead or deceive
what is information pollution?
It is hard to figure out where information is coming from and whether it is real or truthful
what is misinformation?
when false information is shared, but no harm is meant
what is Disinformation?
when false information is shared to cause harm (e.g. political propaganda meant to influence what people believe or their actions)
Why do people create false information?
Financial: One big motive is to make money through page views (clicks) and advertising dollars
Political purpose: Another reason is to mislead people and to encourage them to adopt certain political attitudes and behaviours
What can we do to fact check information? (5 answers)
-Think critically about what we see online
-Assess our emotions and stop to check before sharing information
-Learn the tools to fact-check information
-Develop the habits to verify sources and claims
-Establish a trusted list of information and news sources
what is a Prejudice in favour of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair ?
bias
when an article has emotionally charged words, evidence of exaggeration (over generalization), and only one point of view represented. this is an indication of…
bias
what is a paradigm?
A widely accepted belief or concept; rules/conditions (related to life experiences) we use to understand those things we perceive. ex: earth is flat
what is a paradigm shift?
A fundamental change in approach or underlying assumptions. ex: earth is round
what is Using the standards of one’s own society/group to judge the behaviour of another society called
ethnocentricity
what are the consequences of ethnocentricity? provide an example
superiority complex; other group viewed as abnormal
ex: Residential schools, Holocaust, Eurocentric beauty standard
which of the logical fallacies applies: if Y occurs after X, then Y is caused by X. In reality, Y may or may not have any connection to X. provide an example
post hoc fallacy. politicians taking credit for successes that came before them
which of the logical fallacies applies: if some or most of X are also Y then all of X are also Y and any individual member of X must also be Y. provide an example
False Syllogism. Gay men and HIV/AIDs epidemic
what are the 5 ways points of view are formed?
-ethnocentricity
-bias
-paradigm shift
the logical fallacies:
1-post hoc fallacy
2-false syllogism
what is a language which avoids, shifts, or denies responsibility; language which is at variance with its real or purported meaning
doublespeak
what is doublethink?
the act of accepting two mutually contradictory beliefs as correct.
doublethink leads to cognitive dissonance which is….
a mental conflict that occurs when your beliefs don’t align with your actions.
what is the function of the Canadian-Radio television Telecommunications Commission?
Set up to regulate the broadcasting industry in Canada
the Honourable Pascal St - Onge is the minister of
heritage
what does the crtc do
-Places strong restrictions on foreign ownership of broadcasting outlets
-Ensures adequate amounts of Canadian content (artists, production companies) on television and radio to preserve culture
CBC, CTV, global news are examples of
National broadcast television networks
what is the american version of the crtc and what does it allow?
FCC. it allows shockjocks
what are the 4 roles of journalism?
-informing
-watchdog over government
-provide a voice for the people
-encourage debate and cpnversation
