Unit 1 Study Notes

Question 1

Define Propaganda

Answer 1

Information that is biased used to promote or publicize something

Question 2

Define Greenwashing

Answer 2

Misleading information that a corporation or company will give to inform people that they are environmentally friendly

Question 3

Mass Media

Answer 3

• 90% of media is owned by 6 corporations
• consists of newspapers, TV, radio, internet
• most media sources aim to make money rather than to educate

Question 4

Analysis

Answer 4

detailed examination of the elements or structure of something, needed to perform change in society

Question 5

Synthesis

Answer 5

the combination of ideas to form a theory or system

Question 6

Commercial Pollution

Answer 6

This is commercials showing everywhere like on TV, the internet, buildings and anywhere else that commercials might pop up

Question 7

Digital Divide

Answer 7

The division of those who have access to the internet and those who don’t

Question 8

Sensationalsim

Answer 8

the use of exciting or shocking stories or language, in order to provoke public interest or excitement.

Question 9

Slacktivism

Answer 9

actions performed over the internet that don’t have a big impact on solving the issue. ex. signing a petition online that is helping to stop poverty in Africa

Question 10

Public Relations

Answer 10

the state of the relationship between the public and a company or other organization

Question 11

Alternative Media

Answer 11

Media that differs from dominant mass media. Could include street art or online opinions

Question 12

Julia Bacha

Answer 12

Made a documentary about what happened in the village of Budrus, olive grooves were uprooted in Palestine to make a barrier and a peaceful protest was held for 10 months to bring notice to the situation

Question 13

Clay Shirky

Answer 13

Did a TED talk of how social media can make history

-talked about the positive effects that citizen journalism can have over social media including unfiltered information

Question 14

Citizen Journalism

Answer 14

the collection, and analysis of news and information by the general public, especially by means of the Internet.

Question 15

Noam Chomsky

Answer 15

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Question 16

Malcolm Chomsky

Answer 16

Journalist

Question 17

Manufacturing Consent

Answer 17

Government or large corporations that decide what we are exposed to from the media

Question 18

Digital Activism

Answer 18

Any type of activity that is used online including social medias and google websites

Question 19

Fixed Mindset

Answer 19

They spend time documenting their knowledge instead of developing it. People with this mindset do not learn good because they stick to what they know and do not expand that

Question 20

Rhetoric

Answer 20

language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect on its audience, but often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content.

Question 21

McWorld

Answer 21

The fact that McDonald’s corporation is so big that their advertisements and restaurants are seen everywhere

Question 22

Consumerism

Answer 22

The actions of spending money on goods and services

harmful to earth, the more we buy the bigger increase of pressure on the Earth’s ecological footprint

Question 23

James Foley

Answer 23

Journalist that went to Libya and Syria to document rebels and terrorist organizations to inform the world about the issues that are happening there.

Question 24

Frontline Journalism

Answer 24

Journalism that is done in the very heart of the issue. This allows the audience to capture the picture in a first person perspective

Question 25

Media Literacy

Answer 25

The ability to access online information to inform and educate students

Question 26

Growth Mindset

Answer 26

Opposite of a fixed mindset, not afraid to make mistakes because they want their brains to develop and their knowledge to grow

Question 27

Fact

Answer 27

a thing that is indisputably the case

Question 28

opinion

Answer 28

a biased view or judgement not necessarily based off of knowledge or facts

Question 29

Haiti

Answer 29

Giant earthquake uprooted in 2010.

• 1 million displaced
• 230 000 dead
• devastation dominated media coverage
• over 13 000 000 000 USD was pledged for aid

Question 30

Syria

Answer 30

• Syrian civil war has been going on for many years
• citizens are rebelling against the government
• government of Syria and US is bombing the country in hopes of stopping the protest but it is only making things worse
• refugees are flooding the country

Question 31

China

Answer 31

Students were making a peaceful protest against democratic movements in 1989 Tiananmen Square

• government sent tanks and military men with assault rifles and killed the protesters
• hundreds were killed

Question 32

Lybia

Answer 32

• citizens are rebelling against the government, same issue as Syria
• innocent people are dying

Question 33

Rwanda

Answer 33

Huge genocide war broke out in 1994 which led to government officials telling Rwandans to kill their neighbors
- 800 000 people were slaughtered

Question 34

Boston Bombings

Answer 34

Terrorist bombs went off in 2013 during a Boston marathon, citizens were killed and injured
-media was showing repetitive pictures and footage for numerous of days and no new information was being leaked

Question 35

Palestine

Answer 35

Palestinian refugees are trying to flood into Israel, Israel is reacting by bombing citizens and sending tanks to this Jenin refugee camp
-1000’s were attcked

Question 36

Ethnocentrism

Answer 36

evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards of one’s own culture.

Question 37

Single Story

Answer 37

If we hear a single story about a person or a country, we risk a critical misunderstaning