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Exam 2 review 1 Flashcards

1
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Agenda setting Theory

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Repeated news coverage of an issue over time raises the importance of that issue in the public mind.

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Agenda setting methods

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Content Ananysis: Count news stories in a community’s news outlets and how often they are exposed.

Survey: Ask community members what the most important issue in their community is.

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3 criteria of causality

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logical association, constant time order, 3rd variable ruled out.
Agenda setting limitations

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Unobtrusive issues

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Issues we have little or no personal experience with. 3rd variable

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Obtrusive issues

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These issues the public can experience directly. 3rd variable

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Agenda building

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Actions of experts, persuasion, other media outlets, journalists, public interest.

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Need for cognition

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High: Actively seek out info and process news.
Low: Passive news consumers, rely on shortcuts to get info.

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News Framing

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Selection, emphasis, and elaboration of information to make a point.

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Hostile media perception

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ALL viewers who hold strong views about a contested issue will perceive neutral media coverage of that issue as biased against their opinions.

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Media Hybridity

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Multiple media sources and genres are available making things unclear.

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Elaboration likelihood model

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There are two main routes by which people can be persuaded central and peripheral.

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Central Route

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Occurs when we are motivated to process the message, pay close attention, and know we are being persuaded.

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Peripheral Route

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Occurs when people aren’t motivated, don’t pay attention, and they don’t realize they are being persuaded.

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Third person effect

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People believe that media have a stronger impact on others than on themselves.

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Health campaigns

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Persuasive messages that encourage people to adopt healthy behaviors or reject unhealthy behaviors.

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Fear Appeals

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Convince audiences the severity, vulnerability, and how to respond to a threat.

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Guilt Appeals

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Induce a feeling we have done something wrong.

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Persuasive framing

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Selection, exclusion, and emphasis in persuasive messaging to accomplish attitude or behavioral goals.

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Reactance Theory

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People will do the opposite of what they are being persuaded to do.

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Entertainment education

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Health messages put into media

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Entertainment Education: Benefits and Drawbacks

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Can reach large audiences, more persuasive for fans of the media, humor can make the message hard to identify.

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AD targeting

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targeting specific groups or individuals with persuasive messages through the use of demographic or psychographic information.

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Demographic info

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Variables used to categorize people by life characteristics

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Psychographic Information

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Variables are used to reflect personality, values, attitudes, and behavior.

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Algorithm

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The set of rules a computer uses to complete a task.

26
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3 characteristics of social media sites

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Profile, Friends list, tools for communication

27
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Strong ties

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Relationships between family and close friends.

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Weak Ties

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Relationships between acquaintances.

29
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Social capital

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Info we gain from social connections

30
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Bridging social capital

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Weak tie relationships, expansion of worldview, and new perspectives.

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Bonding social capital

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Strong tie relationship, emotional support, and help when it’s needed.

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Context Collapse

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Messages travel beyond the intended audience.

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Meta-analysis

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Averages results from many studies to understand research trends.

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Social displacement

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Internet users will have less time to spend with the people around them.

35
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Social augmentation

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Internet users will expand their social networks.

36
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Social compensation

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Internet will increase users’ sense of connection.

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Transmission (Digital media affordance)

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All users can broadcast messages.

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Persistence (Digital media affordance)

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Online expressions are archived on the site.

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Replicability (Digital media affordance)

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Content can be easily copied.

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Scalability (Digital media affordance)

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The visibility of content is high.

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Searchability (Digital media affordance)

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Content can be accessed through search.

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Personalization (Digital media affordance)

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Content can be targeted to users.

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Portability (Digital media affordance)

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Devices are easily transported.

44
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Invisible audiences

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Not all audiences are visible.

45
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Blurring public and private

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Private interactions can easily be made public.

46
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Filter bubble

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Users are exposed to info that confirms their beliefs.

47
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Catheris theory

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Consuming violent media releases violent energy. Not supported by research

48
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Priming

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The association between media consumption and behavior is strengthened when it is reinforced.

49
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Social learning theory

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We model the behavior we observe.

50
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Identification

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We are more likely to model people we identify with.

51
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Abstract modeling

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Using observations to adapt in future situations.

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vicarious reinforcement

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Is the observed behavior rewarded or punished?

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Inhibitory effects

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Punished behaviors teach us not to model those actions.

54
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Disinhibitory effects

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Seeing rewards for behavior makes us more likely to model it.

55
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contextual factors

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Characteristics of a situation that determine if an observation will be modeled.

56
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Accumulative effects

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the effects of media consumption over time.

57
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Cultivation theory

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Heavy media users will believe the social reality in media.

58
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Assumptions of cultivation theory

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Everyone has a way to watch, easy to understand, and presents a uniform view of social reality.

59
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Displacement of string ties

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Ties made online are usually weaker than ties made face-to-face

60
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Efficacy

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Can you actually copy/imitate a behavior?

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