Globalization unit 1 terms Flashcards

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What is accommodation?

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An inclusive approach that allows religious or ethnic groups to maintain their distinctive cultures within mainstream society

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What are cultural affirmations?

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a process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage, language or reviving traditions and customs. Usually referred to as cultural revitalization

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What is assimilation?

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the absorption of a minority group by a dominant group, sometimes by force

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What is the CRTC

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Canadian radio-television and telecommunication commission - created in 1968 to promote and protect Canadian culture by regulating the amount of Canadian content presented on TV and radio

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What is cultural revitalization?

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a process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage, language or reviving traditions and customs. sometimes referred to as cultural affirmation

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What is culture?

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the beliefs, customs, arts, etc of a particular society, group, place or time

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What is diversity?

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the existence of a variety of cultural or ethnic groups, languages, religions, beliefs etc. within a society

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What is ethnocentrism?

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the evaluation of other cultures according to the standards and customs of one’s own culture

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What is global trade?

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an economic network established between nations, often influenced heavily by transnational corporations

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What is a global village?

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the idea that the entire world and its inhabitants are becoming one large community interconnected by technology. Coined by Marshall McLuhan

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What is globalization?

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the process that is making the world’s citizens increasingly interdependent economically, socially, politically, environmentally and technologically

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What is homogenization?

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a trend towards uniformity in world popular culture as a result of globalization

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What is 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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What is individual identity?

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

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What is integration?

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the incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society. often occurs naturally over time

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What is marginalization?

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

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What is media concentration/convergence?

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mergers of media transnationals that result in significant central ownership of many different outlets

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What are media tramsnationals?

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a mass media corporation that produces television, films, music, books etc. in more than two countries

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What is monoculture?

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the uniform popular culture that is a result of globalization

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What is pluralistic society?

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a society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture are imbedded as part of the foundations of a country. A society that respects and values the individual and collective identities of all people

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What is popular culture?

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culture which interests the general masses of people. it is influenced and spread by mass media. people experience or learn popular culture by hearing popular music on the radio, watching television, playing video games or reading popular books and magazines

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What is society?

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a group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, an ideology, a religion or a particular world view

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What is a transnational corporation?

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corporations that operate in two or more countries

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What is the universalization of popular culture?

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the production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines, etc. that are consumed by a vast world audience

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What is urbanization?

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the growth of towns and cities as people migrate from rural areas in search of work and other oppertunities

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What is collective identity?

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the combination of beliefs, values, view of history and language of a group of people

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What is acculturation?

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change as a result of contact with other cultural groups

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What is CBC/SRC/APTN/OMNI?

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the Canadian broadcasting corporation, Société radio-Canada, aboriginal people’s television network - media outlets dedicated to protecting and promoting Canadian culture

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What is americanization?

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the process by which people or countries become more similar to Americans and the US due to the influence of popular culture, media transnationals and major transnational corporations