Hoorcollege 1

Question 1

Mediation

Answer 1

The human being is learning to see with his mind vast portions of the world that he could never see, touch, smell, hear or remember. The mediation of sense and sense-making in a given society via the (mass) media

Question 2

Media

Answer 2

The communication outlets or tools used to store and deliver information or data

Question 3

Mediation of politics

Answer 3

A situation in which the media have become the most important source of information and vehicle of communication between the governors and the governed

Question 4

Mediatization

Answer 4

A development toward increasing media influence and independence. We change our behavior because of media

Question 5

Media Logic

Answer 5

The dominance in societal processes of the news values and the storytelling techniques the media make use of to take advantage of their own medium and its format, and to be competitive in the ongoing struggle to capture people’s attention

Question 6

Political Logic

Answer 6

Both a policy dimension – the effort to find solutions for politically defined problems by means of programs for action- and a process dimension – the effort to gain official acceptance of one’s chosen program of action

Question 7

Public Sphere

Answer 7

An area in social life where individuals can come together to freely discuss and identify societal problems, and through that discussion influence political action