Media

Question 1

Sociologists are interested in ______ as Durkheim believed _______ represented certain articulation of thoughts

Answer 1

Language

Language

Question 2

Sapir-Whorf hypothesis

Answer 2

A theoretical explanation based on the idea that language influences thought

Question 3

Media

Answer 3

Technological processes that facilitate communication between and sender and receiver

Question 4

Mass media

Answer 4

Sending a message from one source to multiple people

Question 5

Types of mass media

Answer 5

Internet, tv, newspapers

These are mediums of messages

Question 6

__________________ of media refers to how the Media is increasingly owned by a small number of people and organizations

Answer 6

Corporate concentration

Question 7

Corporate concentration of the media can limit the free exchange of ideas and diversity of content we receive

Answer 7

:(

Question 8

Two types of media diversity

Answer 8

1) idea diversity

2) demographic diversity

Question 9

Idea diversity

Answer 9

The range of viewpoints expressed in the media marketplace

Question 10

Demographic diversity

Answer 10

How the media addresses the interests of a diversity of people from a variety of races, ethnitixies, sexual orientations, and classes

Question 11

Journalists consider ______ to be newsworthy.

Answer 11

Crime

If it bleeds it leads

Question 12

Newsworthiness Values (12 in total)

Answer 12

Threshold 
Predictability 
Simplification 
Individualism
Risk
Sex
Celebrity
Proximity
Violence 
Spectacle and graphic imagery 
Children 
Conservative idealogy and political diversion

Question 13

Threshold

Answer 13

Asking whether a story is significant enough to be of interest to a national audience

Question 14

Predictability

Answer 14

Vital resources are often committed to pre-planned events

Question 15

Simplification

Answer 15

A crime story must reduced to a minimal number of parts and themes

Question 16

Individualism

Answer 16

Stories must have a human interest appeal and be easy to relate to

Question 17

Risk

Answer 17

We could all be victims with little attention given to crime avoidance

Question 18

Sex

Answer 18

Sexual violence and female offenders being portrayed as sexual predators

Question 19

Celebrity

Answer 19

Media is attached to celebrities or high status people

Question 20

Proximity

Answer 20

Both spatially and culturally

Question 21

Violence

Answer 21

Fulfils the media’s desire for drama

Question 22

Spectacle and graphic imagery

Answer 22

“This image may be disturbing to some”

Question 23

Children

Answer 23

Either victims or offenders

Question 24

Conservative idealogy and political diversion

Answer 24

Ignore this

Question 25

In the media, people of color are often presented in ______ and ________ ways

Answer 25

Derogatory and unflattering

Question 26

Ideal victim

Answer 26

White, weak, female, sick, very old, Going about respectable and legal activities Unrelated with the offender Victimized by ethnic minority male

Question 27

Police are often seen as _______ that are able to fight crimes quickly and effectively

Answer 27

Heroic crime fighters

Question 28

Darker side of policing

Answer 28

The side that is about abuse of power and inability to solve crimes

Question 29

New media

Answer 29

Defined as accessible on demand, digital and is interactive

Question 30

Social media

Answer 30

Creation and sharing of online information

Question 31

With the rise of media, it has led to ___________

Answer 31

Cyber bullying

Question 32

Sousveillance

Answer 32

The recording by a citizin or witness of an incident or activity to hold a bureaucratic organization to account Filming the police Top down

Question 33

Global digital divide

Answer 33

Measure the gap between the digital access and use of technologies across countries

Question 34

Media literacy

Answer 34

A concept devoted to individuals regaining control over their media consumption

Question 35

Three stages to media literacy

Answer 35

Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3

Question 36

Stage 1 of media literacy

Answer 36

Become aware of ones own media diet

Question 37

Stage 2 of media literacy

Answer 37

Learn specific skills of critical viewing

Question 38

Stage 3 of media literacy

Answer 38

Question who is behind the media you are consuming and who is responsible for the message