Unit 1

Question 1

A pluralistic society

Answer 1

A society in which a diversity of languages, beliefs, traditions, values, religions, and other aspects of culture are embedded as part of the foundations of the country

Question 2

Interconnected

Answer 2

The building of ties within and among the peoples of the world

Question 3

Interdependent

Answer 3

The growing of mutual dependence among people’s, socially, economically, and politically

Question 4

Retail operations

Answer 4

Businesses that sell goods and services to the public

Question 5

Transnationals

Answer 5

Corporations that operate in two or more countries

Question 6

Society

Answer 6

A group of people who form an ordered community centered on kinship, and ideology, a religion, or particular worldview

Question 7

Global village

Answer 7

The idea, popularized by Marshall McLuhan in the 1960s, that the entire world and it’s inhabitants are becoming a large community interconnected by technology, particularly television

Question 8

Democracy

Answer 8

A political system in which the law applies equally to all people; holds free, fair, and frequent elections of candidates from at least two parties

Question 9

Individual identity

Answer 9

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

Question 10

Collective identity

Answer 10

The combination of beliefs, values, view of history, and language of a people

Question 11

Bias

Answer 11

An inclination that makes it hard to judge fairly

Question 12

Tradition

Answer 12

The customs of a family or culture

Question 13

Intermarriage

Answer 13

Marriage between individuals from different cultural, ethnic, or religious groups

Question 14

Demographics

Answer 14

Facts and figures from related to populations

Question 15

Minority group

Answer 15

An ethnic, linguistic, or religious group whose numbers are small compared with those of the dominant culture

Question 16

Official bilingualism

Answer 16

An official government policy under which a country or province recognizes two official languages

Question 17

Universalization of popular culture

Answer 17

The production by media transnationals of the majority of television programs, films, magazines and so on that are consumed by a vast World audience

Question 18

Hybridization

Answer 18

The blending of media and communication technologies resulting in new modes of expression and cross cultural consumption

Question 19

Media consolidation

Answer 19

Mergers of media transnational that result in a concentration of ownership

Question 20

Media transnational

Answer 20

A mass media corporation that produces TV programs, films, music, books, and so on in two or more countries

Question 21

Media coverage

Answer 21

merges of media transnationals that result in a concentration of ownership

(see media consolidation)

Question 22

CBC

Answer 22

Canada’s national English film public broadcaster of television and radio programming

Question 23

SRC

Answer 23

Canadian’s National anglophone public broadcaster television and radio programming

Question 24

AMMSA

Answer 24

Canadian based Aboriginal communication society that uses internet, radio, and print media to promote Aboriginal cultures

Question 25

APTN

Answer 25

Aboriginal Canadian television network that produces programming by and for Aboriginal peoples

Question 26

Minority language

Answer 26

A language spoken by a minority of people in a country

Question 27

CRTC

Answer 27

The public authority that regulates and promotes Canadian culture in the broadcast media

Question 28

Cancon Canadian content

Answer 28

The amount of Canadian participation in Canada's broadcasting industry and such areas as direction, writing, performance, cinematography, music composition, and so on

Question 29

Homogenization

Answer 29

A trend toward uniformity, as with World popular culture as a result of globalization

Question 30

Monoculture

Answer 30

The uniform global popular culture that results from globalization

Question 31

Assimilation

Answer 31

Absorption of a minority group by dominant group

Question 32

Marginalization

Answer 32

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

Question 33

Secularism

Answer 33

The complete separation between matters of state and religion

Question 34

Integration

Answer 34

The incorporation of diverse minority groups into mainstream society

Question 35

Metropolises

Answer 35

Very large cities

Question 36

Cosmopolitan

Answer 36

Reflecting many diverse cultures; worldly, sophisticated

Question 37

Acculturation

Answer 37

Change is the result of contact with other cultural groups

Question 38

Co-operatives

Answer 38

Businesses owned jointly by their members, who share the profits equally

Question 39

Cultural revitalization

Answer 39

A process through which unique cultures regain a sense of identity, such as through promoting heritage languages or reviving traditions and customs