Mass communication: reaching out to an audience of
thousands or perhaps millions
Technological change: changing technology communication
over time, e.g. television
Blog: web based comment by amateurs
and professional writers, like the
'weblog'
Survey: a research tool, questionnaires or
interviews
Agency of social change: influencing
social attitudes and government policy
Social class: people hang the
same social class, e.g. same
income
Ethnicity: the classification of people into groups
that share the same culture, history and identity
WHO OWNS MASS MEDIA
Pluralism: theories about the mass media
that see competition as a healthy sign of
working democracy
Marxist: someone who believes the ideas made by Karl Marx, e.g. the
society as being based on social class in a capitalist system
Elite: a small dominant group that might own or control
the media
World view: a general view of the way
that society works
Tabloid: popular newspaper generally published in a smaller
format than the so called 'quality press'
Neo-liberalism: a political approach based on the belief that
governments should limit their activity to maintaing 'law and order'. in
particular, governments should not interfere with market forces un
the economy
Propaganda: the selection and control of information usually made by politicians
Freedom of speech: the democratic principle that protects legitimate
comment regarding the actions of the government or matter of the public
interest
Censorship: preventing certain information from
becoming public knowledge
Bias: not taking a neutral view but favouring one
side of an argument or debate
Gatekeeper: one who has editorial control
over media content
Spin: managing the message to influence the way that
events are reported
image: the identity that individuals wish to be presented
as to the world, looking up to their example (role model)
and copying what they see
Socialisation: the lifelong process of learning skills, customs,
attitude, norms and values of your culture
Stereotype: simple fixed mental image of a grip of people generally based
on the behaviour of individuals from a group
World information order: information is
now available almost instantly in a global
marketplace
Global culture: the idea that many cultures values are
now shown and shared by people across the world
Media imperialism: the idea that western cultures are valued by a dominant media
empire
Mass culture:the transmission of cultural values through mass media
of communication, e.g. televise
Substitute hearth: the idea that the television is replaced by the fireplace and is set as
the main focus in the living room
Ofcom:the independent regulator and competition
authority for the UK communication industries
Media stereotype: simple media based image on prejudice
Cumulative effect: long periods of exposure to particular
media messages
Lads' magazine: publication aimed at young males, often
containing images of women shown as sex objects
Social construct: patterns of behaviour based
on norms and expectations from society, for
example masculinity and femininity
Norms and expectations:generally accepted and expected patterns of behaviour in a
particular society