Term
|
Definition
| are print, radio, television, and other communication technologies. A Message that is one way, with few senders a whole lot of receivers. it reaches many people |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The blending of the internet, television, etc. into a new hybrid form of media. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| broke away from Catholic church, they wanted a more personal relationship, printing presses were invented to make more copies of the bible |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the American revolution, French revolution, people became more literate |
|
|
Term
| Capitalist Industrialization |
|
Definition
|
|
Term
Functionalist Explanation
-4 functions |
|
Definition
Entertainment
Coordination (integration)
socialization
social control |
|
|
Term
| Coordination (integration) |
|
Definition
| mass media helps with this, the mass media kind of integrates society, “the nation is in an imaged community and the mass media makes it possible”-there is no real logical reason why we classify ourselves as “Americans” or “Missourians”. If you go to Mizzou you should root for the tigers, but are we really connected to the tigers just because we go to Mizzou? |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| gives us some common ideas, values. All the time you use the media it has to effect your life |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the collective conscience. In pre-modern society punishment was very public, the mass media performs this function for us. The media tells us what behavior is acceptable and what is not |
|
|
Term
Conflict Theory
Three issues |
|
Definition
all about competition and dominace and how the upper class uses its power to stay in the upper-class
Media Ownership, Media Bias, Media Imperialism |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the general trend has been that the number of people to own the media has become small. If you own the media then your can obviously have an impact on it |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| it is in favor of the dominate class. 3 ways: 1. advertising-most of the revenue is driven by advertising. The people who are paying for the ads have somewhat of control over what the media is reporting. 2. direct intervention (flack)- Disney owns ABC so ABC wont do a story that is not in favor of Disney. Tobacco companies threatened to sue 60 Min. if they ran a story on tobacco. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| when the mass media is controlled by one particular country. Ex: they internet is owned by the United States, most of the content is Western-not necessarily trying to gain dominance over other countries, but they are trying to make culture in their own fashion |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| focuses on answering the question of how viewers interpret the media that they consume. do they actively digest the media or is it passive mindless entertainment |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| how are people affected by all of this media Ex: contemporary culture studies: How Freaks Talk Back- how people of talk shows are portrayed (women, gays). They aren’t portrayed in a positive way. “Beverly Hills 90210”- wanted to know if women were really affected by the show (actively or passive). He found that the shows make a active effect in their lives. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| an Emphasis is on how women (and other groups) are represented in the media. How are women represented in the media and what effect does that have |
|
|
Term
| Maximum Average Human Life Span |
|
Definition
| The average age of death for a population under ideal conditions. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The average age at death of the members of a population. |
|
|
Term
| Social Causes of Illness and Death |
|
Definition
Human environmental factors
Lifestyle factors
Public health & health care systems
Public health system
- Health-care system |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| “the ability of an individual to achieve his [or her] potential and to respond positively to the challenges of the environment” |
|
|
Term
| Social causes of illness and death |
|
Definition
Lifestyle factors
Human-Environmental Factors
The Public Heath and Health-Care Systems |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| cigarette smoking, excessive use of alcohol and drugs, poor diet and lack of exersise (soon to cause more deaths than cigarette smoking), social isolation (being unmarried, old widow) |
|
|
Term
| Human-Environment Factors |
|
Definition
| ones living environment greatens the chance of harmful contacts. Ex: living in an area with harmful chemicals that increase your risk of getting cancer |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| composed of goverment-run programs that ensure access to clean drinking wather, basic sewage and sanitation services, and inoculation against infectious diseases |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| composed of a nation's clinics, hospitals, and other facilities for ensuring health and treating illness |
|
|
Term
| Conflict theory Health-care inqualites |
|
Definition
global heath inequalities
class inequalities
race inequalities
gender inqualities |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| The study of human populations, their growth and decline, due to changing patterns of migration, fertility, and mortality, and characteristics such as the sex-ratio, dependency ratio, and age structure. Two types: (formal-how the population grows over time. Pop. studies- why does the fertility rate changes, why people live longer or shorter lives) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the annual number of live births per 1000 women in a population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the annual number of deaths per 1000 population |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the number of children that women would have to give birth to, to keep the pop. stable. (2.1 children per woman) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| the ratio of woman to men of any age. U.S.: 1.03, more women than men. World:.98, more men than women |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| Food supplies grow slowly, but populations grow quickly.(Thomas Malthus. Food supples grow arthemticly and populations grow geometricly. War and famines keep the population in check) |
|
|
Term
| Demographic transition theory |
|
Definition
| Explains how changes in fertility & mortality have affected population growth over the course of history.( broke up into 4 stages) |
|
|
Term
| four stages of demographic transition theory |
|
Definition
n Pre-industrial Era: late 1700’s early 1800’s birth rate high and death rate high. Pop. growth was slow
n Early Industrial Era: early 1800’s. crude death rate fell, birth rate high. Lots of pop. growth. Improvements in the public heath, people live longer lives
n Late Industrial Era: post wwII, birth rate fell, pop. fell
n Post-Industrial Era: late 1970’s, birth rate fell below the replacement level, in result, pop. decline |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| A theoretical approach to urban Sociology that borrows ideas from Biology and ecology to highlight the links between the physical & the social dimensions of cities and identify the dynamics and patterns of urban growth. (associated with the Chicago school approach. The city is a living organism) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| as a result of technology, things become more complex. |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| some parts of the city are better than other parts, a struggle for the better parts of the city(scarce resources) |
|
|
Term
|
Definition
| How political & economic power affects the growth of cities. (ex: when professional sports teams build new stadiums it is often the tax payers money. If they didn’t have power, the teams wouldnt be able to persuade them) |
|
|
