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Undergraduate 4
04/19/2010

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Mass Media Theory
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People that watch a lot of TV develop a distorted view of the world, they think it's scarier than it is.
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Coolfire TC (McCure)
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TV often doesn't show us reality
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Genoner
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In america TV has become cultural arm
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Light viewers watch
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less than 2 hours a day
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Moderate viewers watch
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2-4 hours a day
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Heavy viewers watch
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4 or more hours a day, they like TV in general, will watch anything, but might not like it.
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2009 Neilson ratings
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Average viewrship is going up because of technologhy (TIVO) most people watch 5 hours a day
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Heavy viewers think the odds of violence to them are
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1 in 10
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What are the actual odds of something violent happening to someone
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1 in 10,000
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Heavy viewers think how many people work in law enforcement?
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5%
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Mean world symptom
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people think everyone is out to get them
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Mainstreaming with mass media
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Heavy viewers develop opinions that are similar to other heavy viewers, they tend to view themselves as middle class, even if they are not.
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Heavy viewers think they are what politically? When they actually are what?
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think they are moderate, actually are conservative
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Violence on network TV has gone up or down?
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Dropped
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Less violence on network TV doesn't make things any different because
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Video games and cable and news makes up for the drop "if it bleeds, it leads
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Less violence on network TV doesn't make things any different because
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Video games and cable and news makes up for the drop "if it bleeds, it leads
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What is the role of power in stand point theory
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Those with the least amount of power see things closer to reality than those that have real power
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What is historically significant to stand point theory
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The poor are the ideal knowers in society. This is based on gender, women have less power, so they are the ideal knowers
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What are the cultural norms for standpoint theory
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In american men have more power within the society than women. white women are more marginalized than white men, and black women are more marginalized than with women.
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What are Patricia Collins "intersecting oppressions"
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Specifically black women have a different standpoint that either white women or black men, it is because they are marginalized twice.
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What are the effects of standpoint theory on knowledge
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standpoint is going to effect the system of knowledge within all fields. Those people with the power define what is important. They are the ones who make the decisions on what should be studied
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What is the main point of the two pronged rational for standpoint theory
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If we accept that those with the least amount of power can see things in the most objective way
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What is the first prong for the rationale of standpoint theory?
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Those people who are marginalized by subordinate are the best at figuring their subordinates out, because it's in their best interest. If you are marginalized you see a more complete picture, because you are trying to figure your superiors out
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what is the second prong for the rational of standpoint theory?
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those people in a position of power have a vested interest in continuing their power. It's in their best interest not to notice social inequality that might benefit themselves at someone else's expense. It' doesn't do the person on top any good to notice people lower than them.
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What is the basic premise of Genderlect styles
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Men and women communicate very differently, like we are from different cultures. When women and men communicate with each other, you should consider it a different culture.
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What is generalization
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a quality or characteristic that would generally be true for most people within a group. NOT EVERYONE
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Rapport talk
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Women do this. Tend to be more concerned with establishing and maintaining connection with people. Relationships are primary so there is great effort in trying to clearly understand the needs and feelings of the other person.
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In private conversation do women talk more or less?
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more
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Report talk is what?
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Men aren't concerned with the relationship aspect. They talk about the activity or the task at hand. Men are more likely to one up each other. They are trying to gain status.
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Do men or women speak more in public settings?
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Men
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Who is more likely to tell stories men or women? and what kind?
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Men, they are also more likely to tell jokes, they are more likely to tell stories that make them look good.
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What kind of stories do women tell?
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Stories where they generally aren't the central character, if they are it is usually a self deprecating story.
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How do men listen?
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they are less likely to engage in all the responsive behavior and avoid eye contact. Because of this women don't think they are listening.
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How do women listen?
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Women engage in active listening, they are very responsive to let the other person know they are being listened to. More verbal and non verbal behavior.
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What is cooperative overlap?
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A way women fill spaces when they are listening like "go on" "I get it"
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When do men ask question
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when they REALLY need the information
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When do women ask questions?
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To gather information and to establish connection to someone else. They might ask questions even if they know the answer.
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Making a declarative statement then trowing in a question at the end like "boy this food is good, don't you think" is a what?
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Tag question
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Raising your voice at the end of a sentence to turn it into a question is what
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powerless speech
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How do men deal with conflict?
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more practical. They are more likely to be able to focus on the conflict and disagreement. They can have a disagreement then be fine two minutes later
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How do women deal with conflict?
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the conflict isn't about the conflict, but about the relationship.
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What are gilligan's ethical values? How are men and women different in this respect?
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Communication tends to be guided by different ethical value. Men are concerned primarily with Justice and individual rights. This is why they don't have as many personal ties. Women's primary concernt is care for one another. It's all about loyalty and interpersonal involvement. Women are sometimes seen as weak because of this, but it's just different
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Our public self image and how we want people to see us is what?
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Face
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if something has happened and we are embarrassed publicly we need to fix things, this is called what?
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Saving Face
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What kind of cultural is american
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individualistic
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Who's face are you concerned with saving in an individualistic culture?
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your own it's self face maintenance
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In a collectivistic culture you are concerned with saving other peoples faces, you have someones back and they have yours, this is what?
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Other face maintenance
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If you save each others faces it is
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mutual face maintenance
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Avoiding a situation that triggers conflict is called what?
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Avoiding
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If you give in because you don't want to argue or fight it's called what?
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Obliging
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Avoiding a situation that triggers conflict is called what?
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Avoiding
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If you give in because you don't want to argue or fight it's called what?
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Obliging
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When both parties get what they want in a conflict it's called what?
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compromising
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a win-lose orientation where the other person gets their way and you lose is what?
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Dominating
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When both parties work together to help each other get what they both want is?
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Integrating
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When managing conflict by expression a lot of strong emotion, because it will get you what you want is?
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Emotional Expression
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Crazy making, when you do things that are indirect way to try to get back at another person and repair your ego is
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passive agression
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When someone else is brought in to manage a conflict it's called
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third party help
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Ting-Toomeys model expresses what
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How different cultures deal with conflict
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When people engage in self face maintenance they tend to deal with conflict using what styles
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Domination, emotional expression, passive aggression and third party help. However third party help is done by someone with no bias.
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Collectivistic cultures use what forms of conflict in order to save face?
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Avoiding, obliging, compromising, integrating, and third party help. Third party help is used for very formal conflicts. They bring in someone that both parties have a connection to, like an uncle or parent.
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Ting-Tommey has three pieces of advice for dealing with conflict, what are they
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Knowledge - information is power, we need to be aware that folks form other culture are likely going to have different approaches and needs.
Mindfulness - remind ourselves of our own bias and assumptions.
Enhanced interaction skill - attempt to enter the intercultural interactions with increased skill and sensitivity.
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The ideas or opinions that one can express in public without fear that they may be scorned by others are what?
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Public opinion and popularity - it might seem on the surface that the ideas that are most popular can be openly expressed
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The tension that we experience if we think the ideas that we hold aren't popular that causes us to keep silent and creates the spiral of silence is called what?
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Internal pressure
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We have a sense that allows us to gage the opinions of those around us quickly and accuratly. It helps is figure out what ideas are most popular, and the momentum behind the idea. It makes us fear isolation, it's called what?
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quasi - statistical organ.
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What is the train/plane test
Definition
If you are going on a trip that will take at least five hours, and someone brings up a controversial subject, will you discuss it?
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the people who favor the majority position and will be more likely to speak out about it are what?
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Majority position
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if something isn't popular, but you see it will become popular in the future, you will be more likely to speak about it is what
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future trends
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i you have the same view as the person sitting next to you, you will be more likely to speak up because of ?
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similarity
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people with low self esteem will be less likely to engage in what?
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conversation
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because of gender, age and socio-economic status who speaks up more?
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males, young adults and people of more means
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If the media doesn't present a mix of ideas that are proportionate to their actual strength it's called what?
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disproportionate representation
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when peoples ideas of what most people think are wrong it's called
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pluralistic ignornace
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the more unpopular that we think our ideas are the more likely we are to keep them quiet, the less they are expressed they less popular we will think they are is what?
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silence begets silence
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Hard core nonconformists are what?
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people who recognize that their opinions are unpopular, but they remain committed to their cause anyway, because they have already been rejected. At least they have their convictions
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avante-garde people are what
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artists, reformers, and intellectuals that believe their ideas are ahead of the time.
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