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Media Terms and Definitions
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Internet/New Media
11th Grade
02/18/2013

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Mass media
Definition
the methods of communication used to reach large numbers of people at the same time (TV, news, radio, magazines, films, books, internet)
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Popular culture
Definition
mainstream culture-the arts, artifacts, entertainments, fads, beliefs and values shared by large segments of society
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Voluntary media
Definition
media one has consciously chosen to interact with
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Involuntary media
Definition
being exposed to media that is not of your choosing (ads, t-shirts)
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Medium
Definition
the method used to convey information (films, magazines, etc.)
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Consumption
Definition
refers to the act of one physically receiving or taking in the messages and ideas being presented to them
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Multiple media usage
Definition
occurs when one is exposed to more than one medium at a time (i.e. listening to music while reading a magazine)
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Embedded media
Definition
refers to media that is hidden/included in another type of media (i.e. product placement)
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CBC
Definition
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, national radio and TV broadcaster
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CRTC
Definition
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, public organisation with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications
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Media text
Definition
any form of reproduced(?) communication, from a book, film or CD, to an ad, toy or t-shirt
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Deconstruct
Definition
to take apart, analyze or break down a media text into its component parts in order to understand how and why it was created
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Information highway
Definition
a merge of lots of new technologies that allow us to travel the world electronically and quickly produces huge quantities of information plus the technology needed to access it
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