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Sociology Final
Sociology Midterm Exam
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Sociology
Undergraduate 2
05/02/2010

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Term

 

Primary Claims

 

vs

 

Secondary Claims

Definition

Primary = claimsmakers claim. claimsmaking that preceeds media influence. Pure in form, more detailed, etc.

 

 

Secondary = media's claim. media translates claims, makes them shorter, more dramatic, etc.

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Dispossessed Claims makers

Definition

 

 

opposite of claims owners

Media defines some claimsmakers as lacking legitimacy to deserve coverage (ex. those who lck power, wealth, etc)

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Sociocentrism

Definition

 

 

media and press representing news in a way that is biased towards their culture. Implies "correctness" of their ideologies. Affects how news is reported and interpreted.

Term

 

 

 

Slant

Definition

 

 

using specific terms when characterizing favored and unfavored people in stories.

 

ex. we plan, they plot, we have convictions, they're fanatics

Term

 

 

2 ways

Public Opinion is collected

Definition

 

 

1) Polls

2) Focus Groups

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Policy Makers/Public

Definition

similarities: both see/hear claims, both live in same society, both share beliefs in common cultural themes, both follow cultural feeling rules

 

different: pm's can't look at issue from their viewpoint, pm's are an organizational actor

Term

 

 

 

Arguments that policy makers favor

Definition

Instrumental Purposes: (what they argue most) argue policy is to make a difference, to correct, improve a troubling condition

 

Symbolic Purposes: argue a policy embodies values, promotes particular constructions of the world

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Why not to use WAR

Definition

 

 

-implies widespread commitment to eradicate

-implies brief struggle

-implies a total victory

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Social Problems Workers

Definition

 

ppl who apply constructions of SP's or policies to their situations.Those whose jobs carry out social policies)

 

(ex. doctors, teachers)

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Evaluation Research

Definition

 

 

impartial evalutation of how policies work. Involves social scientific assesment of a policies effectiveness

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Libertarian Paternalism

Definition

 

 

political philosophy where gov makes some decisions for you but does not take away your freedom of choice?

 

 

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News worker constraints

Definition

 

1) Economic: costs to get , produce news, can only have so many workers

2) Cultural: sense of professionalism

3) Pressure: schedules, deadlines, must plan ahead for news, have to determine whats worthy

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3 characteristics that make it likely to go through the issue attention cycle

Definition

1) Majority of ppl in society aren't suffering from the problem nearly as much as a minority(numerical)

 

2) Suffering caused by problem are results of social arrangements that benefit the majority or powerful

 

3) Problem has no intrinsically exciting qualities

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Villains

 

 

Victims

Definition

Victims: vulnerable but deserving help, can't help themselves

 

 

Villains: bad behavior that must be controlled

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Policy Stream Model

Definition

Problem Recognition Stream

 

 

Policy Propoal Stream

 

Political Stream

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