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Cultural StudiesSECTION A: Definition of terms<\/p>\n
Stuart Hall- Jamaican- born British Marxist sociologist, cultural theorist and political activist.<\/p>\n
Cultural studies- this is a field that deals with theoretical, political and empirical cultural analysis explain its historical foundations, defining traits and conflicts.<\/p>\n
Ideology- A set of ideas, values and beliefs that is acceptable by a society or a socially acceptable group of people<\/p>\n
Democratic pluralism- It\u2019s a political system that has more than one center of power.<\/p>\n
Articulate- This is the ability to speak fluently and coherently.<\/p>\n
Economic determinism- A theory that assumes that economic relationships are the basis upon which all the other societal and political arrangements are based.<\/p>\n
Cultural industries – term used by social thinkers\u00a0to describe the popularity of culture in the capitalist society and how it functions like an industry in producing standardized products which produce standardized people.<\/p>\n
Hegemony-The political dominance or control of one state over others through cultural or ideological means.<\/p>\n
Michael Foucault- French philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas and a literal critic.<\/p>\n
Discursive formation-A cluster of ideas, images or practices that provide forms of knowledge and behavior associated with a certain topic or social behavior.<\/p>\n
Larry Frey- A professor in the department of communication at the university of Colorado at Boulder whose research focus on applied communication as well as communication research methods.<\/p>\n
SECTION TWO:<\/p>\n
Cultural factors that affect the selection of news<\/p>\n
Selection of news can be influenced by the following factors, the media owners, editorial policies, advertisers, information sources, audiences and media managers.<\/p>\n
Why Hegemony is not a household word in the united states. How would you explain what the term means to our friends? Can you think of a metaphor or an analogy that would clarify this critical concept? <\/p>\n
Hegemony can be described as when one thing takes over another unexpectedly. It can be compared to something as a trend. Trends in fashion always take over society without anyone knowing where it came from or how it became popular. A metaphor for hegemony could be an infection it starts in one place and then progressively spreads everywhere.<\/p>\n
What is your idea about the corporate control of mass communication in the USA?<\/p>\n
Corporates are profit-driven, market-oriented newspaper and media system with an inherent tendency to lead to concentration: huge newspaper chains in which most cities have only one newspaper which eliminates competitionConsequences of corporate control include;huge barriers to entry for nonprofit media, <\/p>\n
particularly sever problem for TV news Internet: could act as a meaningful counterweight to corporate-dominated news organizations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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