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Cultural Studies
Comm Theory - Cultural Studies
Term | Definition |
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ideology | the mental frameworks different classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of the way society works |
democratic pluralism | the myth that society is held together by common norms such as equal opportunity, respect for diversity, one person - one vote, individual rights, and rule of law |
articulate | the process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugation with media representations; the work of cultural studies |
cultural studies | the neo-Marxist critique sets forth the position that mass media manufacture consent for dominant ideologies |
economic determinism | the belief that human behavior and relationships are ultimately cause by differences in financial resources and disparity in power that those gaps create |
hegemony | the subtle way of society's haves over its have-nots |
discourse | frameworks of interpretation |
discursive formation | the process by which unquestioned and seemingly natural ways of interpreting the world become ideologies |
culture industries | the producers of culture; television, radio, music, film, fashion, magazines, newspapers, etc. |