SOC224 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cyberterrorism, Cyberbullying, Juvenile Delinquency
20 Apr 2017
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Chapter 4 the role of the media. Media violence desensitizes people, lessen emotional impact and making people more tolerant of violence: stimulates vulnerability, belief that everyone else and society is more dangerous then yourself, aggression as protection. Critical research: media constructs reality impact interpersonal relationships, social institutions, societal norms, values and beliefs. Invisible (under represented: support existing stereotypes, social problems (ex. as criminals, adornments (cid:498)noble savage(cid:499, white washed, experience identical to ethic majority. Identity formed within media representations, important agent of socialization: relative absence of women (symbolic annihilation), media code in representation of women, feminine touch, ritualization of subordination, licensed withdrawal. Infantilization: men portrayed in negative light violent, criminals etc, women are often talking to children or animals, dependent on men. Media ownership: controlling the masses by the elite or powerful, ownership intertwined with nature of content, convergence, conglomeration, concentration, canada controlled by 7 media giants, u. s. controlled by 6.
