Empty Rhetoric
Culture
Thinking Critically
Media
Organize Your Thoughts
Pot Pourri
100

These are the artistic proofs.

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

100

This cultural dimension concerns the extent to which people are expected to communicate directly versus communicating subtly based on the social situation.

High context vs low context

100

According to information manipulation theory, we can manipulate information in these three ways.

Quality, quantity, clarity

100

Regardless of if you are a light or heavy viewer of media, this theory says that repeated similar messages over time shapes our perceptions of reality via "mainstreaming."

Cultivation theory

100

Unlike the downward communication common in the efficiency model and upward communication of the human resource model, the human relations model most prominently features this direction of communication.

Horizontal

100

This is the date for Star Wars Day

May the 4th

200

According to Burke's definition, man is the inventor of this.

The negative

200

This cultural dimension concerns the extent to which a culture would celebrate a "black sheep" within the group.

Individualism vs collectivism

200

This is the term for the spread of African people beyond Africa

African diaspora
200

This concept is the idea that people who regularly view media are likely to view existence as darker and more dangerous.

Mean World Syndrome

200

According to symbolic convergence theory, this type of message contains imaginative language and often leads to a "fantasy chain."

Dramatizing message

200

In May 2023, this New York Times Best-Seller by Rebecca Yarros about a magical dragon riding academy was published.

Fourth Wing (my wife made me write this question)

300
According to Burke, we can offload guilt in these two ways.

Mortification and victimage

300

This theory suggests that we are motivated to believe our in-groups are superior to our out-groups.

Social identity theory

300

This term, posited by standpoint theory scholars, suggests that people in the margins have a more informed perspective on the dominant group.

Strong objectivity

300
Instead of asking what media does to us, this theory asks "What do we do with media?"

Uses and gratifications theory

300

According to Weick's model, this is the name for uncertainty in an organizational context.

Equivocality
300

This is the name of the song played at graduation ceremonies around the country.

Pomp and circumstance

400

According to Burke, these reflect all the viewer perceives as good, holy, and right.

God terms

400

Cultural norms about formalizing commitment may significantly influence the ways in which a couple may engage in this, the fifth stage of relationships according to Knapp's Model.

Bonding

400

Our class example of how AI image generators favor depicting attractive, white women is an example of this.

Algorithmic oppression

400

This theory says that media cannot tell us what to think, but it can tell us what to think about via framing.

Agenda setting theory

400

When a situation is especially tricky to solve, according to Weick's model, we must engage in more of these.

Communication cycles

400

The tassel will be on this side of the mortarboard after graduating.

Left

500

Fisher provided an alternative perspective on this logic-focused perspective by developing the narrative paradigm.

The rational world paradigm.

500

This theory suggests people are motivated to increase or decrease perceived similarities during interactions.

Communication accommodation theory

500
This is the original "muted" group in the titular theory.

Women

500

This is the key technology that, according to media ecology theorists, moved us from the print age to the digital age.

Telegraph
500

According to Coomb's model, we must determine which of these three crisis clusters the crisis belongs to.

Victim crisis cluster, accidental crisis cluster, and intentional crisis cluster

500

This horror movie is full of beautiful flowers and set in a Scandinavian paradise.

Midsommar

600

Someone forgot to put the middle into my syllogism. This has left me with this type of logical argument.

Enthymeme

600

Orbe's co-cultural theory suggests that members of non-dominant cultures interact with members of dominant cultures based on these three communication approaches and these three preferred outcomes.

What are non-assertive, assertive, and aggressive communication approaches and assimilation, accommodation, and separation outcomes.

600

This text cleverly reframes existing man-made terms to focus on the experiences of those from the muted group.

The feminist dictionary

600

To mitigate unwanted effects of context collapse, theorists suggest that we can either tailor our message for all audiences or do this.

Segment audiences

600

This theory, which concerns who people perceive is to blame, provides valuable insights that integrate well with Coomb's model.

Attribution theory

600

This is the birthstone for July babies.

Ruby

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