Hodgepodge
This refers to various kinds of media content that is publicly available and is produced by end users; in news contexts, these end users are known as citizen journalists
What is user-generated content?
A characteristic of certain groups who experience a conflict between culturally acceptable goals and legitimate means of obtaining said goals
What is anomie?
Hostile and disproportionate social reaction to a condition, episode, person, or group defined as a threat
What is moral panic?
A violation of the law
What is crime?
One of the 12 news values, this refers to a person who is famous or high-status
What is celebrity?
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds aired on Halloween night of this year
What is 1938?
This theory rejects the idea of a single objective "truth", challenging us instead to accept that we live in a world of inconsistencies and contradictions
What is postmodernism?
The act of labeling individuals or groups whose norms, attitudes, or behavior is seen to constitute "evilness"
What is demonization?
This perspective suggests that there is no intrinsic meaning in things, but that meaning is conferred according to shared cultural references and experiences
What is social constructionism?
This encapsulates the perceived "public appeal" or "public interest" of any potential news story
What is newsworthiness?
This refers to money directly donated to politicians to support the politician's agenda after they have taken office
What is dark money?
The application of the label "criminal" to particular behaviors or groups
What is criminalization?
The term used to describe an individual or group defined as a threat and who become the subject(s) of moral panic
Who are folk devils?
This term refers to the ways in which media professionals decide what is important enough to be reported
What is agenda-setting?
Events have to meet a certain level of this to be considered newsworthy
What is perceived importance or drama?
2021 saw an increase in this type of crime, leading politicians to weaponize crime rates against their opponents
What is violent crime?
He argues that crime is not simply driven by opportunity, but also by "sneaky thrills"
Who is Katz?
Contemporary media research is said to be ____-driven
What is audience?
The study of signs, language, and symbols
What is semiology?
When a country's news organizations value their own nation over others
What is ethocentrism?
This refers to the idea that media presents the world through polarized constructions of difference that are fixed/immutable (e.g., good/evil, black/white, etc.)
What are binary oppositions?
Ability of the dominant classes to exercise leadership and maintain their power by a process of consent rather than coercion
What is hegemony?
The imagined community to which the media address themselves
Who are the moral majority?
The fifth and final stage of the social construction process
What is policy?
News outlets that encourage audience participation (e.g., via online forums) may promote an especially emotive form of _____
What is populism?