History and Theory
Her refusal to leave her seat led to the Montgomery bus boycott
Who is Rosa Parks?
It's the arrangement of scenery and stage properties; in other words, it's everything in front of a camera
What is mise-en-scène?
It's a global event recognizing the social, economic, political, and cultural achievements of women
What is International Women's Day?
It's a loosely organized but sustained campaign in support of a social goal
What is a social movement?
1. He
led the Indian Independence Movement, which occurred decades before the beginning of
2. this two-word term for communication media created, viewed, and distributed electronically
that is a key component of
3. this two-word term for finding monetary support through local communities
Who is Mahatma Gandhi, what is digital media, and what is grassroots fundraising?
Vandana Shiva studies this term for a system in which the people who produce and consume food control the ways food is produced and distributed
What is food sovereignty?
It's a marketing prompt that encourages an audience member to respond or do something with the information; it often involves purchasing a product
What is call to action?
It's the term used to describe public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy
What is advocacy?
When analyzing music, they're
1. the section of a song that typically tells a story through cyclical lyrics or structure; and
2. the section of a song that repeats as the main message or emotional height
What are verse and chorus?
This Indigenous woman is the current national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Who is Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak?
If analyzing a scene from I Love Lucy, one could pay attention to this term for the movement and positions of actors
What is blocking?
They're two organizational structures, one referring to hierarchy and the other to somewhat evenly distributed power
What are centralized and decentralized?
He was appointed to the head of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission by President Nelson Mandela in 1995
Who is Desmond Tutu?
A postcolonial term, it's the simultaneous ways in which colonizer and colonized view one another; this term creates hybrid identities
What is ambivalence?
Typically involving one-to-many communication, its examples include print media, film, and radio
What is traditional media?
They're the first three steps in the social movement life cycle
What are "emerge", "coalesce", and "bureaucratize"?
She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2003 for pioneering efforts for democracy and women’s, children’s, and refugee right
Who is Shirin Ebadi?
1. This term
for the process by which an individual or group becomes relegated to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group
can be discussed in relation to the topics within
2. this text
written by Mary Wollstonecraft
whose work also discusses ideas related to
3. this term
for a special right, advantage, or immunity available to specific people or groups
What are marginalization, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, and privilege?
Digital media could be used to spread awareness about
1. this organization that, as a leading expert on children's rights, provides support for young people in Ontario
as well as
2. this Canadian non-government organization which works to advance peace policies while preventing war and armed violence
What are Justice for Children and Youth and Project Ploughshares?
They're the five leadership types studied in this course
What are autocratic, democratic, laissez-faire, transactional, and transformational?
They are the four types of social movements discussed in this course
What are alternative, reformative, redemptive, and revolutionary?