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Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
Unit 1
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Techno-isolation is a big thing in the culture of modern teenagers. You could be in a room full of people, but not talk to a single one of them because you are texting people in other places or listening to your Ipod totally ignoring the world.
what is technoisolation
100
means socialization, the extension of the area and range of those who share in a good.
What is Universialization
100
a process of mutual adaptation between persons or groups, usually achieved by eliminating or reducing hostility, as by compromise or arbitration.
What is Accommodation
100
the action of making a person or thing American in character or nationality.
What is Americanization-
100
Interconnectedness is part of the terminology of a worldview which sees a oneness in all things. A similar term, interdependence, is sometimes used instead, although there are slightly different connotations.
What is Interconnectedness
200
information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
what is propoganda
200
Cultural homogenisation is an aspect of cultural globalisation, listed as one of its main characteristics, and refers to the reduction in cultural diversity through the popularisation and diffusion of a wide array of cultural symbols
What is Homogenisation
200
treatment of a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral.
What is marginilsation
200
a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What is Democracy-
200
The Group of Eight (G8) refers to the group of eight highly industrialized nations—France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Japan, the United States, Canada, and Russia—that hold an annual meeting to foster consensus on global issues like economic growth and crisis management, global security, energy, and terrorism.
What is G8
300
the merging of previously distinct media technologies and media forms resulting from digitization and computer networking
what is media convergence
300
the gulf between those who have ready access to computers and the Internet, and those who do not.
What is Digital divide
300
the action or process of integrating.
What is intergration
300
a group or system of interconnected people or things.
What is Network-
300
NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, is a military alliance of European and North American democracies founded after World War II to strengthen international ties between member states
What is NATO
400
a process whereby progressively fewer individuals or organizations control increasing shares of the mass media.
what is media concentration
400
cultural modification of an individual, group, or people by adapting to or borrowing traits from another culture
What is Acculturation
400
A revitalization movement is a "deliberate, organized, conscious effort by members of a society to construct a more satisfying culture
What is Cultural revitalization-
400
Smart mobs sometimes are manipulated by the dispatchers who control the 'mobbing system' (i.e., those who own the contact list and the means to forward instant messages to a group) and are induced to cause distress and aggravation to individuals who have been targeted or singled out for whatever reason.
What is Smart Mobbing
400
A non-governmental organization (NGO) is a not-for-profit organization that is independent from states and international governmental organizations. They are usually funded by donations but some avoid formal funding altogether and are run primarily by volunteers.
What is NGO
500
modern popular culture transmitted via mass media and aimed particularly at younger people.
What is pop culture
500
The process by which a cultural element such a food, language, or music blend into another culture by modifying the element to fit cultural norms.
What is Hybridization
500
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
What is Ethnocentrism-
500
to differ in sentiment or opinion, especially from the majority; withhold assent; disagree
What is Dissent-
500
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