Vocab
A company that is based in one country while developing and manufacturing its products, or delivering its goods and services, in more than one country
What is a transnational or multinational corporation?
Expression through language, friends, clothing, food, and music is an example of this
What is individual identity?
This term describes the interconnectedness of economies, societies, and cultures across the globe.
What is globalization?
This can be in the form of: News, Radio, Television
What is media
This happens when a language is not spoken by anyone anymore
What is language extinction
The gathering of ownership of newspapers and other media in the hands of a few large corporations
What is media concentration?
The ways that we express ourselves through traditions and largely held beliefs is known as...
What is collective identity?
This technological advancement has significantly accelerated the process of globalization.
What is the internet?
This term refers to the way media can reinforce stereotypes about certain cultural groups.
What is media bias (or just bias).
This can be done through education, preservation, and promotion of traditions and culture
What is cultural revitalization
The combining of elements of two or more different things to create something new
What is hybridization?
People that are a part of these are able to affirm their identity when they speak their language or express their culture, nation, or gender.
What are collectives?
This erases the differences among peoples, and as a reuslt, they become more similar.
What is homogenization?
This is generally recognized by society as a set of practices, beliefs, and objects that are dominant or prevalent in a society at a given point in time.
What is pop culture
This commission aims to promote the Canadian identity by regulating content on TV and the radio
What is the CRTC
Canada has passed these laws to protect artists, performers, songs, movies, and literature.
What are Cultural Content Laws?
This is a collection of terms used by the members of a social collective, such as teenagers.
What is slang or jargon?
This agreement aims to promote free trade among member counties and reduce trade barriers.
What is a trade agreement (eg. NAFTA)
What term describes the phenomenon where media representation can either promote acceptance of diverse cultures or reinforce stereotypes, impacting public perception and social attitudes?
What is media influence on diversity?
A piece of legislation in Canada that aimed to support efforts by Indigenous peoples to reclaim, maintain, and strengthen Indigenous languages.
What is the Indigenous Languages Act?
A term that refers to the gap between demographics and regions that have access to modern information and communications technology, and those that don't or have restricted access.
What is the digital divide?
This term refers to how technology allows you to pursue your interests but makes you a "high-tech hermit," reducing your sense of community.
What is techno-isolation?
This term for the increasing interdependence of national economies through trade and investment.
What is economic globalization?
Marshall McLuhan proposed that the way that the message is communicated is more important than what the actual message is. This idea became known as...
What is the medium is the message
The idea that English has become the major language of business, scientific research, and pop culture.
What is English Dominance?