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Understanding Social Life 48-100
Final Exam (Chapters 14,15,*16,*17,18,*20,21*,22[least_important],23*,24*)
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Social Work
Undergraduate 1
04/08/2014

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Health Behaviour in School Aged Children (HBSC)
Definition
Survey carried out every 4 years; includes answers to questions about health-related behaviours and attitudes about Canadian students
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Allopathic medicine
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Conventional modern medicine
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structural functionalism, conflict theory, interpretive theory, and feminism/anti-racism
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4 theoretical paradigms considered to be most significant approaches to understanding health and medicine sociologically
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Talcott Parsons' sick role
Definition
Exists to prevent sickness from disrupting the "ongoingness" of social life. Using one's sick leave time away from school/work to improve health
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Morbidity Rate
Definition
sickness rate
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Friedrich Engels' "The Condition of the Working Class in England"
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demonstrates the negative health consequences of early capitalism
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Hilary Graham's "Women, Health, and the Family"
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documents how ineuality affects the various types of home health-care work done by women in order to protect the good health of their families
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Aspies
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people with Asperger's-- call others NTs or "neurotypicals"...NORMIES
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The book, "Our Bodies, Our Selves"
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offers a radical critique of medical practice and provides women's views of their own health, sickness, and bodies
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incidence
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number of new cases (of a disease, condition, etc) in a year
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prevalence
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number of cases within a given population
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Kasper and Furguson's "Breast Cancer: Society Shapes an Epidemic"
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if breast cancer was a male disease it would have more attention... yadda yadda yadda
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King's "Pink Ribbons Inc."
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argues that corporations involved in breast cancer awareness/fundraising have thrived because of slogans or some other stupid shit and have totally ignored other preventative methods of not getting breast cancer
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Components of health
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health of the person, genetic makeup, psychological makeup, personal experiences, social structural location, cultural milieu (environment--WHY NOT JUST FUCKING SAY ENVIRONMENT YOU PRETENTIOUS FUCKS), spiritual milieu, ecological system, politcal/economical system, tech. development, history
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Walkerton, Ontario water case
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Contamination of the water supply with E. Coli -- 2500 illnesses + 7 deaths
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Public health measures preventing the spread of disease (improved nutrition, better hygiene thru sanitation and water purification)
Definition
number 1 contribution towards today's high human life-expectancy
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1920s most common causes of death
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heart and kidney disease, flu, bronchitis, pneumonia
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PYLL (potential years of life lost)
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the younger you die because of disease, the higher your PYLL
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AIDS is mostly representeed in Canada by the __________
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aboriginals and blacks
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Sydney, Nova Scotia Tar Ponds
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dangerously contaminated soil because of decades of steel and coke (fuel) production. $400-million cleanup took place
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OECD
Definition
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
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social cohesion (social capital)
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the extent that people are involved in public life and volunteer to work together for the good of the whole. tends to be low for those of lower economic class
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sense of coherence (Aaron Antonovsky)
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one's orientation to the world that leads a person to a long-lasting dynamic feeling of confidence that things will work out
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medicalization
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the tendency for more and more of life to be defined as relevant to medicine
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our present medical care system
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first implemented in 1972 after a Royal Commission on Health Care
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5 principles of Canadian Health Care
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1) universality - same care for all Canadian citizens of all backgrounds
2) portability
3) comprehensive coverage
4) administration
5) accessibility
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private (for-profit) healthcare in Canada
Definition
- growing
- bad (higher death rates, more expensive, etc)
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4 Components of Medicalization (Irving Zola)
Definition
1) expansion of what in life and in a person is relavent to medicine
2) maintenance of absolute control over certain tech. procedure by the allopathic medical profession
3) maintenance of almost absolute access to certain areas by the medical profession
4) spread of medicines relevants to an increasingly large portion of living
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Ivan Illich
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growth of medicalization because bureaucratization
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Vincente Navarro
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claims medicalization is more related to class and class conflict + physicians as entrepeneurs
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Moynihan, Heath, Henry
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argue for critically examining how the pharm. industry plays a sig. role in defining diseases as conditions for which they have developed an effective drug
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"Religion is the opium of the people"
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-Marx
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Peter Beyer
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head of the religion and immigrant youth research team at University of Ottawa
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Durkheim
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examined religion (mostly functionally rather than substantially), and viewed it through social cohesion lens
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Civil religion
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term brought forth by Robert Bellah; the role of religion in social cohesion
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Asad and Goldenberg
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argue that the separating out of religion as something distinct from everyday life is a CHRISTIAN approach
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Linda Woodhead
Definition
criticizes dominance of functional conceptualizations of religion where religion > magic even though both are related to the sacred or transcendent
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McGuire
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emphasizes the importance of "lived religion"--ways in which people practice religion day-to-day
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NRMs
Definition
new religious movements
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Barker's "The Making of a Moonie"
Definition
investigated some korean "cult" and found out people were not actually being deprived of nutrients/sleep nor were they brainwashed
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Susan Palmer
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wasted 15 years of her life investigating a UFO-based cult called the Raelians. Way to go, Susan
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secularization
Definition
the process by which religion increasingly loses its influence
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Jose Casanova
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work on secularization; argued that religions began reasserting their intention to have a say over contemporary life in the 80s
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believing without belonging
Definition
affiliating oneself with a religion while not practicing it
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Quiet Revolution (Quebec)
Definition
in the 60s, attitudes about religion shifted; views of the church as anti-modern, oppressive, Quebecers no longer wanted to identify with it
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Bouchard-Taylor Commission
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examines the nature and extent of the problem that seemed to be emerging around accomodation of religions
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concerted-adjustment approach of Bouchard-Taylor Commission
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approach of people simply working out solutions to religious concerns amongst themselves (eg. talking to your boss about leaving work on Thursday because it is your holy day)
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legal model of Bouchard-Taylor Commission
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religion is part of identity and thus, should be protected by the law
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kirpan
Definition
ceremonial dagger of the Sikhs
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Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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enacted in 1982
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The Multani Case
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Sikh kid wore a kirpan to school and got sent to supreme court
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Daly and Goldenburg
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religion oppresses women
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Wendy Griffin
Definition
researched Dianic Wiccan groups which have become woman-based as opposed to pretty much all other religions
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Pachamama
Definition
"mother world" in language of indigenous people of south america
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Americanization
Definition
the process by which the whole world would "imitate the American way of life"
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Neo-Liberalism
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political philosophy that flourished in the 1980s onwards and that promotes privatization, deregulation, and trade liberalization, as well as supporting idea of reducing social expenses and lowering the tax on the wealthy.
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When was Canada's family allowance program eliminated?
Definition
1992
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NAFTA ( ? )
Definition
1994
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ICTs
Definition
information and communication technologies
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Wal-Mart-ization or Coca-Colonization
Definition
sarcastic synonyms to globalization
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Ulrich Beck
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talks about "deterritorialization", in which traditional boundaries are eroding and becoming permeable to flows of information and capital
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Neo-conservativism
Definition
"sometimes war is the answer"

Political ideology promoting the return to traditional values and emphasizing the need to oppose any nations or states that could out-compete one's own
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4 members of the Security Council
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China, Russia, France, UK
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1929; 2008
Definition
years of two major US financial crises
(stock market crash; US financial crisis)
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"there is no such thing as society"
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--Margaret Thatcher (80s British P.M.)
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(T/F) Max Weber viewed the state as the "centre of gravity." Moreover, many believe the state should again assume this position and impose limits/constraints on everything in society.
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true
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Joseph Stiglitz
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proposed that the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) should control money flows, thereby eliminating all those who hide their assets + not helping third world countries anymore. (this guy was a douche)
Term
B.R.I.C. Emerging Countries
Definition
Brasil, Russia, India, and China
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UNASUR
Definition
Union of Nations of South America
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MERCOSUR
Definition
Common Market of South America
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ALBA
Definition
Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America, let by Venezuela, Cuba, and Bolivia
Term
__________ believes that the restructuring of the Canadian economy under the influence of NAFTA is taking Canada back to where it started (as a provider of natural resources)
Definition
Trevor Harrison
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WTO
Definition
World Trade Organization
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WSF
Definition
wORLD sOCIAL fORUM, currently links 500,000 NGOs and social movements arround the world
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NFU
Definition
National Farmers Union
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alter globalization
Definition
alternative views, policies, or proposals in favour of altering globalization into a system that promotes human rights and environmental concerns
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FTAA
Definition
Free Trade Areas of the Americas
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fair trade
Definition
buying directly from producers
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Negri and Hardt
Definition
capitalism is penetrating the fabric of life through modern science and technology
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David Herlihy
Definition
Describes how mortality conditions in European history helped provoke lasting social-structural transformations in Western society
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life expectancy at birth
Definition
average number of years left to live for a newborn in a given period
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population momentum
Definition
the tendency of a population to keep growing
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Age composition
Definition
the distribution of the population with respect to age and usually sex
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demographic transition
Definition
the process by which a country move from high birth/death rates to low birth/death rates. the reverse is called MORTALITY transition
Term
_______ said that sustained fertility declines in society would take place when:
1) fertility decisions by couples must be within the calculus of conscious choice
2) reduced fertility must be viewed by couples as economically advantageous
3) effective methods of fertility control must be known and available to couples
Definition
Coale
Term
(T/F) Malthus explains that humans are reproducing above their ability of sustinence
Definition
true

([positive checks] vice + misery can curb population growth)
Term
Neo-Malthusians
Definition
view contraception and family planning as a key element in population control
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Andrew Gunder Frank
Definition
coined the term "the underdevelopment of development" to refer to the overwhelming influence and control the world's major economic powers hold over developing countries
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Abdel Omran's epidemiological transition theory
Definition
states that industrialized societies have gone through three epidemiological stages:

1)prehistoric times - life was ruled by Malthusian positive checks
2)people then were able to live longer because of advent of argiculture and improved systems of food production and distribution, + general advances in standard of living
3) stage of man-made and degenerative diseases (eg. cancer and heart disease)
Term
What are the features of a fourth stage of epidemiological transition?
Definition
1) life expectancy at 70+
2) continuation of cancer + heart disease as leading causes of death
3) increased survival of cancer/ heart disease victims
4) unprecedented survival improvements among seniors
5) most deaths should occur in those of old age
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baby boom
Definition
WWII - 1966
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baby bust
Definition
[end of baby boom] - 1981
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TFR
Definition
total fertility rate; measures the number of children a woman would bear throughout her reproductive lifetime if she experienced the prevailing age-specific birth rates in a given period
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CMAs
Definition
census metropolitan areas
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Four sociological perspectives on communication and media: _________________________
Definition
symbolic interactionism. structural functionalism, conflict theory, and feminism
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Faules and Alexander argued
Definition
mass communication is different than other forms of communiction
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Structural Functionalism is inspired by the ideas of _________
Definition
Durkheim
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4 functions of media:
Definition
surveillence of the environment, correlation of the parts of society, transmission of the social heritage, and entertainment
Term
Conglomerate
Definition
a company containing many firms engaged in a variety of (usually) unrelated business activities
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critical perspectives on the media are often divided into two categories:
Definition
1) political economy (focuses on ownership and control of the media)
2) cultural studies (addresses ideological aspects of the media
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Horizontal Integration (Chain Ownership)
Definition
exists when one company owns a number of media organizations in different locations that are doing the same type of business
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Vertical Integration
Definition
exists when one firm owns media enterprises that link processes such as production, distribution, and exhibition or retail
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Cross-Ownership
Definition
exists when one company owns organizations that are associated with different types of media
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Conglomerate Ownership
Definition
may combine horizontal integration, vertical integration, and even cross-ownership
Term
state
Definition
In Canada it encompasses various institutions: including the government, administration, parliamentary assemblies, armed forces and police, intelligence agencies, court systems, prisons, reform institutions, public media etc
Term
Conflict theory is rooted in the work of _________
Definition
Karl Marx
Term
Broadcasting Act
Definition
all broadcasting should be Canadian
Term
The Board of Broadcast Governors (BBG) was established in ______
Definition
1958
Term
The BBG was replaced by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) in ______
Definition
1968
Term
technological determinism
Definition
the notion that technologies themselves cause changes in society
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What is the MPAA?
Definition
Motion Picture Association of America
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Outsourcing
Definition
when a company shifts a portion of its production to another entity
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Offshoring
Definition
when a company has one of its own foreign affiliates handle the production
Term
CRL vs CAB for broadcasting
Definition
Canadian Radio League (public broadcasting) vs. Canadian Association of Broadcasters (private profit)
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CRBC
Definition
After the Canadian Radio League kicked CAB's ass, the Canadian Radio Broadcasting Commission was born. (1932)
Term
CBC
Definition
Canadian Broadcasting Commission (1936)
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(media) dominant ideology
Definition
expressed ideas or notions in mainstream media express the viewpoints of capitalist class and other powerful groups
Term
what were the techniques used to "play down" the woman with a gun scene in movies?
Definition
domestication (portraying female cops as single mothers or at least with maternal instinct), infantilization (making them dependdent or vulnerable), sexualization
Term
dominant-hegemonic reading
Definition
taking the preferred meaning out of text
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oppositional reading
Definition
resisting a message by interpreting it through an alternative ideological framework
Term
negotiated reading
Definition
contains a mixture of dominant-hegemonic reading and oppositional reading
Term
ELP
Definition
End Legislation Poverty; committed to moblizing the poor and fighting various state policies that perpetuate poverty; ran through alternative media
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digital divide
Definition
refers to issue of inequalities of access to technologies
Term
Internet began in the _____ (year) when US dept. of Defense established the ARPA
Definition
Advanced Research Projects Agency
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Rachel Carson's "Silent Spring"
Definition
detailed the effects of pesticides on the human body
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MDCs
Definition
more developed countries
Term
ecology
Definition
the branch of biology that deals with the relations of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings
Term
social constructionism
Definition
perspective often applied in other areas of sociology and has become established within environmental sociology as well; argues that social reality is more a matter of perception than of objective determination
Term
John Hannigan argues that the "successful construction" of environmental problems requires six conditions be met:
Definition
1) scientific authority for and validation of claim by parties
2) the existence of "populizers" who can bridge environmentalism and science
3) media attention in which the problem is framed as novel and important
4) the dramatization of the problem in symbolic and visual terms
5) economic incentives for taking positive action
6) the emergence of an institutional sponsor who can ensure both legitimacy and continuity
Term
social ecology
Definition
a body of philosophical thought appealing to many in the contemporary environmental movement who are seeking to understand the interplay between humans and nature
Term
Deep Ecology
Definition
Term coined by Arne Naess referring to a philosophical approach to environmentalism that calls for fundamental social change, in contrast to the more reformist orientation of mainstream environmentalism, referred to by Naess as shallow ecology. Term used to justify any means, legal or illegal, for addressing environmental problems
Term
toxic waste movement
Definition
the fast growing branch of environmentalism that has largely emerged from opposition to local pollution problems or other environemtal risks by neighbourhood residents who typically have no formerly been involved in environmental protest
Term
Environmental Justice (EJ)
Definition
environmental movement that ties to toxic waste movement, pissed off about societal inequities that result from industrial facility siting and industrial development
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