Media and social change
Media and Social Change
- What is Media?
\ Print media, broadcast media, digital media, social media, film & video, interactive media and advertising.
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- How has media changed over the past 100 years?
\ The evolution of technology has made media change significantly.
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- What type of media do we consume? How much of what we consume is considered mainstream media?
\ 95% of what we consume is considered mainstream media. The media we consume are tv,internet,radio,mobile and other.
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- Who owns the media?
\ Cooperations
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- Components of Culture
\ Art/Entertainment, language/communication, habits/customs, institutions, values/beliefs/religions and technology
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- Sharing and adopting culture: * Cultural Transmission
Also known as cultural learning
The sharing of culture between individuals
- (ex. children learning culture from parents)
The sharing of culture between societies/cultures
- (ex. immigrants bringing traditional foods to their new homes)
Media sharing ideas across borders
- (ex. watching a youtube video from Japan / Skyping with friends in Australia)
\ Transculturation
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- The adoption of cultural practices from outside of your native culture * (ex. Americans learning to take shoes off in the home, from Canadians)
- Blending various elements of other cultures into the “home” culture * (ex. I love to eat Thai curry lamb, butter chicken, sushi)
- Media allows us to adopt the arts, music, entertainment and ideas of another culture and give them place in our lives * (ex. K-pop, Anime, Latin dancing, American sit-coms)
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- Where does our media come from?
\ Our media comes from various countries around the world/