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coms 210 ch.67
liberty university
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
02/22/2011

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steuart hall
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professor emeritus of sociology at Open University, Milton Keynes, England, & leading proponent of Cultural Studies
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Cultural Studies
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Neo- Marxisr critique that sets forth the position that mass media manufacture consent for dominant ideologies
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ideology
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Frameworks through wich we interpret, understand & "make sense" of some aspect of social existence.
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democratic pluralism
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the myth that society is held together by common norms such as equal oppourtunity, respect for diversity, one peoson-one vote, individual rights, rule of law.
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articulate
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the process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugation witht he media representations; the work of cultural studies
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proletariat
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the laboring class who lack capital or means of production so must sell their labor to live
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economic determinism
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the belief that himan behavior & relationships are ultimately caused by a difference in financial resources and the disparity in power that those gaps create.
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cultural industries
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the producers of culture; tv, radio, film, music, fashion, magazines, newspapers, etc.
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hegemony
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the subtle sway of societies haves over its have nots
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Michael Foucault
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a leading 20th century french Philosopher who believed signs & symbols are inextricably linked to mass media messages & that the frameworks people use to interpret  them are provided through the dominant discaurse of the day

 

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discourse
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frameworks of interpretation
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discursive formation
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the process by which unquestioned & seemingly natural ways of interpreting the would becomes ideologies
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Douglas Kellner
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first introduced in ch.25, this media scholar from UCLA has provided many specific examples of hegemonic encoding by the media
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samuel becker
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a communication scholar from the university of Iowa who notes that although Hall attacks the dominant ideology of Communication studies , he has became the most dominant figure in the field.
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