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Cultural studies
Cultural studies
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Communication
Undergraduate 1
04/01/2012

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Ideology
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The mental frameworks different classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of the way society works
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Democratic pluralism
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The myth that society is held together by common norms such as equal opportunity, respect for diversity, one person-one vote, individual rights, and rule of law
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Articulate
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The process fo speaking not on oppression and linking the subjugation with media representations;; the work of cultural studies
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Cultural studies
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A neo-Marxist critique that sets forth the position that mass media manufacture consent for dominant ideologies
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Economic determinism
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The belief that human behavior and relationships are ultimately caused by differences in financial resources and the disparity in power that those gaps create
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Hegemony
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The subtle sway of society's haves over its have-nots
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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 and seemingly natural ways of interpreting the world become ideologies
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Culture industries
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The producers of culture; television,radio,music, film, fashion, magazines, newspapers, etc.
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