Thursday, October 4, 2007

Review for test

Ethnicity- Group with a common culture

Race- a classification of human beings based on physical characteristics or genetic markers.

Brown sugar stereotyping- When woman of color are sexualized.

Lotus Blossom stereotype- when Asian woman are sexualized

Critical consumption- Consuming media more critically by being taught to do so. This helps us not to form to what society wants us to do.

Case Study- study of individual unit, a person, family or social group, usually emphasizing developmental issues and relationships to compare to a larger group.

Content analysis- to determine meaning, purpose or effect of media by evaluating details.

Interreality comparison- Show how media depictions may distort reality. One of first studies to report data on Latinos.

Cultivaiton theory- How things in media effect people long term. May alter attitudes or beliefs.

Stereotyping- Simplified and standardized concept invested with special meaing and held common by members of a group.

Face-ism - tendency to represent people in terms of their face or head as opposed to their body. In general, males will have a head shot and females with have full body shots or waist up. People's perception of face only pictures are more positive than full body shots.

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