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49 Cards in this Set
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Agency
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who has the power to make things happen
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Amplification
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images/messages that are over produced
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Androcentric
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male-centered
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Assimilation
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Process by which culturally different groups subordinate differences, expand similarities, become fused; one set of trait is relinquished and a new set is acquired |
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The subjective/mental picture of one's own body
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Conspicuous Consumption |
buying to prove that you can buy, flashy purchasing nonsense just so that people can see you have a lot of stuff and money with which to buy it |
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Content |
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Cultural Appropriation |
dominant culture takes aspects of a marginalized one, these things are considered bad for the marginalized culture, but considered cool, interesting, trendy or beautiful for the dominant one
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Empowerment
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Emphasized femininity |
subordination of women in every way, soft, demure, sexually open but not promiscuous, etc.
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Enlightened sexism
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Frankenbiting
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a method used in reality tv where clips are mashed together, sometimes filmed days, weeks or months apart, to make a person seem like they are saying something |
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Gender |
socially constructed traits of masculinity and femininity; is situational and not fixed
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Hegemonic Masculinity |
the dominant masculinity, characterized by aggression, empowerment of men, a masculine perspective, gender stereotypes and heteronormativity |
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Heteronormativity
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belief that people fall into distinct and complementary genders, emphasis on heterosexuality as the only way; instituations, sturctures and belief systems that privilege heterosexuality, while making it appear normal and inevitable |
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Heterosexual Privilege
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The privilege the people get just for being attracted to the opposite gender
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Homophobia |
The fear/hatred of homosexuals
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Hyper-sexuality |
How women are often portrayed in the media, with and emphasis on sexuality above all else
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Infantilization |
treat someone as a child |
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Intersectionality |
looking at the intersection of race, class, gender, ability, age, etc. |
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Invisibility |
Not having representation or having so little and of only one stereotype that there is basically no representation |
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Male Gaze |
How advertisements and whatnot are shown to us through how a male would see, particularly women are viewed how men view them
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Media literacy |
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Media logic |
the degree to which users fail to realize how media influences them
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Meritocracy |
a system based on worth and how well you do is directly related to how hard you work, not the system in America; ignores the system of oppression |
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Misogyny |
the hatred of women |
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Objectification |
treating someone like a something, disregarding humanity, emotions, personal choice |
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Oppositional Reading |
A text that offers an opposing view to the traditional ways of things; ex: Lela in Teen Beach, she shows that women can be strong and independent and still be happy |
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Parasocial relationship theory |
one-sided relationship where one party know a great deal but the other does not
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Pinkwashing |
Using the guilt of breast cancer to get people to buy products that have nothing to with/do not support breast cancer research |
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Polygamy |
Having more than one wife |
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Pop Culture |
everyday objects, actions, events that show society what is good/bad, appropriate/innapropriate
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Preferred Reading |
A text that reinforced stereotypes already in place |
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Princess Narrative |
The story line that goes: beautiful, white woman is helpless, is saved by strong, white, rich prince, they fall in love at first sight and marry quickly, which is the happiest day of the princess's life |
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Production |
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Queer Theory |
Examines sexual identities and activities that hegemony labels "normal";Identities are not fixed and we are more than our bodies/orientations
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Reduction |
When images/ideas are not shown at all or shown very little |
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Refracted gaze |
Looking at yourself as others see you, in a flawed surveillance way
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Representation |
How people/groups of people are displayed to the rest of society |
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Schadenfreude |
taking pleasure in the misfortune of others
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Sexual Object
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The person becomes literally on object to be consumed |
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Sexual Subject |
The person has agency and make decisions/has input in the relationship |
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Social Learning Theory |
People learn by observing others
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Subordination |
being placed below someone/something else |
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Surveillance |
constant watching and judging of a subject, reality tv related |
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"To-be-looked-at-ness" |
Laura Mulvey; women in media possess this, while viewers and men get to be the ones looking
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Laura Mulvey; the ideas of the male gaze, "to-be-looked-at-ness"
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Wage Gap |
White, middle class women women make 78 cents for every dollar men make. |
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White Gaze |
Looking at the world through a white person's eyes, taking in all of the privilege they have and ignoring all of the marginalized experiences of others
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