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Standpoint Theory

The view that the material, social, and symbolic circumstances of a social group shape what members of that group experience, as well as how they think, act, and feel.

Speech Community

The viewpoint that explains styles of particular social groups with reference to the cultures in which members of the groups are socialized.

Organizational Culture Theory

A point of view that focuses on the ways in which communication creates and sustains distinct customs, understandings, and perspectives within particular organizations.

Muted Group Theory

A feminist theory that claims that women (and other groups) have been silenced because men have had the power to name the world and thus to constitute experience and meaning.

Feminist Theories

A group of theories related by their focus on gender and it's derivative, power.

Cultural Studies Theory

A group of related theories that seek to unmask and challenge the techniques by which privileged groups maintain their privilege and power in society.

Critical Assessment of Feminist Theories

1. Fosters division between women and men.


2. Overstates and distorts gender differences.


3. A monolithic view of women.

Critical Assessment of Muted Group Theory

1. Women's Oppression is Exaggerated


2. Inappropriately Political


3. Unrealistic

Critical Assessment of Cultural Studies Theories

1. Inaccessible


2. Too Broad in Scope


3. Insufficient Attention to Gender

Cultivation Theory

Claims that television cultivates, or promotes, a view of social reality that is inaccurate but that viewers nonetheless assume reflects real life.

Theory of Technological Determinism

Claim is that some single cause or phenomenon determines other aspects of life.

Critical Assessment of Technological Determinism

1. Lack of Empirical Support


2. Hyperbolic Speculation


3. Overly Deterministic

Assumptions of Cultivation Theory

1. Television is Unique.


2. TV forms the cultural mainstream.


3. TV cultivates broad assumptions about life rather than specific attitudes and opinions.


4. TV is a medium of conservative socialization.


5. The observable Effects of TV on Culture are Relatively Small.


6. New Technologies Extend TV's Influence.

Critical Assessment of Cultivation Theory

1. Weak Support for the Theory


2. Incompatible in the Theory


3. Neglects Individual Variation


4. Correlation Versus Case; Causer Versus Effect

Critical Assessment of Organizational Culture Theory

1. Theory has Limited Generalizability


2. How Should Findings be Used?

Critical Assessment of Speech Community Theory

1. Theory Obscures Human Diversity


2. Theory Fosters Divisions Among Social Groups


3. Theory is Insufficiently Critical

Critical Assessment of Standpoint Theory

1. Theory Unjustifiably Privileges Marginalized Standpoints


2. Theory Obscures Human Diversity