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17 Cards in this Set
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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. |
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Speech Community |
The viewpoint that explains styles of particular social groups with reference to the cultures in which members of the groups are socialized. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Feminist Theories |
A group of theories related by their focus on gender and it's derivative, power. |
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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. |
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Critical Assessment of Feminist Theories |
1. Fosters division between women and men. 2. Overstates and distorts gender differences. 3. A monolithic view of women. |
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Critical Assessment of Muted Group Theory |
1. Women's Oppression is Exaggerated 2. Inappropriately Political 3. Unrealistic |
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Critical Assessment of Cultural Studies Theories |
1. Inaccessible 2. Too Broad in Scope 3. Insufficient Attention to Gender |
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Cultivation Theory |
Claims that television cultivates, or promotes, a view of social reality that is inaccurate but that viewers nonetheless assume reflects real life. |
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Theory of Technological Determinism |
Claim is that some single cause or phenomenon determines other aspects of life. |
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Critical Assessment of Technological Determinism |
1. Lack of Empirical Support 2. Hyperbolic Speculation 3. Overly Deterministic |
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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. |
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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 |
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Critical Assessment of Organizational Culture Theory |
1. Theory has Limited Generalizability 2. How Should Findings be Used? |
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Critical Assessment of Speech Community Theory |
1. Theory Obscures Human Diversity 2. Theory Fosters Divisions Among Social Groups 3. Theory is Insufficiently Critical |
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Critical Assessment of Standpoint Theory |
1. Theory Unjustifiably Privileges Marginalized Standpoints 2. Theory Obscures Human Diversity |