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22 Cards in this Set
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altruistic democracy
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from Gan's eight enduring values, the value that implies that politics should be based on the public interest and service
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authoritarian theory
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the first rationale or theory of the press, that of a press supporting and advancing the policies of the government in power and serving the state
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canalization
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from Larzfeld and Merton, one of three conditions of media effectiveness, in which the media attempt to canalize or channel established patterns of behavior or attitudes in one direction or another
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correlation
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from Laswell, a function of the mass media: the selectivity and interpretation of info about the environment
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enforcement of social norms
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from Laswell and Merton, a function of mass media that results from the exposure of conditions that deviate from public morality
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entertainment
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from Wright, a function of the mass media in which the media provide respite from everyday problems and fill leisure time--added as a fourth functionto Lasswell's surveillance, correlation, and transmission of soical heritage
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ethnocentrism
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from Gan's eight enduring values, the attitude that one's own race, nation, or culture is superior to all others
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individualism
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from Gan's eight enduring values, tje preservation of the rugged individualist against the encroachments of society and the nation
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leadership
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from Gan's eight enduring values, moral and otherwise competent leadership that is honest and candid, with vision, physical stamina, and courage
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libertarian theory
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the theory of the presss that suggested that the press serve the function of helping to discover truth and checking in government, as well as informing, entertaining, and selling
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moderatism
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from Gan's eight enduring values, the discouragement of excess or extremism
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monopolization
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from Lazarfeld and Merton, one of the three conditions required for media effectiveness, which occurs in the absence of counterpropoganda
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narcotizing dysfunction
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from Lazarfeld and Merton, a function of the mass media that is the result of the flood of media stimuli; the term ND is based on the assumption that having inert and apathetic citizens isn't great
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order
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from Gan's eight enduring values, respect for authority and of relevant enduing values; concern for social cohesion
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responsible capitalism
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from Gan's eight enduring values, and optimistic faith that, in the good society, business men and women will compete with each other...but that they will refrain from unreasonable profits and gross exploitation of workers or customers
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small-town pastorialism
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from Gan's eight enduring values, a favoring of small towns over other types of settlements
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social responsibility theory
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the theory that proposes that the media, while informing, entertaining, and selling, and, among other things, must also raise conflict to the plane of discussion
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Soviet-totalitarian theory
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the theory, from the Soviets, that suggests that the media is to contribute to the success and continuance of the Soviet system
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status conferral
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from Lazarfeld and Merton, a function of the mass media in which the media recognize and legitimate the status of individuals and groups
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supplementation
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from Lazarfeld and Merton, one of the three conditions required for media effectiveness, in which messages from the mass media are reinforced with organized discussion groups
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surveillance
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from Lasswell, the function of the mass media in which the media inform and provide news about opportunities or threat
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transmission of the social heritage
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from Lasswell, a function of the mass media in which the media communicate information, values, and norms from one generation to another or from the members of a society to newcomers
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