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Midterm Review: Economic Inequality Learning Community

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Meaningful communication between two or more people
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This type of capital consists of resources related to interpersonal skills, and/or innate physical attributes
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The fourth ____________ is the term used to describe the media, which is considered like a fourth branch of government (after the executive, legislative, and judiciary) and thus serves as another of the checks and balances on power
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____________ dysfunction is when people are too overwhelmed with media input to really care about issues, so their involvement becomes defined by awareness instead of action
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Speaker credibility
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A relationship between variables in which they change together; may or may not be causal
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Any formats or vehicles that carry, present, or communicate information
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Social ____________ is the way people assign meaning to the world
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A ______ problem A ____________ problem is an issue that negatively affects a person’s state of being in a society
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Social ____________ is the division of society into groups arranged in a social hierarchy
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The sociological ____________ is how individuals understand their own and others’ pasts in relation to history and social structure
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The part of a claim that specifies what should be done, what action should be taken to address a troubling condition
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This type of capital consists of financial resources
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Media _____ is applying critical thinking to images, advertisements, messages
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Group of people with similar interest, goals, etc.
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Emotional appeals
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The portion of a claim that justifies doing something about a troubling condition
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The two-step ____________ model is a theory on media effects that suggests audiences get information through opinion leaders who influence their attitudes and beliefs, rather than through direct firsthand sources
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The ____________ setting theory states that the mass media can set the public agenda by selecting certain news stories and excluding others, thus influencing what audiences think about
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Sending and receiving of messages
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Life ____________ are the opportunities people have to provide themselves with material goods, positive living conditions, and favorable life experiences.
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The means for completing an act
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The portion of a claim that argues that a troubling condition exists
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The net value of money and assets a person has; one of the things considered when assessing socioeconomic status
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Theory that suggests that audiences seek messages in the media that reinforce their existing attitudes and beliefs and are thus not influenced by challenging or contradictory information
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A _______ screen is a filter that influences the way we see the world
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Social ____________ are the manners of acting, thinking, feeling external to the individual, which are invested with a coercive power by virtue of which they exercise control over them.
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Social ___________ is a system of stratification based on access to such resources as wealth, property, power, and prestige
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An argument that a particular troubling condition needs to be addressed
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Target for message, influences style, content and meaning
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A relationship between variables in which a change in one directly produces a change in the other
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Proper timing and due measure
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Social ____________ is the ability to change positions within a social stratification system
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This type of capital is the cultural knowledge that serves (metaphorically) as currency that helps one navigate a culture
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Social _______ refers to the resources based on group membership
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Logical appeals