English The media definition
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newspapers, magazines, radio, and televsion considered as a group
media - singular noun
in the media
newspaper, radio and television
mass media - singular noun
The mass media has become one of the main instruments of political change
products and services that provide information or entertainment using computers or the internet, and not by traditional methods such as televison and newspaters
new media - plural noun
We must embrace the oppurtunites presented by new media.
a combination of videos, images, sounds, text, etc. that are connected together on a webside, which you can click on in order to use them or to go to other related videos, websides etc.
hypermedia
Hypermedia enables us to link text to text, text to image and image to image on both a macro and micro level.
online community of people who use the modern technology to communicate and share information
social network platforms
Twitter, Facebook, Tumbir, Linkedin, etc.
all the blogs on the Internet, and the people who write or read them
blogosphere - noun
an active participant in the online community of the internet
netizen - noun
a system of signs which can be decoded to create meaning
code - noun
In media texts, we look at a range of different signs that can be loosely grouped into the following technical codes, verbal codes, symbolic codes.
the fact that newspapers, television, radio and the internet are becoming less separate as technology develops
convergence - noun
Media convergence means that we can now watch a newspaper`s video report on our mobile phone via the internet.
the process of breaking into separate parts
fragmentation - noun
The number of media channels has coused audience fragmentation.
In media studies, this refers to the number of media outlets owned by companies or individuals
concentration - noun
Media conentration raises questions about the control and flow of information.
process through which information is filtered for dissemination, whether for publication, broadcasting, the internet, or some other mode of communication
gatekeeping - noun
Gatekeeping occurs at all levels of the media structure.
a way of categorising a media text according to its form, style and content
genre - noun
He was a pioneer in various genres including satire, literary criticism and drama.
The influence that media texts have on each other. Sometimes this is the result of direct cross-refernences (e.g. music mash ups) or indirect (this way gossip news items regulate the way we view a star`s performance)
intertextuality - noun
Every text is a product of intertextuality.
news values determines how much prominence a news story is given by a media outlet and the attention it is given by the audience
news value - noun
News jounalism has a broadly agreed set of values, often referred to as "newswothiness"
a forma discussion of a topic in speech or writing
discours - noun
a discours on critical theory
a spoken or written account of connected events, a story
narrative - noun
Part of this narrative was written, but not published, as a study for the commision.
a theory in mass communication that states that the media have the ability to determine which issues are important to the public.
agenda- setting - noun
selecting and highlighting some facets of events or issues and making connections among them so as to promote a particular interpretation, evaluation, and / or solution
framing - noun
an idea or felling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning
connotation - noun
The word "discipline" has unhappy connotations of punishment and repression.
the literal or primary meaning of a word in contract to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests
denotation - noun
Beyond their immediate denotation, the words have a connotative power
the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation
semiotics - noun pl.
hard news generally refers to up-to-the minute news and events such as economics, politics, war and crime that are reported immediately and factually.
hard news - nous, uncoutable
generally refers to background formation or human-interest stories such as arts or lifestyles that entertain or advise the reader or viewer
soft news - noun uncountable
Term used in media studies which examines the ways in which mass media affects the way people think and behave
effects theory -noun
approach to understanding why and how people actively seek out specific media to satisfy specific needs
uses and gratifications theory ( UGT )
Diverging from other media effect theories that question " what does media do to people?" UGT focuses on "what do people do with media?"
The fact that the public has a right to know about something which could affect them
public interest - noun
The editor has to decide if this story is in the public interest
a space or platform in which public opinion can be formed (term coined by Habermas)
public sphere - noun
1. sign or symbol resembling its referent ( e.g. a star figure standig for a star)
2. a visual image
3. picture of a sacred personage
4. a person in pop culture who is revered (e.g. a celebrity)
5. picture on a computer screeen standing for a specific command, function, etc. ( e.g. icon of a file folder )
icon - noun
