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Mass Media And Pop Culture

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1. Perceivable part of the sign






2. Wide release - platform release - exclusive release






3. Individually created meanings






4. Delivery of the produced material - marketing






5. Activities - self-worth evaluation - problem-solving tactics






6. National ideology vs. personal experience = tension






7. Images - thoughts - words - or emotions that come to mind with a brand






8. Socialization - inter-generational eavesdropping - role modeling - stereotyping






9. Source - message - receiver - quantitative - individual






10. Interpersonal Communication - Intrapersonal Communication - Group Communication - Mass Communication






11. Simple stories with compelling characters and resonant plots - provide ideals to live by






12. Messages have a long-term effect on the audience






13. Mass messages would overwhelm people in the absence of the influences of family - mass media messages are a stimulus that would lead to a predictable attitudinal or behavioral response with nothing intervening between sender & audience






14. Sign and meaning linked by way of cause or association - ex. smoke means fire






15. System of meanings generated by association of signifiers and signifieds






16. Combination of rituals and social construction of reality (via the Cultural Model)






17. Of who you are - who we are - and who they are






18. People will immediately respond to a message






19. National conversation = national identity - multiple brands in competition






20. Different parts of the brand (ex. name - logo - colors)






21. Iconic brands - embedding into culture - how the brand contributes to society






22. When the audience is an 'object produced to be sold for profit' ex. Gossip Girl (media co. - advertisers - females 18 - screenwriter)






23. Innovation - research and development - and risk






24. Separated based on bias of preference - preferences influenced by social class - education - etc.






25. Consumer deception via fewer defense mechanisms - mere exposure - and less processing






26. Breakdown based on demographics and psychographics






27. Encapsulated myths that fulfill our needs






28. historically shared meanings (rituals) + individually created meanings (social construction of reality) = new shared meaning...qualitative - mass






29. Cognitive: ability to intellectually process information - Emotional: feelings created by media - - Aesthetic: interpreting media in an artistic POV - Moral: examining the values of the medium






30. Directed by processed and stored information - active receiver - change with maturation






31. Limited information sources - personal experience - and context for claims






32. Incorporating the branded product into the dialogue or plot of the production






33. Rejection of high vs. low distinction - populist/popular/public - reaction to mainstream - short shelf life






34. Meaning evoked by the signifier






35. Selecting a specific part to focus on within the demographic or psychographic






36. Buying a product to consume the myth - to form a relationship with the myth's creator






37. Screenplay/screenwriter - location/production costs - hiring movie stars - hiring movie crew - securing Completion Bond company






38. Choosing a release date - determining/adjusting the number of prints to make - developing/implementing a strategic communication campaign (advertising and public relations)






39. Meaning derived from a social agreement






40. Owners - Advertisers - Government - Special Interest Groups - News Sources - Audiences - Newsroom culture - Technology






41. Organization/structure of signs - inbuilt system of cultural meanings built into a sign






42. Regal - AMC - Cinemark - Carmike - Cineplex Entertainment






43. Media are essential components of our lives - No mainstream media (MSM) - Everything from the margin moves to the center - Nothing's new; everything that happened in the past will happen again - New media are always scary - Activism and analysis are






44. Resemblance between sign and something else - variance in shared meaning






45. Historically shared meanings






46. The use of news to promote corporate holdings is wrong.






47. Discipline that studies the nature of a system of meaning






48. Created by the consumers from: name - logo - tagline - colors - music - etc.






49. 1. widely favored or well-liked by many 2. originates from the people 3. is mass produced 4. left-over from high culture






50. Preexisting beliefs of individuals influence perception of messages