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Question 1

Perspective (definition + where do they come from)

Answer 1

Location from which things are viewed.

Comes from: life experiences (shaped by gender, ethnicity, age, religion) and Socio-economic Status (SES): measures one’s position within community and determined by income, education, neighbourhood, income.

Question 2

Perspectives change as new ____ alter ______

Answer 2

experiences, opinions

Question 3

Point of View definition

Answer 3

way of looking that shapes our opinions/observations

Question 4

Importance of POV (2)

Answer 4

understand others better, solve problems better, be more inclusive

Question 5

Facts are verified through _____ & ______

Answer 5

observation and measurement

Question 6

Single story (2)

Answer 6

same story repeatedly told about something not known first-hand

leads to stereotypes, not full truths

Question 7

Mass media (2)

Answer 7

main source of info about world issues

organizations that own media outlets

Question 8

Mainstream media

Answer 8

distributed by large/popular media outlets

Question 9

Print media (4)

Answer 9

books, newspapers, pamphlets, articles

Question 10

Broadcast media (4)

Answer 10

radio, TV, film, music

Question 11

Digital media (3)

Answer 11

internet, including websites and social networking

Question 12

Outdoor/External media (3)

Answer 12

billboards, posters, blimps

Question 13

internet as spread ____ (3)

Answer 13

wealth, democracy, technological advancement

Question 14

Bias (definition + why is exists(2) )

Answer 14

presented from one POV

exists because of personal experiences, biased media

Question 15

Types of bias (7)

Answer 15

1. Confirmation bias: biased towards info that confirms our beliefs, and disregards info that contradicts our biases
2. Attribution Error: Associating good attributes to ourselves, and bad attributes to those we don’t know
3. Gate-Keeping bias: refusing to report certain stories
4. Coverage bias: covering only one aspect
5. Sensationalism bias: reporting rare events as more common (First to Press)
6. Advertising bias: altered story to appease advertisers
7. Corporate bias: medium owners have a bias

Question 16

Occupy wall street (what and why)

Answer 16

protests against corporate injustice

corporations were taking government bailouts while giving large bonuses to executives

Question 17

How to uncover bias (8)

Answer 17

1. Who wrote it?
2. Why did they write it?
3. What is their POV?
4. Was the other involved in the event?
5. Do arguments/evidence only support one side?
6. Are simplified solutions used for complex POVs?
7. Are emotion words used?
8. Are there stereotypical comments?

Question 18

Extrapolation

Answer 18

opinions of sample represent the population

Question 19

Validating polls questions (6)

Answer 19

1. Who paid for the poll?
2. Who conducted the poll?
3. How were questions phrased?
4. How large is the sample?
5. How was the poll taken?
6. When was the poll taken?

Question 20

Globalization (3)

Answer 20

human activities are increasingly global in scope

coined in 1962

The Economist: most abused word of the 21st century

Question 21

Three criteria for globalization

Answer 21

1. involve multiple countries
2. create multifaceted (multi-aspects) interactions that cause interdependence
3. has supranational implications (blurs national boundaries)

Question 22

8 types of globalization

Answer 22

financial, economic, technological, political, cultural, sociological, ecological, geographical

Question 23

Financial globalization (1)

Answer 23

reflects connected world cities, not nations

Question 24

Economic globalization (6)

Answer 24

• transnational companies
• companies move production to any market
• increased global wealth, standard of living
• Detractor/opponent: income gap, corporate dominance
• marine half of 1930, airfreight 1/6, telecommunications 1/100, computers 1/125 from 1960
• Time-and-space-compression-effect reduces world trade cost

Question 25

Political Globalization (2)

Answer 25

- as countries become interdependent, there is pressure to adopt uniform policies - NAFTA between Canada/US/Mexico replaces nationalism/protectionism

Question 26

Cultural Globalization (3)

Answer 26

- eventually all same music, food, values - loss of local culture - Western values conflict with traditional religions

Question 27

Sociological globalization (2)

Answer 27

- evolving towards single society | - one set of moral/religious beliefs

Question 28

Ecological globalization (3)

Answer 28

- planet is one ecological system, rather than many ecosystems - global warming/ozone depletion impacts everyone, as opposed to sole creator - Kyoto protocol failed because it allowed trading of carbon emissions

Question 29

Geographical globalization (3)

Answer 29

- geographers don't see the world in terms of relationships between countries - borderless world dominated by ecological concerns, politics, culture, economics - all influenced by networks of world cities

Question 30

Concerns about globalization (2)

Answer 30

- short term gain over long term | - loss of jobs due to economic globalization

Question 31

Benefits about globalization (3)

Answer 31

Increased wealth, quality of life, rise of political philosophies