Media Terminology

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Cultivation Theory
How people's attitudes and beliefs are impacted by the media, rather than just behaviours.
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Desensitisation Theory
So much violence shown in the media, people have less of an emotional impact to violence and feel less sensitive towards it.
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Copy Cat Theory
Something publicised in the media that creates a lot of attention, causing other people to imitate in order to gain the same level of attention.
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The Male Gaze
Laura Mulvey
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Moral Panics
Stanley Cohen
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Preferred Readings and encoding and decoding texts
Stuart Hall
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Enigma and Action codes
Ronald Barthes
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Challenging or reconfirming identity
Gauntlett
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Voyeurism
A person receives sexual gratification from witnessing others'' sexual behaviour
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Gender as a performance
Judith Butler
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Equilibrium Theory
Tordorov
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