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Agenda Setting
ability of the mass media to focus public attention to particular topics
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Audience
people observing something. For example, an observational study (watching the subject and taking notes). usually referred to as PASSIVE or ACTIVE.
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CopyCat Killings
Murder of anything living, i.e. a person. Due to a hypodermic syringe theory of copying what the idea produce and glamourise
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Desensitised
Loosing your sensitivity towards something gruesome, because you have become used to seeing or hearing about it,
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Folk Devils
a group of people that are a threat to society. for example, gangs
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Gender
the sex identity that you choose. male or female
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Mass media
media that reaches people on a wide scale. for example, world wide news etc
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Identity
the things that shape you as a person. for example, religion, socialisation, peers, ethnic background, likes and dislikes, music ect
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New media
types of media that are fairly new in comparison to traditional radios etc. for example, social networking and internet
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traditional media
older types of media in comparison to modern day technology, for example, newspapers and books
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Sexism
discrimination against ones sex or gender. for example, being treated differently for being a certain sex.
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socialisation
DECIDED INTO PRIMARY AND SECONDARY. Learning social norms and values from parents, friends and teachers etc
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Stereotypes
an image or a idea of someone and how they should or shouldn't behave or dress etc
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xenophobia
fear of other ethnic minorities than your own
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people observing something. For example, an observational study (watching the subject and taking notes). usually referred to as PASSIVE or ACTIVE.

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Audience

Card 3

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Murder of anything living, i.e. a person. Due to a hypodermic syringe theory of copying what the idea produce and glamourise

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Card 4

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Loosing your sensitivity towards something gruesome, because you have become used to seeing or hearing about it,

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Card 5

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a group of people that are a threat to society. for example, gangs

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