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Flashcards by ktlemonhead, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by ktlemonhead
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| Question | Answer |
| Language | a method of communication (spoken or written) using words in a structured and conventional way |
| Medium | (plural: media) means or instruments of communication such as television or a newspaper |
| Register | a variety of language which is distinctive because of a specific context created by choices a speaker makes in each area of language production |
| Discourse | spoken or written communication |
| field | the purpose or role for which the language is used (part of Register) |
| mode | medium of communication (part of Register) |
| tenor | the social roles prescribed for or adopted by participants in the communication situation (part of Register) |
| FROZEN | pre-determined/ritualistic (example of Register) |
| FORMAL | speeches and presentations (example of Register) |
| CONSULTATIVE | dialogue that includes some off-hand, informal language (example of register) |
| CASUAL | used in group discussions with friends; includes gaps, interruptions, pauses, errors, and personal "inside" words (example of Register) |
| INTIMATE | private conversations between close friends and family where tone, volume, and unspoken suggestions may be just as important as spoken words (example of register) |
| Style | manipulation of register creates this; this makes a communicative act distinctive |
| who, says what, how, to whom, with what effect | communicator, message, medium, receiver, effect |
| remediation | when information is transformed from its original medium and is re-presented in a new mode (ex. book to movie) |
| signifier (sr) | the form which the sign takes |
| signified (sd) | the concept it represents (abstract idea) |
| sign | the whole that results from association of the signifier with the signified |
| anchorage | describes a caption's general function in tethering the meaning of an image |
| relay | the words and pictures stand in a complimentary relationship and tell a story equally |
| Newsworthiness determined by: | -sensationalism -relevancy -extraordinariness |
| manufactured consent | the medias ability to give the impression that everyone agrees about something |
| personalization bias | takes a complicated issue and creates a "poster child" |
| dramatization bias | creates heightened sensationalism / tried to tie it up with a bow to make the readers feel good |
| fragmentation/isolation bias | event happens--people focus on the event but ignore what led to that event |
| authority-disorder bias | depicting authority as being in chaos in order to increase sensationalism |
| selection/omission/censorship bias | a news organization tries to manufacture consent by leaving something out |
| Attacking the Person (ad hominem) | attacks a person using unrelated facts instead of focusing on relevant issues |
| Circular Reasoning ("begging the question") | argument that starts and ends in the same place: the conclusion assumes you accept the premise |
| False Cause and Effect (post hoc ergo procter hoc) | correlation does not imply causation |
| Hasty Generalizations (oversimplification) | arriving at a conclusion with insufficient evidence |
| Appeal to Ignorance (as ignatorium) | something is false because something else is not known to be true |
| Half-Truth (equivocation) | an intentionally deceptive statement that includes only part of the truth |
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