Terms M-O

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Mainstream
Definition: conforming to the dominant fashion, values and behavior, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Melissa Z.

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Mainstreaming
Definition: This term was used to describe the form in which the media is currently portraying all types of queer relationships on the television, which has provided the opportunity of change in public perception., Author: Raymond, Source: Chapter 10 Popular Culture and Queer Representation, Date of Assignment: 2/5/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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Marxist Theory
Definition: theory that stresses the economic position as the strongest predictor of social differences., Author: Lull, Source: Hegemony, Date of Assignment: 2/8/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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Masculine
Definition: to have power over and to be prepared to use it is seen as good and being desirable and therefore is associated with being human (a male), Author: Johnson, Source: Patriarchy, the System, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Media
Definition: the means of communication, as radio and television, newspapers, and magazines that reach or influence people widely., Author: Dines, Source: Gender, Race, and Class in Media, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Katelyn R.

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Media
Definition: educate us how to think, what to believe, fear and desire, and what not to, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Melissa Z.

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Media culture
Definition: provides materials for constructing views of the world, behavior, and identities, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Devon M.

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Media Spectacles
Definition: – demonstrate who has power and who is powerless, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Melissa Z.

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Media Stories
Definition: provide symbols, myths and resources through which we constitute a common culture and through the appropriation of which we insert ourselves into the culture, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Melissa Z.

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Misogyny
Definition: hatred and suppression of all feminine things, Author: Johnson, Source: Patriarchy, the System, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Amanda G.

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Misogyny
Definition: Hatred, dislike, or distrust of women., Author: Ducat, Source: 'Gender in a Time of Holy War...', Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Katelyn R.

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Misogyny
Definition: Strong hatred, dislike, and mistrust of women., Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Lauren P.

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Multiculturalism
Definition: affirms the worth of different types of culture and cultural groups; insurgent multiculturalism tries to articulate the views of groups excluded from the mainstream, Author: Kellner, Source: Cultural Studies, Multiculturalism, and Media Culture, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Devon M.

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Neotraditional Women
Definition: a group of conservative women that identify with slash and burn style of the right-winged males ( even in politics), Author: Ducat, Source: Gender in a Time of Holy War, Date of Assignment: 2/1/2007, Name: Melissa M.

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no-regrets assumption
Definition: If the consumer is faced with a choice of a product that yields satisfaction in the present, but has adverse consequences in the future - and the xonsumer chooses that product today, he or she will not regret the choice when the future arrives., Author: Schor, Source: The Need Politics of Consumption, Date of Assignment: 2/15/2007, Name: Liz S.

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Overt Racism
Definition: open and favorable coverage is given to arguments, positions and spokespersons who are n the business of elaborating an openly racist argument or advancing a racist policy or view, Author: Stuart Hall, Source: The Whites of Their Eyes, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Amanda G.

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Overt racism
Definition: open coverage given to arguments/positions/spokespersons who elaborate openly racist policies or views, Author: Hall, Source: The Whites of Their Eyes, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Devon M.

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Overt Racism
Definition: Coverage is given to arguments, positions, and spokespersons who are in the business of elaborating an openly racist argument or advancing a racist policy or view, Author: Hall, Source: The Whites of Their Eyes, Date of Assignment: 1/29/2007, Name: Liz S.