Representation: how the media present people, places and even events through words, images and sounds. Representations allow audiences to have certain opinions on gender, beliefs etc.
Stereotyping: generalised view on a group of people in society. Stereotypes are made when there is a repeated characteristic in people and therefore the media summarily categorise them.
Media Effects: Theory to see if the media can infect influence the audiences and suggest that audiences are passive.
Reality TV: when members of the public are filmed without any sort of script or directions to show “real life” for entertainment value.
News Values: The criteria that broadcasters use to select news. To see what is worth to be in the news.
Moral Panics:By Jock young and developed by Stan Cohen, suggesting to the public that a certain situation is out of control, and people start to panic. This is done by repeatedly showing the issue in the media and use of the same stereotypes.
Post 9/11:the representation of certain races/religions in the media since the 9/11, in specific the representation of the Muslim society in the media.
Ownership and control:Who owns the institution that the media texts are coming from and who has control in what is included in the texts.
Regulation and Censorship:monitoring and controlling media content, and getting rid of anything that is not suitable for a certain group of people such as religious groups, political groups etc. Regulation is when the elite people in control make sure that all is well and that things which are not suitable for people is not shown.
Globalisation: When companies merge and work on an international basis.
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