CS204 Study Guide - Final Guide: Janice Radway, Betty Friedan, Angela Mcrobbie
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Strand of media theory about the way we act in our relation to others in specific social environments. This theory of placelessness claims because of new media technologies, there are no physical boundaries. Because anyone from any walk of life can see and hear the same information, there is no sense of place. Persona=the personalities of performers that build intimate para-social relations with audiences via the media of radio or television. Para-social interaction refers to the apparent familiarity between media personalities and audiences. John b. thompson mediated quasi-interaction: the non-reciprocal social relations. Feminism: between media producers/personalities and audiences, predominately monological in character such that the mediated words and actions of public figures reveal themselves to constant scrutiny from the public eye . Moral panic= a situation in which an individual. Claims that everyday actions reproduce existing social structures, inclueding those structures routinely enacted by media that contribute to self-identity.
