MSP 1011 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Antoine Destutt De Tracy, Pierre Bourdieu, Falsifiability

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Cultural capital is your intellectual resources (idea introduced by pierre. Basing decisions on rational criteria/carefully examining assumptions. Fact: something that can be directly observed and verified. Assertion: a claim, or supposition, based on evidence and/or assumptions. It is a process that is transactional and symbolic. Communication is the process by which we create and share meaning using symbols. Is the process of creating and sharing meaning with geographically dispersed groups of people using widely used symbols. Plural of medium, which in latin means intermediary or the middle of two things or states. By 19th century it came to be known as a channel of mass comm. Mass media- allows for sharing of identical messages with dispersed groups. Interpersonal media- allows for sharing of personalized messages with specific people. Electronic media- allow for instantaneous spread of messages over great distances. Commercial media- privately owned and exist to make a profit. Public media- communally owned and exist to serve public good.