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Media
2012 Media Studies vocabulary
Evolutionary
biology
Evolutionary biology is a sub-field of biology concerned
with the study of the evolutionary processes that have given rise to the
diversity of life on Earth. Someone who studies evolutionary biology is known
as an evolutionary biologist; evolutionary biologists study the descent of species and
the origin of new species.
Assumptions
In logic, an assumption is
a proposition that is taken for granted, as if it were true based upon
presupposition without preponderance of the facts. An assumption that is
considered to be self-evident or otherwise fundamental is called an axiom.
In religion, assumption is
the bodily translation of an individual person, either living or dead, from
earth to heaven.
Empathy
Empathy is the capacity to recognize feelings that are being
experienced by another sentient or semi-sentient (in fiction writing) being. Someone may need
to have a certain amount of empathy before they are able to feel compassion.
Mirror
neurons
A mirror neuron is a neuron that fires both when an animal acts and when the animal observes the same
action performed by another. Thus, the neuron "mirrors" the behavior
of the other, as though the observer were itself acting. Such neurons have been
directly observed in primate and other species including birds. In
humans, brain activity consistent with that of mirror neurons has been found in
the premotor cortex, the supplementary motor
area, the primary somatosensory
cortex and the inferior parietal cortex.
Frustration
In psychology, frustration
is a common emotional response to opposition. Related to anger and disappointment, it arises
from the perceived resistance to the fulfillment of individual will.
Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism is a theory in normative ethics holding that the proper course of action is the one that
maximizes overall happiness. It is now generally taken to be a form of consequentialism, although when Anscome first introduced that term it was to distinguish between
"old-fashioned Utilitarianism" and consequentialism.
Utopia
Utopia is an ideal community or society possessing
a desirable perfection. The word was coined in Greek by Sir Thomas More for his 1516 book Utopia, describing a fictional island in the
Atlantic Ocean. The term has been used to describe both intentional communities that attempt to create an ideal society, and fictional
societies portrayed in literature. It has spawned other concepts, most prominently dystopia.
Biosphere
The biosphere is the
global sum of all ecosystems. It can also be called the zone of life on Earth, a closed
(apart from solar and cosmic radiation), and self-regulating system.
Theological
Theology (from Ancient Greek Θεός meaning "God" and λόγος, -logy, meaning "study of") is the systematic and rational
study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or
the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary.
Consciousness
Consciousness is the quality or state of being aware of an external object or
something within oneself.[1][2] It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the
ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the
executive control system of the mind.
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Nation
A nation may refer
to a community of people who share a common language, culture, ethnicity,
descent, or history.[1] In
this definition, a nation has no physical borders.
Industrial
revolution
The Industrial Revolution
was a period from 1750 to 1850 where changes in agriculture, manufacturing,
mining, transportation, and technology had a profound effect on the social,
economic and cultural conditions of the times.
Technology
Technology is the making, modification, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines,
techniques, crafts, systems, methods of organization, in order to solve a problem, improve
a preexisting solution to a problem, achieve a goal or perform a specific
function.
Viscerally
In
an unreasoning visceral manner
Theological
Theology (from Ancient Greek Θεός meaning "God" and λόγος, -logy, meaning "study of") is the systematic and rational
study of religion and its influences and of the nature of religious truths, or
the learned profession acquired by completing specialized training in religious studies, usually at a university or school of divinity or seminary
Conscience
Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment of the intellect that
distinguishes right from wrong. Moral judgment
may derive from values or norms
(principles and rules).
Ideological
An ideology is a set of ideas that
constitute one's goals, expectations, and actions. An ideology is a comprehensive vision, a way of looking at
things (compare worldview) as in several philosophical tendencies
(see political ideologies), or a set of ideas proposed by the dominant class of
a society to all members of this society (a "received consciousness"
or product of socialization)
Psychological
Psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviors. Psychology has the immediate goal of understanding individuals
and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific
cases, and by many accounts it
ultimately aims to benefit society.
Dramaturgical
Relating to the technical aspects of drama
Narrative
A narrative is a constructive format (as a work of speech, writing, song, film, television, video
games, photography or theatre) that describes a sequence of non-fictional or fictional events.
Narcissism
Narcissism is a term with a wide range of meanings, depending on whether
it is used to describe a central concept of psychoanalytic theory, a mental illness, a social or cultural problem, or simply a personality trait.
Violent
Violence is defined by the World Health
Organization as the intentional use of
physical force or power, threatened or actual, against a person, or against a
group or community, that either results in or has a high likelihood of
resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment or deprivation.
Non-liner
Liner
In line drawing:
Abstract
Angle
In geometry, an angle is the figure formed by two rays, called
the sides of the angle, sharing a common endpoint, called
the vertex of the angle.[1] Angles are usually presumed to be in a Euclidean plane, but are also defined in non-Euclidean geometry.
Ethereal
Ethereal means pertaining to ether, the air or the sky
Archetype
An archetype is a
universally understood symbol, term,[1] or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are
copied, patterned, or emulated. Archetypes are often used in myths and storytelling across
different cultures.In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or
behavior.In philosophy, archetypes have, since Plato, referred
to as ideal forms of the perceived or sensible objects or types.
Hero
A hero (heroine is
always used for females) (Ancient Greek: ἥρως, hḗrōs),
in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.
Aperture
In optics, an aperture
is a hole or an opening through which light travels.
More specifically, the aperture of an optical system is the
opening that determines the cone angle of a bundle of rays that come
to a focus in the image plane.
Negative
Positive
▪ Affirmative, in linguistics, is a
non-negated expression, as opposed to negative. See grammatical polarity
▪ A positive image, in photography, is one in
which the value (lightness–darkness) correlates positively with that in the
scene depicted
▪ Negative and positive
rights, concerning the moral obligation
of a person to do something for/to someone
▪ Positive economics, in economics, about predictions of behavior of economic
actors, as opposed to the normative aspect
▪ Positive law is man-made
law (statutes) in contrast with natural law (derived from deities or morality)
▪ Positive (linguistics), the form of an adjective or adverb on which comparative and
superlative are formed with suffixes or the use of more or less
▪
Positivism, in
philosophy, the name for theories which aim to be based on facts alone,
eschewing metaphysics and religion
Critique
Critique is a method of disciplined, systematic analysis of a written or oral discourse. Critique
is commonly understood as fault finding and negative judgement, but it can also
involve merit recognition, and in the philosophical tradition it also means a
methodical practice of doubt
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Translucent
In the field of optics, transparency
(also called pellucidity or diaphaneity) is the physical property of allowing light to pass through the material without being
scattered.
Composition
Composition (visual
arts), the plan, placement or arrangement of the elements
of art in a work
Documentary
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures
intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of
instruction or maintaining a historical record.
Conceptual
John Locke's description of a general idea corresponds to a
description of a concept. According to Locke, a general idea is created by
abstracting, drawing away, or removing the uncommon characteristic or
characteristics from several particular ideas.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena
as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting.
Emotions
In psychology, philosophy, and their
many subsets, emotion is the generic term for subjective, conscious experience that is characterized primarily by psychophysiological expressions, biological reactions, and mental states.
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Feeling
Feeling is the nominalization of the
verb to feel. The word was first used in the English language to describe the physical sensation of touch through
either experience or perception. The word is also used to describe experiences,
other than the physical sensation of touch, such as "a feeling of warmth"
Depth of field
In optics,
particularly as it relates to film and photography, depth of field (DOF) is the distance between the
nearest and farthest objects in a scene that appear acceptably sharp in an
image.
Contrast
Contrast (form), vertical, horizontal, concave, convex, geometric, organic,
soft, hard, coarse, smooth etc.
Symbol
A symbol is something that
represents an idea, a process, or a physical entity. The
purpose of a symbol is to communicate meaning.
Symbolic
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light
Backlighting refers to the
process of illuminating the subject from the back. In other words, the lighting instrument and the viewer are facing towards each other, with the subject in between.
This causes the edges of the subject to glow, while the
other areas remain darker.
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