Chapter 2 Vocab

Shared ideas held collectively by people within a givin culture about what is true.

Subcultures created as a reaction against the values of the dominant culture.

The cultural resources that are deemed worthy (such as knowledge of elite culture) and that give advantages to groups possessing such capital.

The transmission of cultural elements from one society or cultural group to another.

The pervasive and excessive influence on one culture throughout society.

The idea that something can be understood and judged only in relation to the cultural context in which it appears.

The complex system of meaning and behavvior that defines the way of life for a given group or society.

The delay in cultural adjustments to changing social conditions.

The feeling of disorientation when one encounters a new or rapidly changed cultural situation.

Refers to the persistence of inequality in people's access to electronic information.

The culture of the most powerful group in society.

The belief that one's in-group is superior to all out-groups.

A technique for studying human interaction by deliberately disrupting social norms and observing how individuals attempt to restore normalcy.

The general standards of behavior adhered to by a group.

The diffusion of a single culture throughout the world.

The written set of guideline that define right and wrong in society.

Channels of communication that are available to wide segments of the population; the print, film, and electronic media.

Culture that consists of the objects created in a given society.

Strict norms that control moral and ethical behavior.

Culture that includes the norms, laws, customs, ideas, and beliefs, of a group of people.

The specific cultural expectatons for how to behave in a given situation.

The beliefs, practices, and objects, that are part of everyday traditions, such as music and film, mass-marketed books and magazines, newspapers, and internet websites.

A hypothesis that the mass media reflects the values of the general population.

A hypothesis that asserts that language determines other aspects of culture because language provides the categories through which social reality is defined.

The vast networks of social interaction that new media have inspired.

Mechanisms of social control that enforce folkways, norms, and mores.

The cultures of groups whose values and norms of behavior differ to some degree from those of the dominant culture.

Things or behaviors to which people give meaning.

Behaviors that bring the most serious sanctions.

The abstract standards in a society or group that define ideal principles.