Definitions

COLONIALISM = when a country seeks to attain complete or partial control of another and enforce authority to achieve dominance.

POST COLONIALISM = the study of the effects and cultural legacy of colonialism and exploitation of the colonised people and their lands.

DIASPORA = the dispersion of a particular culture/ethnic group beyond their originating geographical location.

BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethic) = term used in the UK to (politically correctly) refer to Black, Asian and other minority ethnic groups.

DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS (GILROY) =  Gilroy defined double consciousness as the internal anguish of minority groups in oppressive societies.

CULTURAL ABSOLUTISM / RACIAL ESSENTIALISM = Cultural absolutism = belief that a particular culture is supreme ethical value (e.g. Aryan race, Nazi Germany) Racial Essentialism = belief in a genetic/biological essence that defines all members of a racial category.

CULTURAL SYNCRETISM = when an aspect of two or more distinct cultures blend together to create a new custom, idea, practice, or philosophy.

ORIENTALISM (SAID) = how western powers and Europe define the eastern cultures, people and customs as inferior, uncivilised, exotic and at times dangerous and how Western culture is the opposite to that.

APPROPRIATION = adoption of an element of a particular culture into another by members of that culture.

CULTURAL HEGEMONY = domination though ideological means. Those in power dictate social norms and cultural expectations etc.

THE PUBLIC SPHERE (HABERMAS) = Habermas theorised that the public sphere is an area of social life where individuals join together to freely discuss and identify problems within society, free from bias political dictation.

THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IN TERMS OF FAIR REPRESENTATION OF MINORITY GROUPS / INTERESTS: PSB have to represent minority groups equally and not reflect dominate ideologies and stereotypes. Aiming to aid the understanding and break the ignorance of dominate groups with regards to minorities to try and create a fair society.

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