Definitions

  1. COLONIALISM– When a country has power over it’s people
  2. POST COLONIALISM– The study of the effects of colonialism and the ideas that remain once a country has been decolonised 
  3. DIASPORA– The involuntary spread of a population from their home country
  4. BAME-Used to refer to members of non-white communities in the UK
  5. DOUBLE CONSCIOUSNESS (GILROY)– Describes the internal conflict of a minority in society
  6. CULTURAL ABSOLUTISM / RACIAL ESSENTIALISM– A political approach places views of ethnic groups as fixed 
  7. CULTURAL SYNCRETISM– When aspects of different cultures merge together resulting in something positive
  8. ORIENTALISM (SAID)– How we view people of the middle east
  9. APPROPRIATION– Is the adoption of an element or elements of one culture by members of another culture
  10. CULTURAL HEGEMONY– The domination of a culturally diverse society by the ruling class
  11. THE PUBLIC SPHERE (HABERMAS)– A part of our social life in which public opinion can be formed 
  12. THE ROLE OF PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTING IN TERMS OF FAIR REPRESENTATION OF MINORITY GROUPS / INTERESTS– Public service broadcasting is often biased when representing minority groups which causes society to adopt stereotypes and misunderstandings of them

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