Mass Media Recap - Mass Media - Concordia - October 2025

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Across
  1. 5. contested arena where power is negotiated through the norms and practices of media production
  2. 6. structural mismatch that disrupts communication, according to Hall
  3. 7. theory that repeated exposure to media frames gradually reshapes one’s worldview
  4. 8. label applied to Ecuador’s anti‑communist filter within its media discourse
  5. 9. design strategy that binds users to a platform’s ecosystem, limiting exit options
  6. 12. process by which digital platforms reorganize social relations and cultural practices
  7. 13. self‑reinforcing cycle of silence that traps people who fear voicing dissent
  8. 14. channel or apparatus through which communication flows, per Peters
Down
  1. 1. hypodermic‑needle; notion that messages travel straight from sender to receiver
  2. 2. interpretive codes in Hall’s encoding/decoding model that shape meaning beyond the literal
  3. 3. dynamic whereby media logic increasingly molds politics, institutions and the public sphere
  4. 4. conversion of everyday human activity into measurable digital traces
  5. 8. when political actors internalize media logic, producing a form of media [fill the blank]
  6. 10. backlash media risk when they challenge powerful interests, per the Propaganda Model
  7. 11. decoding stance that creates resonance, escapism or nostalgia—exemplified by Liziqi’s YouTube audience