GLOSSARY OF TERMS

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Across
  1. 3. The ability to understand and critically analyse the messages being portrayed in media messages, both visible and invisible
  2. 6. a difference of opinion
  3. 8. beliefs about what is important, and what is right or wrong
  4. 10. non-verbal cues that can be read from the way a person holds his or her body
  5. 12. the ability to think, decide and act for yourself, giving consideration to, but without being adversely influenced by, other factors, pressure, coercion or opinions
  6. 14. the way in which we behave
  7. 15. the way we are brought up and expected to behave in society, often based on gender
  8. 16. a philosophy or viewpoint on issues
Down
  1. 1. the online media used for social networking, such as emailing, blogging or tweeting over the internet
  2. 2. a person who accesses a healthcare provider or service or who purchases health-related products
  3. 4. an outlook on something; a way of thinking or behaving; what a person thinks; shown in a person’s way of behaving
  4. 5. television, newspapers, radio, film and the internet that are used to communicate with large numbers of people
  5. 7. the considered decision you make about your health treatment — it requires that you are fully informed about all treatment options and risks before making a decision
  6. 9. a person’s overall social position or standing
  7. 11. is a generalized view or preconception about attributes or characteristics, or the roles that are or ought to be possessed by, or performed by, women and men
  8. 13. the ideas, customs and social behaviour of a society
  9. 17. a generalised belief about a particular category of people