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