Media studiesMedia studies is a discipline and field of study that deals with the content, history, and effects of various media; in particular, the mass media. Media Studies may draw on traditions from both the social sciences and the humanities, but mostly from its core disciplines of mass communication, communication, communication sciences, and communication studies.
Multimédiathumb|Exposition multimédia pour les deux cents ans de l'Arc de triomphe, à Paris. Le terme multimédia trouve ses origines au début du chez les surréalistes et le mouvement Bauhaus notamment. À cette époque, il désigne des œuvres ou des performances associant plusieurs média. Il s'agit alors plus d'un concept et d'une réflexion sur l'évolution des médias.
ActualitéNews is information about current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, postal systems, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of observers and witnesses to events. News is sometimes called "hard news" to differentiate it from soft media. Common topics for news reports include war, government, politics, education, health, the environment, economy, business, fashion, entertainment, and sport, as well as quirky or unusual events.
Lavage de cerveauvignette|Une représentation satirique du lavage de cerveau L'expression lavage de cerveau regroupe des procédés qui auraient la faculté de reconditionner le libre arbitre d'un individu par la modification cognitive, peut-être aussi physiologique et neurologique, du cortex cérébral. Ces procédés sont à distinguer d'autres types de manipulations mentales et comportementales (voir l'expérience de Milgram) ou chirurgicales (la lobotomie), la distinction principale dans ces derniers exemples étant de supprimer la capacité d'analyse et non de la fausser.
Media manipulationMedia manipulation is a series of related techniques in which partisans create an image or argument that favors their particular interests. Such tactics may include the use of logical fallacies, manipulation, outright deception (disinformation), rhetorical and propaganda techniques, and often involve the suppression of information or points of view by crowding them out, by inducing other people or groups of people to stop listening to certain arguments, or by simply diverting attention elsewhere.
MisinformationMisinformation is incorrect or misleading information. It differs from disinformation, which is deliberately deceptive and propagated information. Rumors are information not attributed to any particular source, and so are unreliable and often unverified, but can turn out to be either true or false. However, definitions of the terms might vary between cultural contexts. Even if later retracted, misinformation can continue to influence actions and memory.
Cultural sensitivityCultural sensitivity, also referred to as cross-cultural sensitivity or cultural awareness, is the knowledge, awareness, and acceptance of other cultures and others' cultural identities. It is related to cultural competence (the skills needed for effective communication with people of other cultures, which includes cross-cultural competence), and is sometimes regarded as the precursor to the achievement of cultural competence, but is a more commonly used term.
RDS (radio)Le protocole radio RDS (de l'anglais Radio Data System) est un service de transmission de données numériques en parallèle des signaux audio de la radio FM en bande II (de 87,5 à ). Notamment, le RDS permet l'écoute d'une station sans interruption lors d'un déplacement, en prenant en charge automatiquement le passage d'une fréquence à l'autre. Il fournit également une identification des stations par leur nom, des signaux d'horloge, des messages textuels, des informations de commutation temporaire sur un canal d'information pendant l'émission d'un flash routier, etc.
Droits de la communicationLes droits de la communication englobent la liberté d'opinion et d'expression, la gouvernance démocratique des médias, la concentration des médias et le contrôle des médias, la participation à sa propre culture, le droit de choisir sa langue, les droits à l'éducation, la confidentialité, la liberté de réunion et le droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes. Ils concernent aussi l'inclusion et l'exclusion sociales, la qualité des moyens de communication et leur accessibilité.
Asian studiesAsian studies is the term used usually in North America and Australia for what in Europe is known as Oriental studies. The field is concerned with the Asian people, their cultures, languages, history and politics. Within the Asian sphere, Asian studies combines aspects of sociology, history, cultural anthropology and many other disciplines to study political, cultural and economic phenomena in Asian traditional and contemporary societies. Asian studies form a field of post-graduate study in many universities.
