_______ is a product of meaning – making processes but itself “possesses a relative autonomy in shaping actions and institutions” (Alexander 2003).

The capacities of the human mind aided by technology enables the process called ______________.

markets are inconsistent with its democratic mandates because profits are the only consideration

The combination of elements that will generate the kind of content and optimal effect that is envisioned.

An example of information which consists of web entries by an individual, displayed in reverse chronological order, providing a commentary on something.

This is when media giants use their size and magnitude, both in terms of manpower and capital, as platforms to expand even more, thereby generating more profits.

The idea of communicating ideas designed to persuade people to think and behave in a desired way

From a Latin word meaning a class of things that can be broken down into subcategories

Implies accuracy, truthfulness, fairness, and balance, and moral neutrality.

This is based on shared cultural experiences, those that come first are of national importance, and those that come last, bear the least significance.

The coherent and harmoniously aligned set of values from where you derive your sense of identity and integrity.

The ways of living and denote the interests, hobbies, behavior, opinions of an individual, family, group, or even a community.

The definition of this media is useful because it allows space for broader activities that challenge established ways of doing things.

There is largely no consideration for products that may harm the audiences.

A process by which individuals are constituted as subjects.

A model for the mass media industry that sees the protection and promotion of public interest as the primary goal.

Established and accepted ways of doing something.

Media and information texts that challenge the mainstream traditional media; oftentimes these texts are aligned with reform movements.

An advantage of the Market Model which promotes profit as the ultimate motive that can only be achieved when production costs are kept to its lowest level, thereby increasing profitability from sales.

A hierarchy of what is socially important to oneself and the community.

An advantage of the Market Model which promotes responding to better and more innovative media products.

A remarkable scale of production and distribution of goods and services within an economy.

This implies operating in the same industry, such as film outfit merging with another film outfit.

An overarching belief about the characteristics of a certain group in society.

In media, this means at least two successive business operations – production and distribution.

He wrote an article claiming that the press in the Philippines was nurtured in the bedrock of the struggle for freedom.

One of its endeavors is to use media to bring about meaningful social change that should benefit majority of the people in the society.