IDENTITY
The collective attributes of a set of characteristics by which a thing is definitively recognizable or known, for example the personality or appearance creates the identity of the person.
COLLECTIVE IDENTITY
The term collective identity might refer to a variety of concepts. In general however, these concepts generally pertain to phenomena where an individuals' perceived membership in a social group impacts upon their own identity in some way. The idea of a collective identity has received attention in a wide variety of academic fields. In psychology, and in particular social psychology, this has led to a vast research literature and concerted scientific study.
MEDIATION
Mediation, as used in law, is a form of alternative dispute resolution, is a way of resolving disputes between two or more parties. A third party, the mediator, assists the parties to negotiate their own settlement . In some cases, mediators may express a view on what might be a fair or reasonable settlement, generally where all the parties agree that the mediator may do so .
Mediation has a structure, timetable and dynamics that "ordinary" negotiation lacks. The process is private and confidential. The presence of a mediator is the key distinguishing feature of the process. There may be no obligation to go to mediation, but in some cases, any settlement agreement signed by the parties to a dispute will be binding on them.
REPRESENTATION
An image, likeness, or reproduction in some manner of a thing" is the first of two OED definitions related to our discussion of media. This first definition posits that a representation functions through its ability to resemble something else casting representation as an object: "an image, likeness, or reproduction. What does this understanding add to our discussion of media? Recall the definition of media: "newspapers, radio, television, etc., collectively, as vehicles of mass communication. In thinking about representations as objects, we can think of the individual radio shows and television programs each as representations working through specific mediums constructing our larger media networks.
HEGEMONY
Hegemony is the indirect form of imperial dominance with which the hegemon rules sub-ordinate states, by the implied means of power, rather than direct military force. In Ancient Greece , hegemony denoted the politico–military dominance of a city-state upon other city-states. In the nineteenth century, hegemony denoted the predominance of one country upon others; from which derives hegemonism, the Great Power politics meant to establish hegemony.In twentieth-century political science, hegemony is central to cultural hegemony, a philosophic and sociologic explanation of how, by the manipulation of the societal culture , one social class dominates the other social classes of a society, with a world view justifying the status quo of bourgeois hegemony.
YOUTH SUBCULTURE
A youth subculture is a youth-based subculture with distinct styles, behaviors, and interests. Youth subcultures offer participants an identity outside of that ascribed by social institutions such as family, work, home and school. Youth subcultures that show a systematic hostility to the dominant culture are sometimes described as countercultures.
Youth subcultures are often distinguished by elements such as fashion, beliefs, slang, dialects or behaviours. Vehicles — such as cars, motorcycles, scooters or skateboards — have played central roles in certain youth subcultures. In the United Kingdom in the 1960s, mods were associated with scooters while rockers were associated with motorcycles. Specific music genres are associated with many youth subcultures, such as punks, ravers, metalheads and goths. The study of subcultures often consists of the study of the symbolism attached to clothing, music, other visible affections by members of the subculture, and also the ways in which these same symbols are interpreted by members of the dominant culture.
