ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES II
Beris Artan Özoran
Ice-Breaking Activity: Taboo
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Communication:
Communication is the process of sending and receiving messages through verbal or nonverbal means
- Media:
- Social Media:
Media is the plural form of medium. Media are the communication outlets or tools used to deliver information such as newspapers, television, radio etc.
Social media is computer-based technology to share of ideas, thoughts, and information through the building of virtual networks.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Digital:
- Information:
- Relationship:
It using or relating to digital signals and computer technology
It means knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction.
The state of being related or interrelated.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Culture:
- Verbal:
- Non-Verbal
The characteristic features of everyday existence (such as diversions or a way of life) shared by people in a place or time.
It is auditory communication with words.
It is wordless communication such as body language, gestures, facial expressions, touch, etc.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Feedback:
- Context:
- Opinion Leader:
Process in which the effect or output of an action is 'returned' (fed-back) to modify the next action.
The interrelated conditions in which something exists or occurs.
Influential members of a community, group, or society to whom others turn for advice, opinions, and views.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Gender:
- Reality:
- Ideology:
Socially constructed definition of women and men.
Something that is neither derivative nor dependent but exists necessarily.
The integrated assertions, theories and aims that constitute a sociopolitical program.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Logo:
- Brand
- Propaganda
Images, texts, shapes, or a combination of the three that depict the name and purpose of a business.
A product, service, or concept that is publicly distinguished from other products, services, or concepts so that it can be easily communicated and usually
marketed.
Dissemination of information—facts, arguments, rumours, half-truths, or lies—to influence public opinion.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Advertising:
- Perception:
- Body Language:
The action of calling something to the attention of the public especially by paid announcements.
Awareness of the elements of environment through physical sensation.
The gestures, movements, and mannerisms by which a person communicates with others.
Vocabulary for Taboo
Prejudice
Message
Mass Communication
preconceived judgment or opinion
a communication in writing, in speech, or by signals
communication directed to or reaching the mass of the people
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Audience:
- Post-truth:
A group of listeners or spectators.
- Manipulation:
To control or play upon by artful, unfair, or insidious means especially to one's own advantage.
Relating to a situation in which people are more likely to accept an arguement based on their emotions and beliefs, rather than one based on facts.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Stereotype:
- Persuade:
- Social Responsibility:
Something conforming to a fixed or general pattern.
To move by argument, entreaty, or expostulation to a belief, position, or course of action.
The practice of producing goods and services in a way that is not harmful to society or the environment.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Transparency:
- Storytelling:
- Consumer:
The quality or state of being transparent.
The activity of writing, telling or reading stories.
A person who buys goods or services for their own use.
Vocabulary for Taboo
- Target Group:
- Marketing:
The particular group of people that an advertisement is intended to reach.
The process or technique of promoting, selling, and distributing a product or service.
References
Merriam-Webster Dictionary
Cambridge Dictionary
https://www.merriam-webster.com/
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/tr/
