Key terms & definitions

An overgeneralised media representation of people, groups or places that may be inaccurate and harmful.

Helping people in dispute find their own agreed solution, rather than imposing a solution on them.

A relationship in which an intermediate variable helps explain the association between two other variables. In this study, Facebook envy mediated the relationship between surveillance use and depression symptoms.

Help from a third party that enables opposing sides to negotiate an agreement.

The filtering of reality through media production choices to communicate a particular version of it.

A person who tries to resolve disagreement between others.

A person who acts between two parties; Moses communicated God’s teaching to the Israelites.

A member of the armed forces trained to provide medical care, including treating casualties during military operations.

A joint federal and state programme established in 1965 to provide healthcare coverage for eligible low-income Americans.

An approach which explains disability primarily through a person’s impairment or condition.

A doctor appointed to oversee public health in a local area.

A federal health insurance programme established in 1965 for Americans aged 65 and over.

A substance used to prevent, control or treat disease, or to reduce its symptoms.

A substance used to treat a disease or relieve its symptoms.

An institution offering accommodation and care to people in need. Medieval hospitals often provided food, rest and religious support rather than effective medical cures.

A relatively warm period, approximately AD 950–1250, particularly evident in some regions rather than equally across the whole world.

To submit to or support Persia, particularly during the conflicts between Persia and the Greek city-states.

Quiet reflection, for example on a Bible passage or Christian belief, as a way of focusing on God.

The material through which a wave travels, such as water or air.

A substance or material through which a wave travels, such as air, water or glass.

The form or means through which a message is communicated, such as television, a newspaper or a video game.

Steel with a carbon content between mild steel and high-carbon steel, offering a balance of strength and workability and responding well to hardening and tempering.

A manufactured board made from fine wood fibres compressed and bonded with resin adhesive.

A shot showing a person approximately from the waist upwards, allowing expression, posture and some surroundings to be seen.

The region at the base of the brain that controls unconscious functions including breathing and heart rate.

The region at the base of the brain, joining the spinal cord, that controls automatic activities such as breathing and heart rate.

An amusing or unusual first encounter between characters who will become romantically involved.

A gathering, in person or online, in which people discuss information, problems or decisions.

A unit of data equal to 1,000 kilobytes or 1,000,000 bytes, written MB. The prefix mega means $10^6$.

A unit of data equal to 1,000 kilobytes using the decimal convention.