Facial Affect Scoring Technique (FAST) media n. Facial Action Coding System (FACS) paralingn. The system was invented in 1978 by the US psychologists Paul Ekman (1934-) and Wallace V. Friesen, and psychologist, psychiatrist and neuroscientist Richard J. Davidson (1951-). It has an accompanying Facs Manual and an associated Investigator’s Guide, and was updated in 2002 by the first two authors and the behavioral scientist Joseph C. Hager. It was designed to investigate and measure the way in which the movement of facial muscles contributes to the expression of key emotions such as happiness and sadness, surprise and disgust. ****
FAST abbrev. Facial Affect Scoring Technique.
feminism MEDIA n. a set of social and political movements and ideologies that advocate and support equal rights for women. It may take various forms depending upon the nature of the inequality it seeks to redress but broadly seeks to establish equal rights and opportunities for women in areas including education, employment, and democratic systems and to challenge discrimination against women in areas such as law and the media. SJ
