Question 1

According to research,because low-income parents cannot give their children every toy and gadget they want,the parents engage in:

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A)   symbolic deprivation.
B)   deferred gratification.
C)   symbolic indulgence.
D)   symbolic consumerism.E) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 2

Choose either racism or sexism as your topic for this question.How is racism or sexism present in media? How do these media shape culture? In your answer,use two of the following concepts: consumerism,media effects,hegemony,reflection theory.

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Question 3

An example of nonmaterial culture is:

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A)   money.
B)   books.
C)   values.
D)   cars.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 4

If ________ are abstract cultural beliefs,then ________ are how they are put into play.

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A)   values; norms
B)   norms; values
C)   subcultures; countercultures
D)   countercultures; subculturesE) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 5

The word culture derives from the Latin word colere,which means:

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A)   cult.
B)   ideology.
C)   to cultivate.
D)   a plan of action.E) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 6

A group of protestors blocking the entrance to the campus administration building refuse to leave.When the police begin spraying them with tear gas,Antonio Gramsci would say that the police are practicing:

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A)   socialization.
B)   hegemony.
C)   domination.
D)   rebellion.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 7

Goth culture tends to exist:

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A)   only in the United Kingdom.
B)   only in the United States.
C)   cross-culturally.
D)   no more; it died out in the 1990s.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

The O.J.Simpson murder case and Hurricane Katrina are examples of which of the following?

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A)   two recent U.S.natural disasters
B)   how the media reflect racist ideology
C)   Gramsci's concept of hegemony
D)   cultural scripts in news mediaE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 9

Juan is a college student who loves poetry and art and says he is becoming more cultured as he pursues a broad and pure knowledge of the world.His way of using the culture concept is no longer used by sociologists today.Whose view of culture is Juan emulating?

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A)   Matthew Arnold
B)   Émile Durkheim
C)   Dalton Conley
D)   Karl MarxE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 10

When Malcolm gets upset,he shops.Though it never delivers on the promise fully,he can't stop believing that new possessions will give him a new outlook on the upsetting situation.Malcolm's belief that happiness and fulfillment can be achieved through the acquisition of material possessions is known as:

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A)   consumerism.
B)   asceticism.
C)   buyerism.
D)   code switching.E) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 11

James sees an advertisement in a fashion magazine that pictures two beautifully dressed white women in a crashed car with blood on their faces and arms and legs dangling limp.If he uses Jean Kilbourne's film Killing Us Softly to interpret this advertisement,what might he conclude?

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A)   Race is more important than gender as an interpretive lens.
B)   Women are associated with vehicles; men are associated with nature.
C)   Women are misrepresented in advertising,but men are accurately portrayed.
D)   Sexism and misogyny are prevalent in advertising and media.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 12

Which of the following took a new historical role when it fueled the civil rights and antiwar movements?

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A)   the written word
B)   the telephone
C)   television
D)   talkie moviesE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 13

Research questions such as why fairy tales often begin with a mother's death are an example of the analysis of media content stemming from Antonio Gramsci's work.What is this kind of analysis known as?

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A)   functional analysis
B)   psychoanalysis
C)   meta-analysis
D)   textual analysisE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 14

Most broadcasting companies are privately owned in the United States and are supported financially by advertising.This means they are likely to reflect the biases of their owners and backers.Knowing that the press is not free suggests that there is a:

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A)   political economy of the media.
B)   liberal media.
C)   media controlled by antitrust laws.
D)   cooperative economy.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 15

One major concern with restricted ownership of major media outlets is that:

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A)   fewer entertainment options will be available.
B)   the incentives for quality media programs will be reduced as competition declines.
C)   fewer people will be able to consume media products,threatening the industry's viability.
D)   de facto censorship may occur because it becomes easier to suppress messages that media owners don't support.E) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 16

According to Herbert Gans,what determines the content of news stories?

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A)   journalistic standards,including "the facts,just the facts"
B)   market forces and what the public wants to see
C)   powerful boards of directors
D)   the time and space constraints inherent in various mediaE) B) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 17

Media centralization refers to:

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A)   the fact that,as digital devices become more common,fewer and fewer people who can afford all of them are granted access to the media.
B)   the movement of the media production industry to California in the mid-twentieth century.
C)   the fact that fewer and fewer groups own more and more of the media.
D)   the role of the computing cloud in making data and information increasingly accessible from remote locations.E) A) and B)
F) B) and C)

Question 18

If a person judges another group by his or her own standards,he or she is being:

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A)   culturally relative.
B)   realistic.
C)   symbolic.
D)   ethnocentric.E) All of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Antonio Gramsci's concept for the historical process in which a dominant group exercises moral and intellectual leadership by voluntarily receiving the approval and consent of the masses is known as:

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A)   socialization.
B)   hegemony.
C)   domination.
D)   rebellion.E) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 20

Identify two subcultures within your society,one that you belong to and one that you do not.In your answer,use two of the following terms to describe how people think and behave within these subcultures: code switching,culture shock,material culture,nonmaterial culture.

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Most broadcasting companies are privately owned in the United States and are supported financially by advertising.This means they are likely to reflect the biases of their owners and backers.Knowing that the press is not free suggests that there is a:

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The word culture derives from the Latin word colere,which means:

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James sees an advertisement in a fashion magazine that pictures two beautifully dressed white women in a crashed car with blood on their faces and arms and legs dangling limp.If he uses Jean Kilbourne's film Killing Us Softly to interpret this advertisement,what might he conclude?

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Research questions such as why fairy tales often begin with a mother's death are an example of the analysis of media content stemming from Antonio Gramsci's work.What is this kind of analysis known as?

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Juan is a college student who loves poetry and art and says he is becoming more cultured as he pursues a broad and pure knowledge of the world.His way of using the culture concept is no longer used by sociologists today.Whose view of culture is Juan emulating?

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One major concern with restricted ownership of major media outlets is that:

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A group of protestors blocking the entrance to the campus administration building refuse to leave.When the police begin spraying them with tear gas,Antonio Gramsci would say that the police are practicing:

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According to research,because low-income parents cannot give their children every toy and gadget they want,the parents engage in:

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Identify two subcultures within your society,one that you belong to and one that you do not.In your answer,use two of the following terms to describe how people think and behave within these subcultures: code switching,culture shock,material culture,nonmaterial culture.

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Research questions such as why fairy tales often begin with a mother's death are an example of the analysis of media content stemming from Antonio Gramsci's work.What is this kind of analysis known as?

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