Q&A Hero

Q: The use of Bit Torrent has _________ implications. a. legal b. moral c. economic d. all of the above

Q: Some worry that ______________ may be a threat to television. a. video games b. cell phones c. Netflix d. the Internet

Q: Gossip Girl is about ___________. a. class critique b. establishing who one "really is" c. competitive ideologies d. none of the above

Q: Nip/Tuck attempts to reveal the ________ nature of plastic surgery. a. gendered b. racial c. ageist d. all of the above

Q: Tait argues that Extreme Makeover ________ plastic surgery, while Nip/Tuck ________ the cultural acceptance of it. a. disrupts, normalizes b. normalizes, disrupts c. critiques, encourages d. glamorizes, normalizes

Q: The term __________ refers to the tendency to create more visually entrancing and emotionally exciting events to attract and maintain audiences. a. fandom b. intertextuality c. spectacularize d. post-Fordism

Q: Reality programming is one site where neoliberal approaches to citizenship have materialized on television. a. True b. False

Q: According to Song, Asian Americans have now become the "super minority" in popular media. a. True b. False

Q: Because of the "real" nature of reality shows, this is one genre that is able to break racial stereotypes. a. True b. False

Q: The American Dream is equally accessible to all. a. True b. False

Q: The American Dream ideology is often included in discussions about ________. a. neoliberalism and individualism b. neoliberalism and collectivism c. neoliberalism and Marxism d. neoliberalism and racism

Q: Rev. Run and Snoop Dogg model similar relationships to the "American Dream." a. True b. False

Q: Reality shows pose great financial risks for the networks. a. True b. False

Q: What is NOT one of the things a television program must be able to do? a. attract a large number of people b. attract the right people c. deliver people to the advertisers in the right frame of mind d. reflect ethical standards

Q: The term ____________ refers to changes in the ways producers and distributors of media products must operate as they seek to capture both national mass audiences and diverse local and niche markets in other parts of the world. a. capitalism b. post-Fordism c. Marxism d. media convergence

Q: Media convergence refers to the blurring of the boundaries between commercial and noncommercial media formats. a. True b. False

Q: Which is not a media platform? a. Judge Judy b. Twitter c. Instagram d. Snapchat

Q: What is NOT part of progressive thinking? a. one of its goals is social change b. it tends to be left-wing on economic issues c. it is concerned with equality d. it wants to return to values of the 1960s

Q: Which is NOT described as promoting neoliberalism? a. Judge Judy b. Oprah Winfrey c. The Cosby Show d. all of the above

Q: _____________ refers to an economic ideology that believes each person can protect themselves from economic disaster. a. Marxism b. Capitalism c. Cultural Studies d. Neoliberalism

Q: Diversity in television programming is more likely to occur when a. ratings are low b. ratings are high c. when there are too many shows within a given genre d. when the industry is well established

Q: Which are NOT cited as factors affecting network decision making? a. attracting the right audience b. producing programming suited to advertising c. risk avoidance d. getting the right actors to appear on the show

Q: Butsh argues that because gender status is inverted in working class sitcoms but not middle-class sitcoms this is a statement about a. gender b. class c. the political economy d. none of the above

Q: The fact that the vast majority of television characters are middle or upper-middle class is a. overt classism b. inferential classism c. high culture d. intertextual

Q: ___________ refers to the ways in which ideas are embedded in social institutions to create a dominant understanding that supports the status quo. a. Hegemony b. Liminality c. Ideology d. Capitalism

Q: The term ____________ was first used by Marxists to refer to the ideas imposed on the working class by the owners of the means of production to get members of the subservient class to consent to their own oppression. a. hegemony b. ideology c. counterhegemony d. intertextuality

Q: The text book as a whole takes the perspective that capitalist ownership of media produces multiple and diverse types of media content. a. True b. False

Q: How can hypersexualization be seen as both positive and negative?

Q: Is resistance always positive?

Q: Explain one of the ways in which media impacted you as a child.

Q: What is NOT one of the suggestions for attracting women to technology? a. Make games more affordable b. Normalize cross-gender play by making it routine and pleasurable c. Increase the number of female avatars in games d. Portray strong females as sexually desirable

Q: Outcomes of cross-gender play for women can include ____________. a. instant equality b. being charged with emasculation c. ease of finding a date d. none of the above

Q: Schut believes that the masculine bias in video games may change. a. True b. False

Q: Ada Lovelace is believed to be _____________. a. the richest porn star b. the first computer programmer c. the next Disney princess d. the character in a new video game marketed to teen girls.

Q: The video game The Sims draws upon ____________ conception of the world. a. an instrumentalist b. a collective c. a gendered d. a diverse

Q: Sanbonmatsu argues that ______________ condition(s) us into an aggressive, socially destructive form of consciousness. a. pornography b. Barbie c. video games d. children's television

Q: Farrell's study of Queer as Folk audiences suggests that TV can be educational. a. True b. False

Q: Farell's article on Queer as Folk uses what method(s)? a. content analysis b. political economy and audience reception c. political economy and textual analysis d. audience reception

Q: Durham's article on South Asian American girls reminds us that race is a. static b. fluid c. best conceptualized as a binary d. fixed

Q: Disney models an elite quest for self-gratification and adventure. a. True b. False

Q: Goldman's article on Hispanic Barbie uses what method(s)? a. content analysis and audience reception b. political economy and audience reception c textual analysis d. audience reception

Q: Hook-up sex has roots in ____________. a. feminism b. racism c. pornography d. the counter culture

Q: Children's television on a global scale can be categorized as ______________. a. reflecting the value of the particular culture in which is produced b. offering a diversity of values. c. modeling diverse relationships. d. White male hegemony

Q: There equal numbers of male and female characters in children's shows. a. True b. False

Q: __________ produces the most children's programming. a. Canada b. The United Kingdom c. The United States d. China

Q: Late-modernity values are characterized by _________________. a. commercialism, globalization, privatization, and individualism b. commercialism, globalization, privatization, and community c. commercialism, localization, privatization, and individualism d. democracy, globalization, privatization, and community

Q: The impact of television on children has been predominantly studied by what discipline? a. Cultural Studies b. Communication c. Child Development d. Psychology

Q: Trans people can be seen as an example that gender is ___________. a. static b. fluid c. best conceptualized as a binary d. fixed

Q: Hypersexuality may be read as empowerment in some media texts. a. True b. False

Q: Cultural studies scholars agree that hypersexualized images in popular culture are problematic. a. True b. False

Q: Representations usually mirror real life. a. True b. False

Q: ______________ are illusions. a. Representations b. Reality shows c. Media images d. all of the above

Q: Media activists may a. organize, educate and lobby to challenge media representations. b. produce counterhegemonic texts. c. act as public interest advocates. d. all of the above

Q: Durham's article on South Asian American girls uses what method(s)? a. content analysis b. political economy and audience reception c. political economy and textual analysis d. audience reception

Q: Artz's article on Disney uses what method(s)? a. content analysis b. political economy and audience reception c. political economy and textual analysis d. audience reception

Q: The prevalence of hypersexualized images is a result of the mainstreaming of ___________. a. masculinity b. postfeminism c. pornography d. violence

Q: Because there have been so many improvements in the lives of women, popular culture offers a broad and diverse few of femininity for adolescent girls. a. True b. False

Q: Which is NOT part of the "Western beauty myth"¦" according to Lemish? a. It perpetuates an unattainable beauty model that is predominantly young, thin, attractive, wealthy, and white. b. It is perceived to be a racial form of inequity and discrimination. c. It can impose an economic strain on children and families as it encourages the culture of consumption. d. It promotes a worldview through which boys and girls are encouraged to inhabit different electronic and cultural spaces.

Q: Briefly explain the method of content analysis.

Q: Explain and describe a context in which the concept of docility influenced your own gender performance.

Q: Why does Peterson find is troubling to like the Twilight series as a feminist?

Q: The method, _______________, can be either quantitative or qualitative and use useful for examining a range of media texts. a. audience reception b. statistics c. content analysis d. none of the above

Q: The term __________ refers to the degree to which a consumer of culture can be understood as a free agent whose choices must be respected by the cultural critic. a. progressive b. agency c. accountable d. none of the above

Q: Given the lack of political attention to a gay identity, coupled with the fact that gay men are privileged on Queer Eye, the show may be read as _________. a. postqueer b. too conservative c. postfeminist d. none of the above

Q: The definition, "betwixt and between the positions assigned and arrayed by law, custom, and ceremonial," defines what? a. performance b. liberatory c. postqueer d. liminality

Q: _____________ is the underlying concept of performativity. a. Counterhegemonic b. Intertextuality c. Docility d. Queerness

Q: The concept of ___________ helps explain why empowered individuals might choose to perpetuate norms of gender and sexuality. a. transformation b. liberation c. liminality d. docility

Q: According to Brookey and Cannon's article, most people switch genders online. a. True b. False

Q: Scholars agree that cyberspace is always liberatory. a. True b. False

Q: Brookey and Cannon argue that Second Life is a valuable space to study gender and sexuality in cyberspace because ___________. a. users are responsible for its content b. users have agency c. users may use cyberspace as a liberatory space d. all of the above

Q: The genre MMORPG refers to ________________. a. Mutant Mothers on Reality ProGrams b. Many Men Outing Republican Party Gamers c. Massive Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games d. Multiple Missuses Of Repetitive Party Games

Q: If gay visibility is going to challenge the hegemonic understandings of gender and sexuality then ______________. a. all gay and lesbian people should act straight b. gay and lesbian people should all fight for the right to marry c. the culture should tolerate outspoken and disobedient gay and lesbian people d. more straight people should have gay and lesbian relationships.

Q: Gay men have a common understanding of how gay one should act in public. a. True b. False

Q: Men who call other women bitch are not helping to challenge the language of sexism. a. True b. False

Q: Women who use the word "bitch" as a form of empowerment are not helping to challenge the language of sexism. a. True b. False

Q: Caputi gives ample evidence that everyday porn is prevalent in the world of ____________. a. comedy films b. soap operas c. police dramas d. advertising

Q: Most pornography reinforces a gender __________. a. celebration b. binary c. liminality d. queer perspective

Q: The pornographic "habit of thinking" does not include __________. a. sexism b. racism. c. colonization d. none of the above

Q: Pornography is mainstream because its values underlie mainstream practices. a. True b. False

Q: In order to fully understand how pornography operates as a discourse, Dines argues that one must examine the ___________ nature of it. a. sexist b. classist c. racist d. classist