Gender, Race, and Class in Media: A Critical Reader 4th Edition

One of the most popular rhetorical techniques of conservative talk show hosts is a variation of the a. class divide. b. rational-public sphere/emotional-public sphere binary. c. hegemonic frame. d. counterhegemonic frame. Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b Trans people often ___________ the gender binary as they attempt to "pass" in a heteronormative world. a. reject b. reinforce c. don"t understand d. profit

Drag performance and gender bending suggest the usefulness of categorizing gender into binary categories. a. True b. False Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b Foster and McChesney argue that the "digital divide" in the U.S. continues to reproduce a. a media literate society. b. class divisions c. social equality d. audience analysis Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b Postfeminist and postracial discourse are at

"Celebrity performance" by everyday people is possible because of what perspective? a. a biological understanding of identity b. symbolic interactionism c. hegemony d. feminism Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b The endpoint of media convergence is the black box. a. True b. False Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b Men who call other women bitch are not helping to challenge the language of sexism. a.

The pornographic "habit of thinking" does not include __________. a. sexism b. racism. c. colonization d. none of the above Answer: d Answer: d Answer: d Race is a political construct. a. True b. False Answer: a Answer: a Answer: a The _________ industry serves a consumerist culture. a. fashion b. sports c. gossip d. all of the above Answer: d Answer: d Answer: d The definition, "betwixt and between the

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 Answer: c Answer: c Answer: c The Bravo wink is a. an underground dance move. b. an unintentional nonverbal response. c. the network's inside nod to its hip

Peterson's article on the feminist contradictions in Twilight primarily uses the methodology of ________. a. textual analysis b. political economy c. audience reception d. queer theory Answer: c Answer: c Answer: c 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 Answer: c Answer: c Answer: c When Lipsitz claims

___________ refers to the increasingly central roles that digitally empowered consumers play in shaping the production, distribution and reception of media content. a. Grassroots convergence b. Corporate convergence c. Hegemony d. Saturation Answer: b Answer: b Answer: b Diaspora is _______________. a. an alternative to Facebook b. selling advertising at alarming rates c. unconcerned with privacy d. none of the above Answer: a Answer: