Croteau&Hoynes: Media/Society, 5th Edition
Chapter 6: Social Inequality and Media Representation
Test Bank
1. Traditionally, the most common type of media analysis has examined media:
2. Which of the following is not a common stereotype of blacks in early media (early 20th century)?
3. Entertainment media products, such as science fiction dramas:
4. Which of the following is not a reason why researchers study media content?
5. Nearly all social scientists recognize that “race” is a:
6. Up through the 1950s, portrayals of African Americans in films and on TV:
7. Black characters on TV became commonplace––appearing in half of all dramatic television programs–
–by the end of the:
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8. Racist images in popular media have:
9. When the civil rights movement influenced the media to treat African Americans more seriously in
film and television, this was an example of:
10. “Mammy,” “Jezebel,” and “Sapphire” are common media stereotypes of __________.
11. In his study of local news coverage, Entman argues that “modern racism” is:
12. Gray argues that portrayals of blacks on television are a bifurcated set of images due to the
intervention of:
13. Which of the following is not true about “alternative media”?
14. “China Dolls” are a stereotypical image of _______.
15. Compared to 25 years ago, media portrayals of women today:
16. Which of the following is not a finding in Messner’s study of gender in sports coverage?
17. Which of the following seems to be the subject of the fewest number of studies?
18. American society as portrayed in the media:
19. Family-based situation comedies on television are overwhelmingly based in:
20. Compared to middle-class fathers on TV sitcoms, working-class fathers are more likely to be
portrayed as:
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21. According to Puette, which of the following is not a common “lens” through which the media
portrays labor unions?
22. Which of the following is not a regular characteristic of economic news?
23. Gay and lesbian characters begin appearing in more serious and realistic media portrayals in the:
24. Overall, media portrayals of women, racial minorities, and gays and lesbians:
25. The following are some statements about media and gender. Which of the following is not correct
according to readings?
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26. In your view, why are there persistent stereotypes of race, gender, and class in the media? That is,
why do the media perpetuate the images of, for example, violent black males, sexualized female bodies,
and working-class buffoons?
27. Don’t poor people, immigrants, African Americans, and Hispanics tend to have lower-class jobs in the
real world? What’s wrong with depicting them as lower-class in media? Discuss your opinion.
Croteau&Hoynes: Media/Society, 5th Edition
28. What is “modern racism”? How is it different from traditional racism? In your answer, be sure to
connect the racism discussion with media contents.
29. Working-class people are often represented as incompetent or clownish in many television shows.
What do you think of the consequences of such representations on viewers?
30. Hispanic characters are overrepresented in movies and television today.
31. Race is a socially constructed concept.
32. Media representations of the real world are always accurate.
33. “Fu Manchu” is a disparaging stereotype of Latinos.
34. There are more female than male executives in media organizations today.
35. Family-based sitcoms generally feature working-class, blue-collar families.
36. In early Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s, the most common roles for blacks were entertainer
and servants.
37. The first gay characters appeared in television in the 2000s.