The pornographic “habit of thinking” does not include __________.
a. sexism
b. racism.
c. colonization
d. none of the above
Race is a political construct.
a. True
b. False
The _________ industry serves a consumerist culture.
a. fashion
b. sports
c. gossip
d. all of the above
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
Which is not a media platform?
a. Judge Judy
b. Twitter
c. Instagram
d. Snapchat
“Camp” is
a. very serious.
b. a summer adventure.
c. creative, fun and theatrical.
d. bound by hegemony.
The prevalence of hypersexualized images is a result of the mainstreaming of
___________.
a. masculinity
b. postfeminism
c. pornography
d. violence
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
Inferential racism draws on unquestioned assumptions.
a. True
b. False
___________ 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
Commercial intertextuality links a popular film with __________.
a. merchandise
b. a video game
c. a popular song
d. all of the above
The Showtime sponsored websites linked to The L word helped produce
______________.
a. more diverse representations of lesbians
b. the “good gay”
c. the “bad gay”
d. the “bad heterosexual”
The fact that media can teach us how to think, act behave, feel and desire is a
recognition of the fact that media are a source of
a. absolute truth.
b. pure entertainment.
c. primarily nondominant messages.
d. cultural pedagogy.
Culture jamming is a counter-hegemonic tactic.
a. True
b. False
In the discussion of Star Trek, Jenkins views fans as
a. passive.
b. active.
c. lacking in creativity.
d. not very motivated.
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
The term __________ is useful when thinking about transgendered bodies.
a. liminality
b. limited
c. privilege
d. luminosity
When Marge Simpson becomes John’s “fag hag,” she is embracing a straight-gay
alliance.
a. True
b. False
The use of Bit Torrent has _________ implications.
a. legal
b. moral
c. economic
d. all of the above
The term _____________refers to “the reaction of a society against a specific social
group based on beliefs that the subgroup represents a major threat to society.”
a. heteronormativity
b. fandom
c. corporate convergence
d. moral panic
A postracial perspective is linked with an ideology of
a. inequality.
b. meritocracy.
c. Whiteness.
d. Black studies.
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
Scholars agree that cyberspace is always liberatory.
a. True
b. False
According to Song, Asian Americans have now become the ‘super minority” in popular
media.
a. True
b. False
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
Trans people can be seen as an example that gender is ___________.
a. static
b. fluid
c. best conceptualized as a binary
d. fixed
Breaking down and analyzing the component parts of a media producer text t is known
as
a. audience reception.
b. textual analysis.
c. intertextuality.
d. cultural pedagogy.
A prosumer __________
a. is pro consumerism
b. is pro consumption because it stimulates the free market
c. progressively blurs the line that separates producer from consumer
d. none of the above
Critics of a postracial perspective assert that it ignores
a. meritocracy.
b. feminism.
c. gender.
d. white privilege.
Posting personal YouTube performances can be a way of exploring one’s identity.
a. True
b. False
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
Which is NOT part of Hall’s description of ideology?
a. they are a chain of meanings.
b. they are not the product of individual consciousness.
c. they are created through an individualized process that works by conscious intention.
d. they allow people to make ideological statements as if they were authentic.
“Pornification” refers to prevalence of the conventions of pornography within the porn
industry.
a. True
b. False
A vlog __________.
a. wasn”t watched by your grandparents
b. does not rely on corporate funding
c. is hard to produce
d. all of the above