Exam 1 Flashcards
(55 cards)
What Is the tendency of formerly diverse
media to share a common integrated platform?
1- Convergence
2- Mobility
3- Fragmentation
Convergence
What the ease with which an object can be moved from place to place.
1- Convergence
2- Mobility
3- Fragmentation
Mobility
What a splintering of the consuming
public into ever more specialized taste cultures?
1- Convergence
2- Mobility
3- Fragmentation
Fragmentation (التجزئة)
What a complex set of global, political, and economic processes in which the physical boundaries and structural policies that previously reinforced the autonomy of the nation state are collapsing in favor of instantaneous and flexible worldwide social relations.(مجموعة معقدة من العمليات العالمية والسياسية والاقتصادية التي تكون فيها الحدود المادية والسياسات الهيكلية التي كانت موجودة سابقًا
إن الاستقلال المعزز للدولة القومية ينهار لصالح علاقات اجتماعية عالمية لحظية ومرنة.)
1- Globalization
2- Simulation
Globalization (العولمة)
An implosion of the image (i.e.
representations) and the real
1- Globalization
2- Simulation
Simulation (محاكاة)
The mental image of an environment in one’s head.
pseudo-environment
An umbrella term used to
describe an array of theoretical perspectives on media, which—though diverse—are united by their
skeptical attitude, humanistic approach, political assessment, and commitment to social justice.
1- Critical media studies
2- Skeptical attitude
3- Humanistic approach
4- Political assessment
Critical media studies
Understanding how media work
and what they do:
1- Critical media studies
2- Skeptical attitude
3- Humanistic approach
4- Political assessment
Skeptical attitude
Emphasizing self-reflection,
critical citizenship, democratic principles, and humane education
1- Critical media studies
2- Skeptical attitude
3- Humanistic approach
4- Political assessment
Humanistic approach
Studying relationships of
power.
1- Critical media studies
2- Skeptical attitude
3- Humanistic approach
4- Political assessment
Political assessment
Improving society.
1-Commitment to social justice.
2- Skeptical attitude
3- Humanistic approach
4- Political assessment
Commitment to social justice
An “optic” or a way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting; an explanatory and interpretive tool that simultaneously enables and limits our understanding of the particular social product, practice, or process under investigation.
1-Social Institutions
2-Theory
Theory
organizations or systems that establish relationships,
behavior, belief, rules, and norms that arrange society.
1-Social Institutions
2-Theory
Social Institutions
cultural objects which use digital
computer technology for distribution and circulation:
1- Print media
2- Broadcast media
3- New media
New media
Airing of audio and video to the
public:
1- Print media
2- Broadcast media
3- New media
Broadcast media
The first mass medium:
1- Print media
2- Broadcast media
3- New media
Print media
Which of the following accounts for the majority of what we know?
a) Somatically
b) Symbolically
Symbolically
The underlying economic and material
conditions of society.
a) Base
b) Superstructure
Base
Social consciousness, as encoded
in institutions such as culture (art and media), religion, education, politics, and the judicial system.
a) Base
b) Superstructure
Superstructure
True or false Materialists believe that material conditions determine social existence.
True
True or false Marx contended that material conditions change over time.
True
The mode of production is the way that society is organized to produce goods and services. What is our mode of production?
a) Capitalism
b) Democracy
c) Federal government
d) Manufacturing
Manufacturing
Why didn’t the proletariat try to eat the rich?
a)They weren’t sure they were strong enough.
b)They liked working.
c)The bourgeoisie had more resources.
d)Capitalism legitimizes itself.
Capitalism legitimizes itself
A theory and social movement
rooted in the idea that “society is the
history of class struggles
1-Marxism
2-Praxis
3-society
Marxism
