Chapter 14 Quizzes

Mass and Social Media
. Which of the following refers to the ideas, values and norms shared by the majority in a given society?

. Which of the following best describes middle elites?

. Which of the following groups owns and controls the mass media?

. Which of the following scholars authored the book Manufacturing Consent?

. Which of the following mechanisms of control exerted by mass media refers to the creation of critical enemies to justify the strategies or views of the elite?

. Which of the following terms refers to news reporting by ordinary people on blogs and other social media?

. Which of the following tests was generated to illustrate the lack of meaningful roles given to women in film?

. According to a study by Plan International and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media, which of the following proportions of leading and supporting characters in film are men?

. Which of the following best describes the term press gallery?

. Which of the following theoretical traditions suggests that social groups fight to maintain control over mass media?

. Which of the following statements is a symbolic interactionist most likely to agree with?

. Which of the following statements is a feminist theorist most likely to agree with?

. Which of the following refers to a culture where people can consume products as easily as they can produce them?

. The term prosumption refers to a combination of which of the following two terms?

. In the book Consuming Life, which of the following scholars discussed the way in which consumption patterns have come to dominate social relationships?

. Public media are owned by ________ whereas private media tend to be owned by ________. Which of the following best completes this statement?

. Which of the following helps to protect and disseminate people's media creations?

. Which of the following refers to the trend toward providing media and information in digital formats?

. Which of the following describes a situation in which one company dominates media industry?

. The ability to understand and use digital services are called ________, whereas the ability to analyze and evaluate digital and other media is called _________. Which of the following best completes this statement?

. Which of the following refers to people who have never experienced a world without the Internet?

. What is the best definition of fake news?

. How do athletic celebrities frequently employ Instagram?

. Which of the following terms refers to the integration of different media industries?

. Ben hadn't used social media much until later in his career but is overcoming the challenges of learning how to use it. Ben is best described with the concept of:

. Fake news is an example of misinformation.

. Political economy refers to the ideas, values and norms shared by the majority in society.

. Feminist theorists are interested in gender stereotypes perpetuated by media.

. Public media are owned by the government.

. Media concentration refers to the daily amount of media consumed by the average Canadian.

. Canadian content, or "cancon", is a measure of the frequency with which Canadians consume Canadian made media content.

. Deregulation refers to changes to policy that serve democracy.

. Horizontal integration refers to expanded control of the media production process.

. Media literacy is the ability to critique, analyze and evaluate media messages.

. People who have never known a world without the Internet are called digital natives.

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