Technology & Media MCQs

Option A: hypodermic model

Option B: gratification model

Option C: reception theory

Option D: interpretative model

Correct Answer: gratification model ✔

Option A: globalization

Option B: work

Option C: economics

Option D: culture

Correct Answer: culture ✔

Option A: 1980

Option B: 1985

Option C: 1990

Option D: 1995

Correct Answer: 1990 ✔

Option A: global village

Option B: global network

Option C: global flows

Option D: global cities

Correct Answer: global village ✔

Option A: modern theme parks such as Disneyland

Option B: the merging of reality and media representations

Option C: the virtual world made possible by the Internet

Option D: people, s affinity with soap characters rather than real people

Correct Answer: the merging of reality and media representations ✔

Option A: functionalism

Option B: symbolic interactionism

Option C: postmodernism

Option D: political economy

Correct Answer: political economy ✔

Option A: USA India Nigeria

Option B: India USA Nigeria

Option C: India China USA

Option D: India Nigeria USA

Correct Answer: India Nigeria USA ✔

Option A: robotics

Option B: the capability of computers

Option C: the digitization of data

Option D: satellite communications

Correct Answer: robotics ✔

Option A: class consciousness

Option B: false consciousness

Option C: socialist consciousness

Option D: surplus value

Correct Answer: false consciousness ✔

Option A: public opinion

Option B: social movements

Option C: rumors

Option D: crowds

Correct Answer: social movements ✔

Option A: landfills

Option B: prisons

Option C: nuclear power facilities

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: William F. Oghurn

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Thorstein Veblen

Correct Answer: Thorstein Veblen ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: functionalist perspective ✔

Option A: differentiation

Option B: value generalization

Option C: inclusion

Option D: adaptive upgrading

Correct Answer: adaptive upgrading ✔

Option A: cyclical theory

Option B: unilinear theory

Option C: multilinear theory

Option D: conflict theory

Correct Answer: unilinear theory ✔

Option A: domesticating its content including more home-produced programmes

Option B: controlling the distribution of imported products by banning satellite dishes

Option C: creating reverse flows of their own programmes back to imperial societies

Option D: all of the above

Correct Answer: all of the above ✔

Option A: transnational corporations

Option B: multi-media empires

Option C: ownership concentrated within one medium

Option D: government-owned companies

Correct Answer: transnational corporations ✔

Option A: mass production mass circulation and the decline of serious content

Option B: the public ownership of newspapers as a shared resource

Option C: more people going to the cinema as a new leisure activity

Option D: a reduction of virtual communities on the internet

Correct Answer: mass production mass circulation and the decline of serious content ✔

Option A: the globalization of cultural through new technologies

Option B: the way in which culture products were bought and sold for profit

Option C: the development of subcultures and counter-cultures society

Option D: the way in which industrialization had created new means of communication

Correct Answer: the way in which culture products were bought and sold for profit ✔

Option A: media saturation

Option B: media globalization

Option C: media penetration

Option D: media imperialism

Correct Answer: media imperialism ✔

Option A: neutral

Option B: misleading

Option C: illusory

Option D: distorting

Correct Answer: neutral ✔

Option A: bureaucracy

Option B: networks

Option C: hierarchy

Option D: conglomerates

Correct Answer: networks ✔

Option A: rational though

Option B: social capital

Option C: cultural capital

Option D: political awareness

Correct Answer: social capital ✔

Option A: mediatization

Option B: convergence

Option C: globalization

Option D: cloud computing

Correct Answer: convergence ✔

Option A: Manuel Castells

Option B: Marshall McLuhan

Option C: Howard Rheingold

Option D: Karl Marx

Correct Answer: Marshall McLuhan ✔

Option A: cultural imperialism

Option B: rise of digital media

Option C: virtual communities

Option D: the US is not the largest global exporter of films

Correct Answer: cultural imperialism ✔

Option A: cyberspace

Option B: the worldwide web

Option C: virtual communities

Option D: chatrooms

Correct Answer: virtual communities ✔

Option A: functionalist perspective

Option B: conflict perspective

Option C: interactionist perspective

Option D: labeling theory

Correct Answer: interactionist perspective ✔

Option A: the Per row principle

Option B: the Peter principle

Option C: the school principal

Option D: normal accidents

Correct Answer: normal accidents ✔

Option A: William F. Ogburn

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Auguste Comte

Option D: Thorstein Veblen

Correct Answer: William F. Ogburn ✔

Option A: charisma

Option B: argot

Option C: equilibrium

Option D: virtual reality

Correct Answer: argot ✔

Option A: Karl Marx

Option B: Talcott Parsons

Option C: Emile Durkheim

Option D: each of the above

Correct Answer: Karl Marx ✔

Option A: differentiation

Option B: value generalization

Option C: inclusion

Option D: adaptive upgrading

Correct Answer: value generalization ✔

Option A: charisma

Option B: magnetism

Option C: equilibrium

Option D: status quo

Correct Answer: equilibrium ✔

Option A: Albert Einstein

Option B: Charles Darwin

Option C: Harriet Martineau

Option D: Benjamin Franklin

Correct Answer: Charles Darwin ✔

Option A: repress it by promoting only the interests of elite groups

Option B: revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech

Option C: reproduce it by emphasizing face-to-face contact with peer groups

Option D: replace it with a superior form of communication

Correct Answer: revive it by reaffirming a commitment of freedom of speech ✔

Option A: the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions

Option B: children watch violent or sexually explicit films and then copy the behavior

Option C: audiences challenge the ethnic stereotypes represented by the media

Option D: elitists express concern with the Americanization of culture

Correct Answer: the media exaggerate reports of deviant groups generating hostile reactions ✔

Option A: audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear

Option B: content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media

Option C: audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given

Option D: social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

Correct Answer: social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select ✔

Option A: the content of the media is determined market forces

Option B: the subordinate classes are dominated by the ideology of the ruling class

Option C: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers

Option D: audiences make selective interpretations of media messages

Correct Answer: the media manipulate the masses as vulnerable passive consumers ✔