MCS 005 Test #1

MCS 005 Test #1 According to the sociological perspective advanced by Croteau and Hoynes, do people actively create features of society? Do those aspects of society also influence how people act? - Yes, we activity create features of society. What are some media/culture related questions, noted by Croteau and Hoynes, which could be asked at the level of (sociological) analysis concerned with relationships within an institution? - How have media tech changed the way media operate. What can we learn about today's media by revisiting media from years past? Why are traditional media companies - in print, radio, tv, film - still central to our media experience? What did the committee behind the push to form a union at the Los Angeles Times draft a letter calling for, according to Sydney Ember's piece at the New York Times? - improved working conditions, higher pay, more generous benefits and protections for staff members against "unilateral change by Tronc." -As Croteau and Hoynes explained it, what is the difference between structure and agency? Be able to define each term. - Structure is not something physical. Social Structure describes any recurring pattern of social behavior. Agency is intentional and undetermined human action. As Croteau and Hoynes noted, what is the term/phrase sociologists use to refer to the process of actively creating meaning? - the social construct of reality Did one of the proposals put forward by Robert McChesney for rejuvenating US journalism involve a Citizenship News Voucher? - yes According to Robert McChesney, did people in the early history of the nation accept or reject the notion that the government could and should subsidize papers to ensure a functioning free press? - What did Croteau and Hoynes place at the center of their media model? - Did Robert McChesney argue journalism should be considered a public or a private good? - social world The belief in objectivity in US journalism, according to Michael Schudson, can be understood as what? - Did Michael Schudson claim that in the 1920s and 1930s US journalists shifted from a simple faith in the facts to a notion that statements about the world could be trusted if those statements were submitted to the new rules and procedures of the profession and then deemed legitimate by the professional community of journalists? - yes Did Michael Schudson also claim that in the 1920s and 1930s journalists started questioning whether what they had taken to be the "facts" could be trusted, with one result being the replacement of a simple faith in the facts with rules and procedures needed in a world where facts are questioned? - yes According to Michael Schudson, was The Bristol Cable the first major newspaper in the US to accept the ideal of objectivity? - FALSE What was the belief in objectivity that came to dominate in US journalism based on? - The belief that one can and should separate facts from values What happened to the ideal of objectivity in US journalism in the wake of the Vietnam War? - Government news management collided with a growing adversary culture in the universities, journalism, in the gov itself, and in the population at large. By the 1960s, according to Michael Schudson, what was widely regarded as the dominant standard/ideal in US journalism? This standard/ideal was seen as being an improvement over what? - Objectivity was regarded as the dominant standard. This standard was seen as being an improvement over sensationalism and and contrast