MSP 1021 Final Exam Questions With Complete Solutions
Plato's Cave - ANSWER-An allegory that explains enlightened vs. unenlightened citizens
Lady Gaga - ANSWER-"It wasn't love, it was a perfect illusion"
Commentary on the celebrity system and the perfect illusion
Beale - ANSWER-"I'm mad as hell, and I can't take it anymore!"
NFL - ANSWER-A hyperreal of a real grass field, an example of maps taking over territories
Medium/Message - ANSWER-The medium is more interesting than the message it displays.
Maps/Territories - ANSWER-Screens as maps for your territory. Media overtaking reality. A world made to seem more real, true, and beautiful than the real world.
Hot and Cool Media - ANSWER-Social Media vs. NASA
The Matrix - ANSWER-Red or blue pill, continuing to live a fake reality or seeing the real
truth
Panopticon (late 1700's) - ANSWER-Example of *hot media* Jeremy Bentham designed the more "efficient" prison
Equivalent of a two way mirror The few watch the many
Modern Day Panopticon - ANSWER-Soul Search and #metoo
Global Panopticon - ANSWER-The Internet
1984 - ANSWER-Control via fears and restrictions
Brave New World - ANSWER-Control via desires and seductions
Domitainment - ANSWER-Domination and entertainment woven together
Doublethink - ANSWER-Believing that two opposites are both true in the same time in the same context
The idea that an attack on Freedom of Press or submitting to total surveillance leads to a better civilization
Examples of Doublethink - ANSWER-1. We have to have war to maintain peace
2. Ignorance is strength
3. "I rarely research, but I have a valid opinion on everything"
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - ANSWER-Patch of solid waste the size of Texas floating in the currents of the North Pacific gyre, mostly consisting of plastics.
Surveillance in The Circle - ANSWER-SoulSearch, "When anyone can be found, you can never lose a friend."
The desire for a transparent society
Plato's Cave - ANSWER-An allegory that explains enlightened vs. unenlightened citizens
Lady Gaga - ANSWER-"It wasn't love, it was a perfect illusion"
Commentary on the celebrity system and the perfect illusion
Beale - ANSWER-"I'm mad as hell, and I can't take it anymore!"
NFL - ANSWER-A hyperreal of a real grass field, an example of maps taking over territories
Medium/Message - ANSWER-The medium is more interesting than the message it displays.
Maps/Territories - ANSWER-Screens as maps for your territory. Media overtaking reality. A world made to seem more real, true, and beautiful than the real world.
Hot and Cool Media - ANSWER-Social Media vs. NASA
The Matrix - ANSWER-Red or blue pill, continuing to live a fake reality or seeing the real
truth
Panopticon (late 1700's) - ANSWER-Example of *hot media* Jeremy Bentham designed the more "efficient" prison
Equivalent of a two way mirror The few watch the many
Modern Day Panopticon - ANSWER-Soul Search and #metoo
Global Panopticon - ANSWER-The Internet
1984 - ANSWER-Control via fears and restrictions
Brave New World - ANSWER-Control via desires and seductions
Domitainment - ANSWER-Domination and entertainment woven together
Doublethink - ANSWER-Believing that two opposites are both true in the same time in the same context
The idea that an attack on Freedom of Press or submitting to total surveillance leads to a better civilization
Examples of Doublethink - ANSWER-1. We have to have war to maintain peace
2. Ignorance is strength
3. "I rarely research, but I have a valid opinion on everything"
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - ANSWER-Patch of solid waste the size of Texas floating in the currents of the North Pacific gyre, mostly consisting of plastics.
Surveillance in The Circle - ANSWER-SoulSearch, "When anyone can be found, you can never lose a friend."
The desire for a transparent society
