JCM 100 EXAM 3 STUDY GUIDE UNIVERSITY OF
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ALABAMA JCM 100
STUDYGLOBAL 5/15/25 ALABAMA JCM 100
, What are the two systems of representation? - Accurate answers Conceptual System: Concepts
Language System: Signs
What are the three theories of representation? - Accurate answers Reflective Approach
Intentional Approach
Constructionist Approach
Why according to a CONSTRUCTIONIST view, does it not matter what the colors of a stoplight are? -
Accurate answers Because what signifies is not the colors themselves but the fact that they are
different and can be distinguished from one another; and the fact that they are organized into a
particular sequence.
How does the word "Black" change meanings over time? - Accurate answers The signifier and its
signified are unfixed and are always changing.
What is the difference between connotation and denotation? - Accurate answers Connotation is
the cultural meaning of a sign.
Denotation is the literal meaning of a sign.
Connotation - Accurate answers Cultural meaning of a sign.
Denotation - Accurate answers Literal meaning of a sign.
What are the three approaches to remedy poor representation? - Accurate answers
What is plastic representation? - Accurate answers Combination of synthetic elements put
together and shaped to look like meaningful imagery.
Why did we watch clips from Friends episode in conjunction with the Jay-Z "Moonlight" video? -
Accurate answers
What characteristics make Marvel's Black Panther seem like plastic representation? - Accurate answers
What are the dueling consequences that result from relying on positive and negative representative? -
Accurate answers First, that any representation that includes a person of is automatically a sign of
success and progress.
Second, that such paltry gains generate an easy workaround for the executive suites whereby hiring
racially diverse actors becomes an easy substitute for developing new complex characters.
What marks a representation as positive or negative? - Accurate answers Responses are often
aligned with class (good job, education, community minded), behavior (hyper sexual, well-spoken,
"woke"), or with characterizations of character that either successfully assimilate into normative culture
or fail to do so.
ALABAMA QUESTIONS WITH 100% ACCURATE
ANSWERS
ALABAMA JCM 100
STUDYGLOBAL 5/15/25 ALABAMA JCM 100
, What are the two systems of representation? - Accurate answers Conceptual System: Concepts
Language System: Signs
What are the three theories of representation? - Accurate answers Reflective Approach
Intentional Approach
Constructionist Approach
Why according to a CONSTRUCTIONIST view, does it not matter what the colors of a stoplight are? -
Accurate answers Because what signifies is not the colors themselves but the fact that they are
different and can be distinguished from one another; and the fact that they are organized into a
particular sequence.
How does the word "Black" change meanings over time? - Accurate answers The signifier and its
signified are unfixed and are always changing.
What is the difference between connotation and denotation? - Accurate answers Connotation is
the cultural meaning of a sign.
Denotation is the literal meaning of a sign.
Connotation - Accurate answers Cultural meaning of a sign.
Denotation - Accurate answers Literal meaning of a sign.
What are the three approaches to remedy poor representation? - Accurate answers
What is plastic representation? - Accurate answers Combination of synthetic elements put
together and shaped to look like meaningful imagery.
Why did we watch clips from Friends episode in conjunction with the Jay-Z "Moonlight" video? -
Accurate answers
What characteristics make Marvel's Black Panther seem like plastic representation? - Accurate answers
What are the dueling consequences that result from relying on positive and negative representative? -
Accurate answers First, that any representation that includes a person of is automatically a sign of
success and progress.
Second, that such paltry gains generate an easy workaround for the executive suites whereby hiring
racially diverse actors becomes an easy substitute for developing new complex characters.
What marks a representation as positive or negative? - Accurate answers Responses are often
aligned with class (good job, education, community minded), behavior (hyper sexual, well-spoken,
"woke"), or with characterizations of character that either successfully assimilate into normative culture
or fail to do so.
