MAS 101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
folk culture - ANSWER traditional practices held by a small, homogenous
group living in an isolated area
subculture - ANSWER coexist with the dominant culture; exist in opposition to
the dominant culture
popular culture - ANSWER cultural texts, artifacts, and practices which are
attractive to large numbers of people; are often mass produced on a global scale
high culture - ANSWER "elite" culture; Opera, art, philosophy, classical
literature
middle culture - ANSWER many daily newspapers, National Public Radio,
Oprah, CNN
low culture - ANSWER "popular" culture; Soap operas, comic books, rock
music, video games and most TV
modernism - ANSWER an attitude shaped by rationality, the scientific method,
and the ethos of individualism; 1800s-1950's
postmodernism - ANSWER an attitude shaped by the information age, popular
culture, mobility, and the ethos of collaboration; 1950's-present day
digitilization - ANSWER a technical specification describing the way media
are recorded and/or transmitted
public goods - ANSWER public goods are not destroyed or used up in the
process of consuming them; "non-rivalrous"
AND ANSWERS
folk culture - ANSWER traditional practices held by a small, homogenous
group living in an isolated area
subculture - ANSWER coexist with the dominant culture; exist in opposition to
the dominant culture
popular culture - ANSWER cultural texts, artifacts, and practices which are
attractive to large numbers of people; are often mass produced on a global scale
high culture - ANSWER "elite" culture; Opera, art, philosophy, classical
literature
middle culture - ANSWER many daily newspapers, National Public Radio,
Oprah, CNN
low culture - ANSWER "popular" culture; Soap operas, comic books, rock
music, video games and most TV
modernism - ANSWER an attitude shaped by rationality, the scientific method,
and the ethos of individualism; 1800s-1950's
postmodernism - ANSWER an attitude shaped by the information age, popular
culture, mobility, and the ethos of collaboration; 1950's-present day
digitilization - ANSWER a technical specification describing the way media
are recorded and/or transmitted
public goods - ANSWER public goods are not destroyed or used up in the
process of consuming them; "non-rivalrous"
