MCS005 TEST 1 EXAM 2025 QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
The sociological perspective advanced by Croteau and Hoynes - ANS - people actively create
features of society
- those aspects of society influence how people act
what are some media/culture related questions (Croteau and Hoynes) could be asked at level of
sociological analysis concerned with relationships within an institution? - ANS - How the
governing economy affects media?
- To what degree do these people working within the institution shape the reporting process
and/or the content of news and how free are musicians to create their music?
Anna Heyward suggest about frequency with which journalists bounce from one outlet to
another in today's news media environment? - ANS the tendency might not be a barrier to
organizations but will provide primer motivation or incentive to organize
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, Oldest union for journalists in US? - ANS The NewsGuild
(Croteau and Hoynes) what is the difference between structure and agency? - ANS Structure:
any recurring pattern of social behavior, limits human agency
- Ex: family structure, education system
Agency: intentional, undetermined human action, produces and alters social structure
- Ex: students with an educational system
(Croteau and Hoynes) what is the term/phrase sociologists use to refer to the process of
actively creating meaning? - ANS social construction of reality
What did one of the proposals put forward by Robert McChesney for rejuvenating US
journalism involve? - ANS a Citizenship News Voucher
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AND ANSWERS
The sociological perspective advanced by Croteau and Hoynes - ANS - people actively create
features of society
- those aspects of society influence how people act
what are some media/culture related questions (Croteau and Hoynes) could be asked at level of
sociological analysis concerned with relationships within an institution? - ANS - How the
governing economy affects media?
- To what degree do these people working within the institution shape the reporting process
and/or the content of news and how free are musicians to create their music?
Anna Heyward suggest about frequency with which journalists bounce from one outlet to
another in today's news media environment? - ANS the tendency might not be a barrier to
organizations but will provide primer motivation or incentive to organize
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, Oldest union for journalists in US? - ANS The NewsGuild
(Croteau and Hoynes) what is the difference between structure and agency? - ANS Structure:
any recurring pattern of social behavior, limits human agency
- Ex: family structure, education system
Agency: intentional, undetermined human action, produces and alters social structure
- Ex: students with an educational system
(Croteau and Hoynes) what is the term/phrase sociologists use to refer to the process of
actively creating meaning? - ANS social construction of reality
What did one of the proposals put forward by Robert McChesney for rejuvenating US
journalism involve? - ANS a Citizenship News Voucher
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