COM 312-EXAM 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED

COM 312-EXAM 1 EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% SOLVED Why Intercultural Through Film and Media? - answerHuman experience is now more visual and visualized than ever before from the satellite picture to medical images of the interior of the human body. The proliferation of visuality has made film and television entertainment the United States' second largest export after aerospace What Material Does Media Culture Provide When We Forge our Identity? - answer1. Sense of self 2. Male or female 3. Class 4. Ethnicity and race 5. Nationality and sexuality Media - answerHelps us shape our core values and provides symbols, myths, and resources of culture Media Exposure Research - answerShows that media consumption has a measurable influence on people's perceptions of the real world, regardless of accuracy. Viewing teen movies is associated with negative stereotypes about female friendships and gender roles Media Artifact - answerTo understand a media artifact we must be able to understand the context in which it was created and analyze its constructed meanings, then determine its impact on groups and individuals David Cannadine - answerProposed that the world needed to be understood beyond the "them/bad vs. us/good" model that has been utilized in politics and media. He posits 6 forms of regulators of human life and identity Religious Identity - answerCan be a regulator of how we live our lives and provide a clear sense of identity PEW Research Center - answerMore Christian babies born than any other religion but it is expected that in less than 20 years, Muslim babies will exceed Christian births National and Cultural Identities - answerA person belongs to, however this is not always accurate Culture - answerA population large enough to produce new generations of members without relying on outside people. The totality of the group's thoughts, experiences, and patterns of behavior and its concepts, values, and assumptions about life that guide behavior and how those evolve with contact with other cultures Cultural Identity - answerThe identification with perceived acceptance into a group that has a shared system of symbols and meanings as well as norms of conduct. Knowing a person's cultural identity helps understand the opportunities and challenges that each individual in that culture had to deal with Hofstede's 4 Elements of Culture - answer1. Symbols: verbal and non-verbal language 2. Rituals: socially essential collective activities within a culture 3. Values: feelings not open for discussion within a culture about what is good and bad, beautiful or ugly, normal or abnormal 4. Heroes: real or imaginary people who serve as behavior models within a culture. Can be the subjects of novels or other forms of literature Class and Identity - answerRefers to one's economic position in society (upper, middle and lower class) Social Class - answerA position in a society's hierarchy based on income, education, occupation, and neighborhood Gender and Identity - answerHow a culture deals with gender reveals much about the culture's values Gender Identity - answerMay be defined more by one's culture than one's biology Biological Perspective - answerA large body of people characterized by similarity of descent like skin color, other facial and bodily features. The weaker the UV light, the fairer the skin Sociohistorical Perspective - answerExplains how racial categories have varied over time and between cultures. Sees race as unstable and socially determined through constant debate Civilization and Identity - answerWestern, Latin-American, Sub-Saharan African, Eastern Orthodox, Islamic, Confucian, Hindu and Japanese Sub-culture - answerResembles a culture. Are often based on geographic region, ethnicity, or economic or social class Ethnicity - answerGroup of people of the same descent and heritage who share a common and distinctive culture passed on through generations Co-culture - answerNo one culture is secondary Communication - answer1. The means by which individuals learn appropriate behaviors and the means by which those behaviors are regulated 2. The means by which individuals having one group identity interact with individuals with other group identities and by which the groups interact with one another as formal groups 3. Culture cannot be known without a study of communication and communication can only be understood by understanding the culture it supports Social Justice - answerThe idea that every human being is of equal and incalculable value, entitled to decent standards of freedom and justice, and that any violation of those standards must be acknowledged, testiied to, and fought against Social Justice Continued - answerWhen we are members of a majority group, we might have a superficial understanding of issues of social justice because that is what is made available through mainstream society. When we are members of a minority group, we may have deeper personal understanding of social inequality but we may not have the scholarly language to discuss it in an academic setting Forms of Resistance (8) - answer1. Silence 2. Withdrawal 3. Immobilizing guilt 4. Feeling overly hopeless or hopeful 5. Rejection 6. Anger 7. Sarcasm 8. Argumentation Analyzing Movies - answerEverything in h