MAS 101 Exam 1 UPDATED ACTUAL
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
culture - CORRECT ANSWER - beliefs, values, material resources and social practices
that comprise a way of life
folk culture - CORRECT ANSWER - traditional practices held by a small homogeneous
group living in an isolate area (Kentucky's culture [food, drinks, music])
media literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - to become a critical consumer of mass media
institutions and an engages participant who accepts part of the responsibility for the shape and
direction of media culture
subculture - CORRECT ANSWER - coexists with dominant culture (professional,
religious, lifestyle subcultures)
exists in opposition to the dominant culture (outlaw and deviant subcultures)
popular culture - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural texts, artifacts, and practices which are
attractive to large numbers of people (often mass produced
Narrative - CORRECT ANSWER - "story telling business: the common denominator
between our entertainment and information cultures
high/middle/low culture - CORRECT ANSWER - hierarchy of culture perspective (late
1800s)
high culture - CORRECT ANSWER - opera, art, classical literature, philosophy
low culture - CORRECT ANSWER - soap operas, comic books, video games, cable
television
, middle culture - CORRECT ANSWER - daily newspaper, NPR, PBS, CNN
sky scraper model - CORRECT ANSWER - distinct placement of high and low culture
map model - CORRECT ANSWER - judging culture as good or bad based on a
combination of personal taste and aesthetic judgments a society makes at particular historical
times
modernism - CORRECT ANSWER - an attitude shaped by rationality, the scientific
method, and the ethos of individualism (1800-1950)
post modernism - CORRECT ANSWER - an attitude shaped by the information age,
popular mobility, and the ethos of collaboration
4 major features of postmodernism - CORRECT ANSWER - populism
diversity
nostalgia
paradox
populism - CORRECT ANSWER - "the people" challenging "the elite"
diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - irony and parody
nostalgia - CORRECT ANSWER - questioning rational though and revering nostalgia
paradox - CORRECT ANSWER - new technologies are welcomed but doubts are raised at
the same time
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
culture - CORRECT ANSWER - beliefs, values, material resources and social practices
that comprise a way of life
folk culture - CORRECT ANSWER - traditional practices held by a small homogeneous
group living in an isolate area (Kentucky's culture [food, drinks, music])
media literacy - CORRECT ANSWER - to become a critical consumer of mass media
institutions and an engages participant who accepts part of the responsibility for the shape and
direction of media culture
subculture - CORRECT ANSWER - coexists with dominant culture (professional,
religious, lifestyle subcultures)
exists in opposition to the dominant culture (outlaw and deviant subcultures)
popular culture - CORRECT ANSWER - cultural texts, artifacts, and practices which are
attractive to large numbers of people (often mass produced
Narrative - CORRECT ANSWER - "story telling business: the common denominator
between our entertainment and information cultures
high/middle/low culture - CORRECT ANSWER - hierarchy of culture perspective (late
1800s)
high culture - CORRECT ANSWER - opera, art, classical literature, philosophy
low culture - CORRECT ANSWER - soap operas, comic books, video games, cable
television
, middle culture - CORRECT ANSWER - daily newspaper, NPR, PBS, CNN
sky scraper model - CORRECT ANSWER - distinct placement of high and low culture
map model - CORRECT ANSWER - judging culture as good or bad based on a
combination of personal taste and aesthetic judgments a society makes at particular historical
times
modernism - CORRECT ANSWER - an attitude shaped by rationality, the scientific
method, and the ethos of individualism (1800-1950)
post modernism - CORRECT ANSWER - an attitude shaped by the information age,
popular mobility, and the ethos of collaboration
4 major features of postmodernism - CORRECT ANSWER - populism
diversity
nostalgia
paradox
populism - CORRECT ANSWER - "the people" challenging "the elite"
diversity - CORRECT ANSWER - irony and parody
nostalgia - CORRECT ANSWER - questioning rational though and revering nostalgia
paradox - CORRECT ANSWER - new technologies are welcomed but doubts are raised at
the same time
