Exam 16: Critical Studies: Evaluating and Reforming Ideologies

Criticism that attributes power imbalance to the ways language is used, rather to some objectively verifiable social structure, is called:

"Intersectionality" is another term for:

When a researcher considers questions related to whose voices should be heard, whose interpretations are correct, and who says what reforms are needed in society, the researcher is thinking about:

Explain the two phases of the deconstruction process, and provide examples to illustrate each move.

What does it mean to establish impact as a warrant in critical studies?

Derrida is the theorist most often associated with this analytic move in critical studies:

Critical scholars differ from rhetorical critics by:

This critical studies approach frequently critiques capitalism by describing and evaluating the economic arrangements that most contribute to unequal power distribution in society:

What is meant by cultural appropriation of texts? Give an example to illustrate your answer.

Why do post-structural critics resist the gender binary?

If you view communication as performative and ideological, then your critical study of a topic should examine:

A critical studies scholar might use which of the following as evidence in a study:

Coherent interpretations are:

Lyotard and Foucault are the theorists most often associated with:

These critics explore how power is instantiated in multimodal communication:

If you treat social category memberships as fluid constructions that are performed in discourse, rather than as fixed categories dictated by cultural ideology, your views are likely aligned with:

Discuss the three ways that critical studies scholars warrant their studies. How are their ways of warranting similar to or different from those of quantitative social science and interpretive scholars?

Foucault argued that knowledge could not be separated from the language used to describe it; he called this phenomenon:

Critical narrative analysis differs from rhetorical narrative analysis by its emphasis on:

To consider and acknowledge your positionality as a researcher, you should: