Question 1

Medius, the Latin word for medium, means which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  communication 
B)  technology 
C)  middle 
D)  mass 
A)  communication 
B)  technology 
C)  middle 
D)  mass

Question 2

Which dimension of critical studies reflects a hermeneutics of suspicion?

Accepted Answer

A)  attitude 
B)  approach 
C)  assessment 
D)  ambition 
A)  attitude 
B)  approach 
C)  assessment 
D)  ambition

Question 3

MATCHING
-convergence

Accepted Answer

A) process that shapes both what and how we know 
B) historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism 
C)  splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures 
D) an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting 
E) 'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease 
A) process that shapes both what and how we know 
B) historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism 
C)  splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures 
D) an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting 
E) 'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 4

MATCHING
-theory

Accepted Answer

A) process that shapes both what and how we know 
B) historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism 
C)  splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures 
D) an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting 
E) 'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease 
A) process that shapes both what and how we know 
B) historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism 
C)  splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures 
D) an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting 
E) 'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 5

Which of the following concepts accounts for the increasing specialization of media content?

Accepted Answer

A)  convergence 
B)  fragmentation 
C)  globalization 
D)  simulation 
A)  convergence 
B)  fragmentation 
C)  globalization 
D)  simulation

Question 6

Which concept describes the media's capacity to shape both what and how audiences know?

Accepted Answer

A)  simulation 
B)  globalization 
C)  socialization 
D)  fragmentation 
A)  simulation 
B)  globalization 
C)  socialization 
D)  fragmentation

Question 7

Identify and explain the central attitude, approach, assessment, and ambition of critical studies.

Accepted Answer

Critical studies is an interdisciplinary

Medius, the Latin word for medium, means which of the following?

Which dimension of critical studies reflects a hermeneutics of suspicion?

MATCHING -convergence

MATCHING -theory

Which of the following concepts accounts for the increasing specialization of media content?

Which concept describes the media's capacity to shape both what and how audiences know?

Identify and explain the central attitude, approach, assessment, and ambition of critical studies.

Marxist Analysis

Organizational Analysis

Pragmatic Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

Cultural Analysis

Psychoanalytic Analysis

Feminist Analysis

Queer Analysis

Reception Analysis

Sociological Analysis

Erotic Analysis

Ecological Analysis

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Exam 1: Introducing Critical Media Studies

Medius, the Latin word for medium, means which of the following?

Which dimension of critical studies reflects a hermeneutics of suspicion?

MATCHING -convergence

MATCHING -theory

Which of the following concepts accounts for the increasing specialization of media content?

Which concept describes the media's capacity to shape both what and how audiences know?

Identify and explain the central attitude, approach, assessment, and ambition of critical studies.

Marxist Analysis

Organizational Analysis

Pragmatic Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

Cultural Analysis

Psychoanalytic Analysis

Feminist Analysis

Queer Analysis

Reception Analysis

Sociological Analysis

Erotic Analysis

Ecological Analysis

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