Exam 2: The Critical Approach

Frankfurt School members were most concerned about the growing dominance of which type of reasoning?

Blake has decided that to truly address the problems in his organization,he (and other organization members)must understand and address communication issues in and around the organization,because he believes communication actually creates (not simply reflects)the realities in which we live.This approach is referred to as:

Which of the following envisioned popular culture as something that was administered from above as an instrument of social control?

According to cultural studies,popular culture,which includes phenomena such as movies based on comic books or the music of Brittney Spears,is a source of serious objects of study.

Culture jamming,the practice of using corporate advertising against the corporations by reworking the meaning of the advertisement,is understood best from which of the following schools of critical theory?

According to the communicative construction of organization approach,which of the following forms of communication is (are)able to shape organizational members' behavior in significant ways?

Important Frankfurt School members included all of the following,except:

According to cultural studies,people with more _____________ have greater influence over the meaning construction process and are better able to get others to share in their view of the world.

According to Marx,capitalism would naturally evolve into socialism.

Typology is the scientific study of systems of representation that focuses on the relationship,and difference,between one sign and other signs in the same system.

In the system of _______________,workers are "expropriated";because they do not own the means of production,they must sell their labor power in order to survive.

The work of _________________ is a common thread that runs through all the variations of the critical approach.

The $1 billion Facebook paid to acquire Instagram in 2012 was based on Instagram's:

The idea that the nature of society is causally determined by its economic foundation is called _____________________.

The term used to describe a great deal of neo-Marxist theory and research based on the ideas of the Frankfurt School is:

Which of the following is an example of what Karl Marx identified as surplus value?

Discursive closure extends the ways in which people can think,feel,experience,speak,and act in their organizations.

Nintendogs is a Nintendo game in which you take care of,train,and bond with an adorable (virtual)puppy.The availability of everything,including virtual puppy ownership,to be bought and sold is a property of capitalism called:

Which of the following criteria is (are)important for ethical communication?

According to the Frankfurt School,how we see reality depends on the ideas of those who control the means of production.In other words,the ruling material force in society is the ruling intellectual force.