Exam 4: Deviance 2.0: The Role of the Media

In the 2009 study of media use, the number one type of media used by Canadians in terms of hours per week, was the internet.

Which of the following is not characteristic of the hacker subculture?

Hackers believe that the law does not apply in the same way online as it does in 'the real world'.

Bandura's behaviour research on the impact of observing violence suggested that children's behaviours are influenced by watching violent and aggressive acts.

Describe the current research centered on digital piracy. Provide examples.

Experimental research does find that exposure to media violence can temporarily increase violence or aggression, however__________________.

People learn about the events of the world from media. People who review several sources to compare stories would be considered media literate. Given the fact that Canada has "one of the most consolidated media systems in the world", what impact does this have on our ability to be media literate?

Outline what correlational and experimental research attempt to answer when researching media violence. Provide an example of each.

A crime show where the main characters (the police)drive around in a 'ghetto' neighborhood filled with poor, visible ethnic teenagers all dressed like gangsters would support Fleras and Kunz's theory that minorities are often displayed as social problems.

The average person in North America encounters ________ advertisements each day.

According to critical researchers, the media does have the ability to impact the individual, but it doesn't often spread its influence into the construction of norms, values and beliefs.

Framing is the way that the media is able to take certain elements of society and display them in a specific way to the public.

In studying the relationship between continuously seeing unhealthy, thin models on television and the rates of eating disorders, a researcher would likely be conducting _______.

Discuss the deviance dance that occurs within and around the hacker subculture. How would you study this group from as an administrative and critical researcher? What is your position on this subculture and their activity? Why?

The fact that ethnic minorities are less represented in crowds in movies is an example of which issue of ethnic media representation according to Fleras and Kunz?

Those at the greatest risk for identity theft are:

Students of a local elementary school are pushing to have certain video games banned. They claim that children who play these games arrive at school violent, aggressive and impulsive. This argument would best support _________ research done in media studies.

If news team covers the awarding of an officer for courage in the act of duty, but decides not to cover the beating of a homeless person, they are defining social value and ideas of deviance directly and indirectly.

Fleras and Kunz state that ethnic minorities tend to be portrayed in a few interrelated ways. Which of the following is not part of this theory?

Compare the difference between administrative and critical research in studies of media. Provide an example of each.