Deck 4: Deviance 2.0: The Role of the Media

Question 1

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.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

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.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

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.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Administrative research holds society at the centre of its research focus.

Question 5

'Media' includes print, radio, websites, smart phone apps, blogs, etc.

Question 6

The impact of advertisement and product placement has become the most researched topic in media studies.

Question 7

One of the biggest issues to having misrepresentations continually in the media of various ethnic backgrounds is that the young members of that society are socialized to believe that those characteristics are truth.

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

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.

Question 11

The top website used by Canadian youth is Facebook.

Question 12

Framing racial and ethnic minorities implicates 3 out of 4 of the social levels (individual, interpersonal and socio-cultural).

Question 13

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.

Question 14

Sociologists study media because it is a part of our everyday life.

Question 15

Critical research in media studies analyze social control and power structures in relation to the media.

Question 16

Research concretely supports that children who watch more violence become more violent in the long term.

Question 17

Social media plays a role if the lives of all groups of people, including people who are elderly, First Nations and even those who are homeless.

Question 18

According to Jackson Katz, the media is the most powerful 'pedagogical force' of our time.

Question 19

A suicide bomber who kills a bus full of people in a crowded downtown area would be considered a 'stigmatized other' according to Greer and Jewkes' analysis of media construction of otherness.

Question 20

Tim Horton's' commercials focused on the emotional connection of communities across Canada would be an example of advertising for affectively based products.

Question 21

In 2015, 6 corporations held the majority of media power globally.

Question 22

According to the research on media use in Canada, what type of media did Canadians spend the most amount of time using?

A)Radio
B)Internet
C)Magazines
D)Television
E)Internet

Question 23

In Canada there are _____ media giants that control the majority of Canadian media sources.

A)1
B)25
C)4
D)50
E)15

Question 24

Those at the greatest risk for identity theft are:

A)Teenagers
B)Elderly
C)Women
D)Cyberdeviants
E)Upper class

Question 25

A young boy watched years of violence on television as a child. In his young adulthood he ended up becoming a school shooter and violently murdering 6 people at his high school. This example would best be researched and understood using a _____________ study.

A)Experimental
B)Affective
C)Correlational
D)Critical
E)Descriptive

Question 26

Canadians use media on average

A)15 hours per week
B)30 hours per week
C)50 hours per week
D)75 hours per week
E)90 hours per week

Question 27

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?

A)Minorities are invisible
B)Minorities are portrayed in a stereotypical way
C)Minorities are represented as social problems
D)Minorities as adornments
E)Minorities are 'white-washed'

Question 28

Advertising's main effectiveness is in the fact that:

A)It is everywhere
B)It is impossible to avoid
C)It is able to change attitudes
D)It is believable
E)It is expected

Question 29

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

A)administrative research
B)objective research
C)subjective research
D)critical research
E)Both A and B

Question 30

Which level of social of social analysis is impacted by the framing of racial and ethnic minorities?

A)Individual
B)Interpersonal
C)Institutional
D)Sociocultural
E)All 4 are impacted by framing racial and ethnic minorities

Question 31

Which of the following examples would fit into Greer and Jewkes' definition of 'absolute other'?

A)Homeless people sleeping in a park
B)A collection of individuals suffering from depression
C)A female serial killer
D)A group of teenagers out on the town
E)A family using the food bank

Question 32

What type of research question is most likely posed by someone conducting research in media studies using a critical lens?

A)Does violence on screen lead to aggressive behaviour?
B)Do the number of violent acts in a video game desensitize its gamers?
C)Does regularly portraying Jamaican characters as criminal influence how you view all Jamaicans?
D)Does advertising influence what you buy?
E)Do people walk around looking for a fight because they fear showing weakness and being attacked?

Question 33

A research study is attempting to understand the impact that early exposure to sexuality in the media has on personal sexual choices later in life. This study would be using:

A)An administrative research analysis
B)A critical research analysis
C)A subjective perspective
D)An individual or micro level analysis
E)A social construction point of view

Question 34

Which of the following is not one of the generic frames discussed in the media coverage of various marginalized groups (i.e. race / ethnic groups)?

A)Conflict frame
B)Human interest frame
C)Relativist frame
D)Economic Consequences frame
E)They are all mentioned as important frames.

Question 35

The investigation known as "operation card shop" is a great example of how media is used to socially construct deviance.

Question 36

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

A)It has only recently begun and requires more consistent results
B)It is unable to determine the long term impact
C)It only determined certain in movies, but not video games
D)Reacts differently depending on the source of media
E)It only considers visual violence

Question 37

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?

A)Minorities are invisible
B)Minorities are portrayed in a stereotypical way
C)Minorities are represented as social problems
D)Minorities are represented as scapegoats
E)Minorities are 'white-washed'

Question 38

The fact that media companies are continuously merging or buying one another is an issue of concentration.

Question 39

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

A)200
B)under 2000
C)up to 5000
D)well over 7000
E)there is no way to determine this

Question 40

The fact that 5 media corporations own the majority of media influence in the United States is which great concern of Shade and Lithgow?

A)Convergence
B)Conglomerate
C)Concentration
D)Continuation
E)Construction

Question 41

When studying media use, it is found that increasingly people are using more than one form of media at a time. This is known as:

A)multi-tasking
B)simultaneous media consumption (SMC)
C)simulmedia
D)digital native inattention
E)the over-stimulation of media

Question 42

Stuart Hall would argue that _______ is an important issue for minority youth, as it influences their identity formation.

A)the amount of time spent watching television
B)the affective intent of commercials
C)the way media frames social groups
D)the number of times violence occurs
E)the fact that youth are more easily manipulated

Question 43

In order to promote inclusion and culturally supportive media coverage for Indigenous people in Canada, which of the following is one of the "calls to action" of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada?

A)maintaining or increasing Aboriginal programming
B)increasing equitable access for positions in media
C)providing education to future journalists on the history of Aboriginal peoples
D)include both news and information about the experience (past and present)of Aboriginal people
E)All of the above are part of the recommendations

Question 44

Briefly describe what Jackson Katz meant by his statement that "the media is the single greatest pedagogical force of our time". Explain whether you agree or disagree and why.

Question 45

Compare and contrast the research conducted by administrative research and the focus of critical research when looking at the power the media. How would you choose to use each one to understand the impact of media portrayal of sexuality in our society?

Question 46

Highlight the three issues that Shade and Lithgow have with media ownership and discuss why these are an issue for our society.

Question 47

Discuss how media can be used both as a tool for crime and creating deviance, as well as a tool that is able to promote change and resistance to deviant labels. Which one do you feel is more powerful?

Question 48

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

Question 49

Adopting a critical approach, discuss how the media is involved in the construction of deviance by selecting an example and describing how individuals are influenced by the media in our perceptions of normal / deviant.

Question 50

Based on the research conducted by Interactive Advertising Bureau of Canada in 2015, the total amount of time Canadians spend using media __________ when considering the impact of simulmedia use.

A)increased dramatically with the invention of the smart phone
B)remained relatively stable between 2001 and 2015
C)decreased significantly when cable became less common
D)increased initially but has slowly been decreasing since 2013
E)the use of television has decreased but more people are reading on devices

Question 51

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

Question 52

Describe the five hacker subculture normative orders.

Question 53

Explore the involvement that the media has in the social construction of deviance in our society. Identify an image or idea that is pervasive in our media and analyze how the media is able to influence social perceptions of that deviant person or behaviour.

Question 54

Garrett was born in 2008. He spends a lot time surfing YouTube to find videos on things that interest him. He rarely considers looking for information in a book because he can google on any device. Garrett does not remember a time without access to the internet. According to media theorists, Garrett is a _____________.

A)millennial
B)cyber-youth
C)digital pirate
D)digital native
E)cyber native

Question 55

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

A)Express a deep overriding interest in manipulating technology
B)Committed to the pursuit of knowledge
C)It is very accepting of all levels of skill
D)Committed to problem solving and overcoming obstacles
E)Take on a hacker identity once into the subculture

Question 56

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

Question 57

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.

A)correlational
B)causation
C)critical
D)framing
E)affective

Question 58

Analyze the impact of a 'frame' that depicts a marginalized group in a particular manner in the media. Outline the various ways that this group is displayed and the overall social impact of this framing.

Question 59

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?

A)Canadians can be media literate by comparing print news to social media
B)Canadians have to compare a variety of news channels in order to get accurate facts, thereby maintaining a critical media lens
C)Canadians are forced to rely on American news for truth because it is now impossible to be media literate within Canada media sources
D)Canadian people should choose one source that is reliable and read it consistently, thereby improving their media literacy
E)Canadians are being given the news by a concentrated group of people controlling more media products, making media literacy a challenge

Question 60

Globally we went from _______ companies owning and operating the English media in 1983 to ______ companies holding most of the power today.

A)150 | 10
B)275 | 3
C)50 | 5
D)100 | 3
E)25 | 5

Question 61

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?