Question 1

Donald Rumsfeld designated the imprisoned Taliban fighters as what in contrast to ´regular´ prisoners of war?

Accepted Answer

A)  Illegal prisoners
B)  Illegal offenders
C)  Unlawful combatants
D)  Legal criminals
E)  Legal combatants C

Question 2

The transformations in media technology wrought by print, telegraph and wireless communication that gave birth to the electronic age from the mid-twentieth century have led some commentators to describe as a phenomenon of what?

Accepted Answer

A)  Popularization
B)  Mediatization
C)  Culturalization
D)  Differentiation
E)  Homogenization B

Question 3

At the beginning of the twenty-first century a plethora of new tools provide new ways of representing, and watching, criminals and suspects. Which of these apply?

Accepted Answer

A)  biometrics
B)  DNA analysis
C)  digital imagery
D)  surveillance systems
E)  electronic tagging A, B, C, D

Question 4

In criminology which three distinctive approaches can be identified in analysing the media´s impact

Accepted Answer

A)  The media ´cause´ criminal conduct
B)  How crime drives the media
C)  How crime news unjustly stereotypes groups
D)  How docudramas and crime impact on policy
E)  How crime and punishment have been consumed, imagined and represented

Question 5

Does Cohen´s moral panic theory have any relevance in the twenty-first century?

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

Keith Hayward has highlighted the need for a media criminology that can grasp what is new about global cultural processes, where the power of images play a key role in shaping the social imaginary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One study found that what per cent of adults who had a social network account allowed their profile to be seen by anyone?

Accepted Answer

A)  0.11
B)  0.22
C)  0.33
D)  0.44
E)  0.55

Question 8

The types of activity that might be regarded as criminal include which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Pornography websites
B)  Websites espousing misogynist, homophobic or racist hate
C)  Electronic harassment
D)  Hacking
E)  Cyber-stalking

Question 9

There is strong evidence that media representations of violence have damaging effects upon audiences and is one of the most researched issues in the social sciences.

Accepted Answer