Question 1

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

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 C

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

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

Accepted Answer

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Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

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 7

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?

Accepted Answer

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 8

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

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Question 9

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

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

Question 14

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?

Accepted Answer

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Question 15

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?

Accepted Answer

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 16

Those at the greatest risk for identity theft are:

Accepted Answer

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

Question 17

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.

Accepted Answer

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

Question 18

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

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?

Accepted Answer

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 20

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

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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.