Deck 1: Introducing Critical Media Studies

Question 1

MATCHING

-medium

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Answer 1

'middle', or that which comes between two things

Question 2

MATCHING

-mass media

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Answer 2

technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience

Question 3

MATCHING

-postmodernity

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Answer 3

historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism

Question 4

MATCHING

-convergence

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 5

MATCHING

-mobility

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 6

MATCHING

-fragmentation

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 7

MATCHING

-globalization

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 8

MATCHING

-simulation

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 9

MATCHING

-socialization

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 10

MATCHING

-theory

A)process that shapes both what and how we know
B)historical period characterized by the rise of informationalism
C) splintering of audiences into highly specialized taste cultures
D)an 'optic' or way of seeing, explaining, and interpreting
E)'middle', or that which comes between two things
F)the generation by models of a real without origin or reality
G)tendency of media to share a common, integrated platform
H)set of forces that threaten the autonomy of the nation-state
I)technologies that reach a large, distant, anonymous audience
J)capacity of an object to be moved from place to place with ease

Question 11

Which of the following ways of acquiring knowledge involves direct sensory experience?

A) somatic
B) symbolic
C) episodic
D) thematic

Question 12

Medius, the Latin word for medium, means which of the following?

A) communication
B) technology
C) middle
D) mass

Question 13

Which set of terms best characterizes the audience for mass media?

A) large, distant, and specified
B) large, distant, and anonymous
C) large, immediate, and specified
D) large, immediate, and anonymous

Question 14

Who invented movable-type, mechanical printing in 1450?

A) Thomas Edison
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Philo T. Farnsworth
D) Johannes Gutenberg

Question 15

Who is credited with applying for the first television patent in 1927?

A) Thomas Edison
B) Benjamin Franklin
C) Philo T. Farnsworth
D) Johannes Gutenberg

Question 16

What is that name for the historical epoch that began to emerge in the 1960s?

A) Paleozoic
B) capitalism
C) industrialism
D) postmodernity

Question 17

Which of the following is not a characteristic of postmodernity?

A) customization
B) manufacturing
C) informationalism
D) flexible accumulation

Question 18

Which of the following concepts is associated with de-massification?

A) convergence
B) fragmentation
C) globalization
D) simulation

Question 19

Which of the following concepts accounts for the increasing specialization of media content?

A) convergence
B) fragmentation
C) globalization
D) simulation

Question 20

Which of the following concepts describes the hybridization of formerly distinct media?

A) convergence
B) fragmentation
C) globalization
D) simulation

Question 21

Which of the following concepts represents a challenge to the autonomy of the nation-state?

A) convergence
B) fragmentation
C) globalization
D) simulation

Question 22

Which concept describes the media's capacity to shape both what and how audiences know?

A) simulation
B) globalization
C) socialization
D) fragmentation

Question 23

Which of the following concepts best describes the central attitude of critical studies?

A) skeptical
B) humanistic
C) political
D) social justice

Question 24

Which of the following concepts best describes the central approach of critical studies?

A) skeptical
B) humanistic
C) political
D) social justice

Question 25

Which dimension of critical studies reflects a hermeneutics of suspicion?

A) attitude
B) approach
C) assessment
D) ambition

Question 26

Identify and explain the five key trends animating mass media in postmodernity.

Question 27

Identify and explain the central attitude, approach, assessment, and ambition of critical studies.