Question 1

Identify the writer and social media celebrity who was banned from Twitter after attacking comedian Leslie Jones?
A) Milo Yiannopoulos
B) Nero d'Avola
C) Adam Baldwin
D) Stephen Bannon

Accepted Answer

Milo Yiannopoulos was banned from Twitter in 2016 after he made derogatory and racist comments towards Leslie Jones, the comedian and star of the movie Ghostbusters. He had previously been a controversial figure on the platform, known for his far-right views and provocative statements.

Question 2

Who performed "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"?
A) Bob Dylan
B) Billie Holiday
C) The Clash
D) Gil Scott-Heron

Accepted Answer

"The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" was performed by Gil Scott-Heron, who was a prominent spoken word artist and musician during the 1960s and 1970s.

Question 3

What is Open TV?
A) A media criticism project that makes YouTube videos
B) A social movement to minimize the number of hours kids spend watching television
C) A television production project that features work by and about queer, trans and cis-women, and arts of color
D) An app that allows users to watch episodes of older television shows

Accepted Answer

Open TV is a television production project that showcases the work of women, queer, trans and cis people, and artists of color. It aims to provide a platform for underrepresented voices in the industry.

Question 4

Which scholar famously declared that "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house"?
A) Gil Scott-Heron
B) Aymar Jean Christian
C) Audre Lorde
D) bell hooks

Accepted Answer

This quote is often attributed to Audre Lorde, a feminist writer, poet, and activist, in her 1984 essay "The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House." In this essay, Lorde critiques the ways in which marginalized communities are expected to use the tools and frameworks of their oppressors to achieve liberation, arguing that this perpetuates systems of power and oppression rather than dismantling them.

Question 5

Patricia Hill Collins's conception of stereotypes and other images that meant to remind individuals of social hierarchies, including racial hierarchies, gender hierarchies, and class hierarchies.
A) Representations
B) Controlling images
C) Hegemonies
D) Cultural practices

Accepted Answer

Patricia Hill Collins refers to these images as "controlling images" because they are used to reinforce social hierarchies and control those who are oppressed within them. These images include racial stereotypes, gender stereotypes, and class stereotypes that serve to maintain the power dynamics of dominant groups over marginalized groups.

Question 6

In Social Media Freaks, Dustin Kidd concludes that social media as it is currently organized is unlikely to achieve significant social change. What leads him to make that conclusion? What does he argue we should do to make social media more effective?

Accepted Answer

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Quiz 9: Social Media Toolbox

Identify the writer and social media celebrity who was banned from Twitter after attacking comedian Leslie Jones?

Who performed "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised"?

What is Open TV?

Which scholar famously declared that "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house"?

Patricia Hill Collins's conception of stereotypes and other images that meant to remind individuals of social hierarchies, including racial hierarchies, gender hierarchies, and class hierarchies.

In Social Media Freaks, Dustin Kidd concludes that social media as it is currently organized is unlikely to achieve significant social change. What leads him to make that conclusion? What does he argue we should do to make social media more effective?