Media Theorist Quiz

Question 1

Who's theory? "Exposure to repeated patterns of reps over time can influence the way people view the world"

Accepted Answer

Gerbner - Cultivation Theory

Question 2

In Semiotics theory what is a connotation that, through naturalisation has become part of our cultural understanding?

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A Myth

Question 3

Who's theory? "Racial hierarchies still exist and are aided by stereotypes, or making people appear to be ‘other’"

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Gilroy - Postcolonial Theory

Question 4

According to Hall what are the three positions an audience can take? (3 answers)

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Dominant, Oppositional, Negotiated

Question 5

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Curran and Seaton (1 answer)

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Power and Media Industries

Question 6

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Gerbner (1 answer)

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Cultivation Theory

Question 7

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Van Zoonen (1 answer)

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Feminist Theory

Question 8

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Jenkins (1 answer)

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Fandom

Question 9

Name the theories assosiated with the Theorist. Hall (2 answer)

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Theories of Representation, Reception Theory

Question 10

Who's theory? "Race and class also determine the extent to which individuals are discriminated against or opressed"

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hooks - Feminist Theory

Question 11

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Shirky (1 answer)

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End of Audience

Question 12

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Butler (1 answer)

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Gender Performativity

Question 13

Van Zoonen agrees with Essentialism (Gender is biological - Men=Strong, Women = Feminine)

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False

Question 14

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Levi-Strauss (1 answer)

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Structuralism

Question 15

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Bandura (1 answer)

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Media Effects

Question 16

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Gauntlett (1 answer)

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Theories of Identity

Question 17

Who's theory? "Sex is biological, gender is a construct"

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Butler - Gender Performativity

Question 18

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Livingstone and Lunt (1 answer)

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Regulation

Question 19

Hall, Gauntlett, Van Zoonen, hooks, Gilroy and Butler are all named theorist for which topic? (1 answer)

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Representations

Question 20

Who's theory? "Fans appropriate texts ('textual poaching') and are active participants"

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Jenkins - Fandom Theory

Question 21

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Todorov (1 answer)

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Narratology

Question 22

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Baudrillard (1 answer)

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Post Modernism

Question 23

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Gilroy (1 answer)

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Postcolonial Theory

Question 24

Who's theory? "Audiences are no longer passive, they are active and are prosumers not just consumers"

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Shirky - End of Audience Theory

Question 25

Who's theory? "Stereotyping tends to occur where there are inequalities of power...groups are constructed as 'other'"

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Hall - Theories of Representation

Question 26

What is horizontal integration?

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Owning mulitple companise in one process of the media cycle (production)

Question 27

What is the correct order of Todorov's Narratology theory?

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Equilibrium, Disruption, Recognition, Resolution & New Equilibrium

Question 28

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Neale (1 answer)

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Genre Theory

Question 29

What is vertical integration?

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Owning companies in multiple stages of the media cycle (dist + exhib)

Question 30

What phrase is used to describe when media images come to seem more ‘real’ than the reality?

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Hyperreality

Question 31

Who's theroy? "The media is controlled by a small number of companies primarily driven by the logic of profit and power"

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Curran & Seaton - Power and Media Industries

Question 32

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. hooks (1 answer)

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Feminist Theory

Question 33

Fill in the Blanks. "Companies try to minimise --- and maximise ---"

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Risk & Audiences

Question 34

Who's theory? "The media today offer us a more diverse range of stars, from whom we may pick and mix different ideas"

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Gauntlett - Theories of Identity

Question 35

Bandura, Gerbner, Hall, Jenkins and Shirky are all named theorist for which topic? (1 answer)

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Audiences

Question 36

Curran and Seaton, Livingstone and Lunt & Hesmondhalgh are all named theorist for which topic? (1 answer)

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Industries

Question 37

Barthes, Neale, Levi-Strauss, Todorov and Baudrillard are all named theorist for which topic? (1 answer)

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Media Language

Question 38

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Hesmondhalgh (1 answer)

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Cultural Industries

Question 39

Name the theory assosiated with the Theorist. Barthes (1 answer)

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Semiotics

Question 40

Who's theory? "Gender is constructed through discourse...its meaning varies according to cultural/historical context"

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Van Zoonen - Feminist Theory

Question 41

Genre’s often change and develop, borrowing codes and conventions from each other to create what?

Accepted Answer

Genre Hybrids

Media Theorist Quiz

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Media Theorist Quiz

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