Mass Media and Sports

Question 1

Watching television is the primary after-school activity for most students

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

__ means the wealthy and better-educated acquire new information more quickly creating a divide

Accepted Answer

Knowledge-Gap Hypothesis

Question 3

Links have been found between large amounts of television viewing and HIGH test scores

Accepted Answer

False

Question 4

The idea that the media are merging and are no longer separate entities. This is an example of?

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Media Convergence

Question 5

"Win at any cost" mentality can lead to illegal drug use

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Quantification

Question 6

news media offer repeated opinions, more people accept these opinions, and won't voice theirs

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Spiral of Silence

Question 7

___ of the Education Amendment Act of 1972 required equal funding for men’s and women’s sports.

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Title IX

Question 8

Which perspective believes:Sport influences society through its symbols, norms, and values.

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Interactionist

Question 9

1. ________________ is everything that makes up a community

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Social capital

Question 10

Functionalist believe media convinces people to accept the existing power structure

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Movies, television, videocassettes, DVDs are examples of what type of mass media in US.

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Visual

Question 12

Athletes take turns at the same skill. Ex: Shot put, pole vault

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Indirect

Question 13

electronic media such as movies, radio, and television brought entertainment into people’s home

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The Industrial Age

Question 14

_________ with set rules, a formal organization must be charge with developing those rules

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Bureaucratization

Question 15

What are competitive games that are won or lost on the basis of physical skills and has rules

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Sport

Question 16

Some argue that people have become less socially active as television has become more common.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 17

Which perspective believes sports helps maintain the stability of society by social integration

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Functionalist

Question 18

___see the Internet as a new method of social interaction, others view the Internet as a threat

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interactionist

Question 19

Functionalist believe media can consciously or inadvertently help pass on society basic values

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True

Question 20

Childhood games (such as tag and leapfrog) are consider what?

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Play

Question 21

In the past, many physical games were part of religious activities. This is an example of

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Secularization

Question 22

Some consider gatherings to watch television (Super Bowl and Masters) are social events

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Interactionist

Question 23

Sport helps social inequality in society but can provide a distraction from peoples unhappiness

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Conflict

Question 24

Not all games that involve competition are sport. Example: is dice and chess consider a sport?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 25

Conflict theorists believe in Digital divide

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

are Media figures that decide what the agenda is in a particular story

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Gate Keepers

Question 27

practice of assigning people to central or noncentral athletic positions on the basis of race

Accepted Answer

Stacking

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