Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of globalization?

Growing number of small media companies to cater to cultural differences

Which of the following is the most accurate definition for "the social shaping of technology" hypothesis?

Social and cultural factors shape the choices made about technology

What does hypermediation mean?

The increased mediation of everyday life through media saturation

How would critical media scholars look at the issue of media literacy?

They would be concerned about how ideology is embedded into media texts

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1
The rise in communication technologies and social media has resulted in the emergence of ________ in the news.
Citizen journalism
Poor writing
Public spheres
News corporations
2
________ are the bearers of ideology.
Journalists
Media corporations
Media texts
Communication technologies
3
Bonus Question: A Starbucks pumpkin spice latte is a _________ of pumpkin.
Example
Mediation
Representation
Simulation
4
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of globalization?
Growing number of small media companies to cater to cultural differences
Growing level of connectedness among individuals
Rise of nationalistic sentiments across different countries
Reduction in distance between people and societies based on time and space
5
________ is the process in which something that used to happen organically is now made into a step-by-step procedure.
Essentialism
Rationalization
Alienation
Convergence
6
Jeff Bezos' ownership of the Washington Post is an important topic of study in _________.
Political economy
Media studies
Journalism
Liberal pluralism
7
Which of the following is the most accurate definition for "the social shaping of technology" hypothesis?
Social and cultural factors shape the choices made about technology
Customer feedback shapes how technologies are developed after release
Humans develop communication technologies because of supply and demand
Different countries create technologies based on their ideological needs
8
What does hypermediation mean?
The increased mediation of everyday life through media saturation
Increasing access to news media through communication technologies
The growing number of media corporations buying out smaller businesses
The spread of media technologies to countries in the Global South
9
The collection of Facebook user data to be sold to advertisers is an example of ________.
Control society
Surveillancing
Media usage
Panopticon
10
True or False: Bourdieu describes "habitus" as the environment that shapes media usage.
False
True
11
True or False: Affective labour plays a key role in the culture industries.
False
True
12
How would critical media scholars look at the issue of media literacy?
They would work towards improving access to communication technologies
They would be concerned about how ideology is embedded into media texts
They would promote social media access to children
They would look to improve coding and media literacy in schools
13
True or False: Habermas says that "social media is a 'mass communication of the self'."
False
True

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