SOC 142 Quiz 3

Sequels/Prequels/Spinoffs/Remakes are examples of

This is a filter that must be breached by the talent pool- the 1st step to become a star.

Fred Schroeder said all of the following about pop culture EXCEPT

People that connect artists and firm are called

Cultural conventions can be greeted with derision (elephant poop Mary) or acceptance (LadyGaga)

Jumping off of Half Dome in Yosemite without any ropes is classified as risk.

How does Harry Potter define social boundaries?

What is an output boundary?

Taken for granted rules and agreed upon assumptions are called

Which of the following is an example of a secondary market?

These people/organizations select and disseminate what information gets to you

According to the Ppt, elites use ____ as cultural capital.

Which of the following constrain the kind of movies that get made?

What was the Payola scandal about?

According to the NYU School of Business, risk is a combination of danger and

According to Adorno and Horkheimer, people are unquestioning recipients of pop culture.

Flops can be transformed in to hits in the secondary market

Who gave us the concept of cultural univores?

Alternative opportunities to get profit from a cultural product beyond its original format

According to Ian Eng, one must not equate being active in popular culture as having control.

How did record companies get around the ban on paying radio stations to play their music?

Media conglomerates that own a variety of media use each other to advertise their products.

According to Durkheim, which of the following is NOT a function of crime?

British New Wave music was extremely popular in the 80's in the US because

Acc.g to text certain "American" characters were created 2 entice the public 2 buy Amrcan books

Video games are a unique art form because

All are advantages of cultural conventions EXCEPT

All of the following are characteristics of urbanism EXCEPT

These are people whose job it is to make decisions for you on products & disseminate that info.

Why is pop culture the hallmark of civilization?

This is the filter that must be breached before groomed talent can make it to the public.

What is entrepreneurial labor?

How does pop culture create and establish social boundaries?

What example did we use in class for entrepreneurial labor?

In entrepreneurial labor, who takes on the risk?

Who are the countless people that produce pop culture?

Which of the following is a popular trend when minimization of risk is the goal of media indst?

Who are cultural univores?

HP has unique symbols such as the lightning scar and the deathly hallows which mean something.

From the spice trade ex. we know that the rich risked their wealth. What did the poor risk?

Human beings have never liked risk- that's how we got to where we are- by running away from it!

According to chapter 6, media is an industry driven by creativity.

Pop culture is a solitary activity. The more you starve & isolate yourself the better your art.

According to the video games and embodiment article, we think in simulations.

Which of the following is an example of a surrogate consumer?

Sequels/Prequels/Spinoffs/Remakes are great at minimizing risk because

Simulations are all of the following EXCEPT

Diversity is a characteristic of urbanism. Diversity can

Overproduction allows for the production of products which would otherwise not have been made

The attitude of 'if it ain't broken' applied to which element of pop culture which persists

Which of the following is NOT one of the sociological realities which influence pop culture?

For something to be called risky, which conditions must exist?

All of the following are ways of minimizing risk

Not fitting into a genre can make marketing and salability of a media product easy

According to Fred Schroeder, ancient Egypt had pop culture because

What is one innovation which can be attributed to the success of Harry Potter?

Pop culture can lead to positive social change.

Harry Potter has a function which is why it is so popular and why it exists. Perspective?

Crime produces innovation.

Harry Potter reinforces the divide between the rich and poor- the rich hve access the poor dont

One way to minimize risk in media industries is called

____ is the incubator to the nation's greatest achievements in homegrown art and music.

The law can influence what types of pop culture get made.

According to chapter 6, all hits are NOT flukes.

Certain television shows, esp. episodic ones like CSI, are created for syndication