SOC Paper 1 - key terms and theories

Question 1

When someone accepts the label of homosexual and seeks out others to join a subculture of stereotypical homosexual norms

Accepted Answer

Homosexual career

Question 2

How are the middle class portrayed in the media?

Accepted Answer

Educated, successful and capable of dealing with lifes problems

Question 3

According to Marxists the media is a:

Accepted Answer

Ideological state apparatus

Question 4

&#x27;A society centred around a constant hunger and desire to binge on everything and anything&#x27; describes what?

Accepted Answer

A bulimic society

Question 5

Who coined the term &#x27; the male gaze&#x27;?

Accepted Answer

Mulvey (1975)

Question 6

Who described the education system as a &#x27;giant myth-making machine&#x27;?

Accepted Answer

Bowles and Gintis (1976)

Question 7

Define hegemonic masculinity

Accepted Answer

Traditional/stereotypical perceptions of masculinity, Macho, dominant, breadwinners

Question 8

Which of the following are examples of norms?

Accepted Answer

Be punctual, Wear trousers

Question 9

Define infantilisation

Accepted Answer

Treating the elderly like children

Question 10

Which theory can be associated with disability identities?

Accepted Answer

Labelling

Question 11

What is meant by &#x27;the media as the Fourth Estate&#x27;?

Accepted Answer

The media helps to protect democracy and freedom

Question 12

The hypodermic syringe model is a:

Accepted Answer

Direct effect theory

Question 13

What were Hall&#x27;s three responses to globalisation?

Accepted Answer

Cultural homogenisation, cultural, hybridity, cultural resistance

Question 14

What are the three types of capital identified by Bourdieu?

Accepted Answer

Social, cultural, economic

Question 15

According to Goode and Ben-Yehuda (1994) which 5 stages do moral panics go through?

Accepted Answer

Concern, hostility, consensus, disproportionality, volatility

Question 16

Which of the following was a finding of the &#x27;Hoodies or Altar Boys&#x27; study?

Accepted Answer

Newspapers reported on stories of teens & crime more than any other subject

Question 17

What do Marxists say about moral panics?

Accepted Answer

They are a form of social control designed to support capitalism

Question 18

Define nature

Accepted Answer

We have to learn how to live in a society - we are the result of upbringing

Question 19

Which social class practices social closure according to Mooney?

Accepted Answer

Upper class

Question 20

Define inferential racism

Accepted Answer

When coverage seems balanced but is based on racist assumptions

Question 21

Who investigated ethnic representations on Eastenders?

Accepted Answer

Barker (1999)

Question 22

Which of the following best describes the pluralist view of the media?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 23

Define missionary nationalism

Accepted Answer

In the interests of empire, we repressed expressions of &#x27;Britishness&#x27;

Question 24

Define the term &#x27;grey pound&#x27;

Accepted Answer

Money possessed by the older generation

Question 25

Which of the following is an example of a transgressive female character?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 26

Which of the following are examples of intracultural diversity

Accepted Answer

The North-South divide, Scottish v English culture

Question 27

What is a folk devil?

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A deviant person or group blamed for causing a threat

Question 28

White British males who dress, act and speak in a way that is influenced by black hip-hop culture

Accepted Answer

White wannabes

Question 29

What are the three selective filters in Klapper&#x27;s 1960 model?

Accepted Answer

Selective exposure, retention and perception

Question 30

Which age group is seen to have the most status

Accepted Answer

Middle aged

Question 31

Define secularisation

Accepted Answer

Decreasing religious beliefs in society

Question 32

Define resocialisation

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Having to learn a new set of rules, norms and or values

Question 33

Which of the following were typical portrayals of the elderly highlighted by Landis (2002)?

Accepted Answer

Fiesty old women (Golden girls), Sickly (the grandparents in Charlie and the Chocolate factory), Depressed or lonely (Mr Fredrickson - UP)

Question 34

What are the five categories Van Dijk identified?

Accepted Answer

Criminal, threat, abnormal, unimportant, dependent

Question 35

What three things does Nairn say the media eqautes to the royal family?

Accepted Answer

Niceness, decency, ordinariness

Question 36

Define &#x27;compulsory heterosexuality&#x27;

Accepted Answer

Women are oppressed into being heterosexual

Question 37

Who suggested that parents push but peer groups pull

Accepted Answer

Judith Harris (1998)

Question 38

Who argued that childhood is disappearing?

Accepted Answer

Postman (1982)

Question 39

Define culture

Accepted Answer

A system of behaviour and beliefs ascribed to by people in a society

Question 40

2nd gen immigrants tend to feel more British than their parents, whilst still seing their ethnic origin as important

Accepted Answer

Modood (1997)

Question 41

Define symbolic annihilation

Accepted Answer

Women are either not present or in very limited roles in the media

Question 42

Give an example of resocialisation

Accepted Answer

The army, Starting a new job

Question 43

Bouchard&#x27;s research of identical twins Jack and Oskar supports which side of the debate?

Accepted Answer

Nature

Question 44

What are the four reasons for media use identifies by McQuail?

Accepted Answer

Information, identity, integration and interaction, entertainment

Question 45

Whannel&#x27;s study of David Beckham supports which key concept?

Accepted Answer

Metrosexuality, Retributive masculinity

Question 46

Who coined the term &#x27;Global village&#x27;?

Accepted Answer

McLuhan (1964)

Question 47

Who argues that realistic depictions of the working class are limited in the media?

Accepted Answer

Newman (2006)

Question 48

Define secondary socialisation

Accepted Answer

A continuation from primary socialisation, Socialisation from the media, peers etc.

Question 49

Which of the following is not an agent of secondary socialisation?

Accepted Answer

Family

Question 50

What are the four mechanisms the family uses to socialise gender identity?

Accepted Answer

Manipulation, different activities, canalisation, verbal appellation

Question 51

What is the hidden curriculum?

Accepted Answer

The implicit norms and values within the formal curriculum

Question 52

Which social class is associated with popular culture?

Accepted Answer

Working class

Question 53

Which of the following could be an example of an opinion leader?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 54

What must you do at the end of every PEEL paragraph?

Accepted Answer

LINK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Question 55

Defines the individual by their disability

Accepted Answer

Medical model

Question 56

Define cultural code switching

Accepted Answer

Switching between two ethnic identities without them merging

Question 57

Which social class is associated with high culture?

Accepted Answer

Upper class

Question 58

Milliband says what has now replaced religion as &#x27;the opium of the masses&#x27;?

Accepted Answer

The media

Question 59

Define formal social control

Accepted Answer

Explicit and obvious forms of controlling behaviour

Question 60

Bandura&#x27;s study supports which type of theory?

Accepted Answer

Direct theories

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