media paper 1 revision

Question 1

cultural effects theory is also known as

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Drip drip theory

Question 2

What is an example of the media having an immediate and powerful effect on the audience?

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Hypodermic syringe

Question 3

What did Van Dijk say the 5 stereotypes of black peeople were in the media?

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Criminals, abnormal, threat, dependent, unimportant

Question 4

According to Ferguson's 'forever feminine' study women are represented in what way?

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Physically weak, fragile and small, Mothers and housewives

Question 5

What is the term given to a woman that plays roles such as a CEO, a Lawyer or business women?

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Transgressive female role

Question 6

Ppl exp the media directly but effects of media depends on their interaction btw other ppl

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Two step flow model

Question 7

Give 2 examples of symbolic annihilation of minority ethnic groups.

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Only 1 in 7 people on the TV are of ethnic minorities., TV shows rarely reflect the reality of ethnic minority lives

Question 8

Strengthening and magnifying deviance in society is known as:

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Deviancy amplification

Question 9

What is not an example that can be used to explain moral panic?

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Shopping

Question 10

According to McQuail what are the common reasons for media use?

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Info, personal identity, social interaction, entertainment

Question 11

In the 2011 census what % of the UK population was made up of minority ethnic groups?

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12.9%

Question 12

Price (2014) labelled TV shows such as Benefits Street as

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Poverty Porn

Question 13

The main issues with the Marxist theory is that it only focuses on:

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Social Class

Question 14

What theory believes media representations offer a window of the world?

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Pluralist

Question 15

What's the term given to a society with differences of language, religion & lifestyle co-exist?

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Multicultural society

Question 16

What is not part of the radical feminists theory of media representations?

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Transgressive female role

Question 17

What is hyper reality?

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What is real and what is fiction are blended together

Question 18

What theory believes that social groups that threaten W M/C men are shown in a negative way?

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Neo Marxism

Question 19

Name the study - national/regional papers use the terms 'thugs, evil & yobs' to describe youth.

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Hoodies and Alter Boys (2009)

Question 20

What does 'opium of the people' mean?

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Media acts like a drug to numb the senses

Question 21

What study does not show direct effects?

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Katz and Lazarsfeld opinion leader

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