Definitions
The academic discipline that examines how our relationship with media has changed with the onset of global connectivity and the popularity of digital and user-generated content.
New Media
True or False: A convention is an element that is usually necessary to categorize works into different genres.
TRUE
When a group in society is represented on screen in a hollow, superficial way.
Plastic representation
We watched a documentary in class about Brooke Shields and child celebrity _______________.
Exploitation
Any group of people who consume a specific media (can be broad or very niche).
Audience
Futuristic Space Technology
Science Fiction
Is the cannibal representation on TV helping or harming rural people?
Harming
What is it called when something can be interpreted in multiple different ways?
Polysemic
A social resource used by individuals to establish and enhance their social position through preferences in food, clothing, and other goods.
Taste
An Epic Quest
Fantasy
A lifestyle hyper-focused on spending money to buy goods.
Consumer Culture
Is the Church an ISA (ideological state apparatus) or RSA (repressive state apparatus)?
ISA
The relationship between texts, especially through medium changes and over time.
Intertextuality
Screeching Violins/Discordant Music
Horror
Give an example of a Marxist Theme.
Wealth inequality, worker's rights, class consciousness, unions, capitalism, anything to do with class function.
In the context of American society, hegemony refers to the dominant cultural, political, and ideological influence of the __________ class over other groups.
Ruling
A set of learned behaviors that serve as a guide for sexual expression and behaviors.
Sexual Scripts
A Happy Ending
Romance
Name the 3 types of representation.
Reflective, Intentional, Constructionist.
Give an example of Greenwashing.
The Shein "Earth" Line, H&M "Conscious" Line, Mrs. Meyers, etc.
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