CULTURE [POP]
YOU ARE ASIAN, NOT BSIAN.
ALL I CARE ABOUT IS THAT YOU'RE HAPPY AND A DOCTOR.
WHAT ARE ASIAN PARENT MEMES?
GOOGLE WAS ORIGINALLY NAMED ______________.
WHAT WAS 'BACKRUB'?
THIS WAS THE TERM FOR THE OFFICIAL POLICY OF RACIAL SEGREGATION IN SOUTH AFRICA UNTIL 1994
WHAT IS APARTHEID?
ZHAO XIAOZHUO, A SENIOR COLONEL IN THE PEOPLE'S LIBERATION ARMY FELT SO AT THE 2022 SHANGRI-LA DIALOGUE.
WHAT IS DISCOMBOBULATED?
A SYSTEM THAT REWARDS BASED ON MERIT
WHAT IS A MERITOCRACY?
IN 2012 PSY GOT THE RECORD FOR MOST YOUTUBE VIEWS EVER, PASSING THIS FORMER RECORD HOLDER
WHO IS JUSTIN BIEBER?
FEAR OF NOT HAVING YOUR MOBILE PHONE
WHAT IS NOMOPHOBIA?
THE FOURTH ESTATE
WHAT IS THE MEDIA?
IN 2022, THAILAND BECAME THE FIRST COUNTRY IN ASIA TO DO THIS BUT THE RECREATIONAL USE REMAINS ILLEGAL.
WHAT IS DECRIMINALISING CANNABIS?
THIS ACADEMIC NO-NO COMES FROM A LATIN WORD MEANING "KIDNAPPING"
WHAT IS PLAGIARISM?
THE REASON VOTERS WILL PICK JUSTIN TRUDEAU OVER DONALD TRUMP
WHAT IS THE ATTRACTIVENESS HALO EFFECT?
TIK TOK AND INSTAGRAM ARE AMONG THE PLATFORMS THAT HAVE ATTRACTED BATTALIONS OF THEM TO SELL YOU STUFF.
WHO ARE INFLUENCERS?
THAT WHICH ELIMINATES OBSTACLES TO OPPORTUNITIES.
WHAT IS EQUITY?
IT'S THE COLOURFUL TERM FOR A MISLEADING CLUE IN A MURDER MYSTERY
WHAT IS A RED HERRING?
THE LANGUAGE OR DIALECT SPOKEN BY A PEOPLE IN A PARTICULAR COUNTRY OR REGION.
WHAT IS A VERNACULAR?
THE MOST DECORATED OLYMPIAN OF ALL TIME WHO RAISED AWARENESS ABOUT MENTAL HEALTH.
WHO IS MICHAEL PHELPS?
THE FILTERING OF INFORMATION FOR DISSEMINATION
WHAT IS GATEKEEPING?
PEOPLE WHOSE INCOMES FALL BELOW THE POVERTY LINE DUE TO LOW-INCOME JOBS AND STRUGGLE TO PAY FOR BASIC NECESSITIES.
WHO ARE THE WORKING POOR?
A CONFLICT IN WHICH TWO OPPOSING STATES "FIGHT" BY SUPPORTING OPPOSITE SIDES IN A WAR.
WHAT IS A PROXY WAR?
PISA
WHAT IS THE PROGRAMME FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSESSMENT?
A FORM OF SEVERE SOCIAL WITHDRAWAL
WHAT IS 'HIKIKOMORI'?
IN MAXIMISING ENGAGEMENT, FACEBOOK'S ALGORITHMS ACTIVELY PUSHES USERS TOWARD EXTREME ENDS OF THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM.
WHAT IS POLARISATION?
AN EXECUTIVE BELONGS TO A DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASS FROM HER PARENTS.
WHAT IS INTERGENERATIONAL MOBILITY?
THE SYSTEM IN WHICH COMPANIES COLLECT AND ANALYSE YOUR ONLINE BEHAVIOUR TO PRODUCE DATA THAT IS FURTHER USED FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES.
WHAT IS SURVEILLANCE CAPITALISM?
PAULO FREIRE'S SEMINAL WORK ON EDUCATION.
WHAT IS THE 'PEDAGOGY OF THE OPPRESSED'?