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Media Studies

Media Studies. Review!. Question 1. What was the earliest form of media we discussed ? Oral. Question 2. Which famous Canadian said, “The medium is the message ?” Marshall McLuhan. Question 3. What event was most important to the creation of print media ? Invention of paper in China.

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Media Studies

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  1. Media Studies Review!

  2. Question 1 What was the earliest form of media we discussed? Oral

  3. Question 2 Which famous Canadian said, “The medium is the message?” Marshall McLuhan

  4. Question 3 What event was most important to the creation of print media? Invention of paper in China

  5. Question 4 What was Carl Linnaeus credited with? The introduction of racial categories

  6. Question 5 What event really contributed to the widespread sharing of print media?

  7. Question 6 What is phrenology? The study of human skulls to determine personality traits and intelligence

  8. Question 7 What were the 5 categories of race that Johann Friedrich Blumenbach created? Caucasian, Ethiopian/Negroid, American, Malayan, Mongolian

  9. Question 8 Where did the word ‘Caucasian’ originate from? The Caucasus mountains from which Blumenbach determined the people there to be the most beautiful and contain the best physical traits.

  10. Question 9 Give me two examples of how racism was used to justify/create atrocities. Holocaust, Slavery, South African Apartheid, Belgians in Rwanda

  11. Question 10 What is hegemony?

  12. Question 11 We discussed six of the common stereotypical roles African Americans were relegated to in the early part of the century. Can you name two? Coon, Tom, Mammy, Picaninny, Tragic Mulatto, Buck

  13. Question 12 Name one way early forms of media stereotyped the Chinese? Feminization

  14. Question 13 In what century do we find some of the earliest forms of racism in print media (towards Jews)? 15th Century

  15. Question 14 What is ‘juxtaposing’? Placing two unrelated objects side by side and eliciting meaning from it.

  16. Question 15 Quickly outline Jane Elliot’s experiment.

  17. Question 16 What is a subculture? In sociology, anthropology and cultural studies, a subculture is a group of people with a culture (whether distinct or hidden) which differentiates them from the larger culture to which they belong.

  18. Question 17 What three subcultures did we discuss? Greasers, punk rockers, hip-hop culture

  19. Question 18 What musical genres did each one attach themselves to? Rock ‘n roll, punk rock, hip hop (I know, the answer is obvious)

  20. Question 19 What does ‘marginalized’ mean?

  21. Question 20 What was the common between all of the subcultures we discussed? They were usually marginalized groups that created a culture/style away from that of the dominant society.

  22. Question 21 Where did hip-hop culture originate? South Bronx, NY

  23. Question 22 What happens when a subculture meets a dominant culture? Filtering out of the more extreme aspects of the culture to become more acceptable. “Softening”

  24. Question 23 List 4 marketing methods Refer to handout on marketing methods

  25. Question 24 What are the two methods utilized by psychologists to collect data about children's habits. Traditional and naturalistic

  26. Question 25 What is the naturalistic method? The naturalistic method meant the observation of the target group in their natural surrounding. It was much more invasive than the traditional method.

  27. Question 26 Who were the griots? Native of West Africa, these were poets and singers who chronicled the history of their people.

  28. Question 27 What sector of society did the greasers style and ideals represent? Working class/blue collar/low socio-economic group

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