Fall 2025 Media and Society Review

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Information that a website puts on your computer’s hard drive so that it can remember something about you at a later time is known as a

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Cookie

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Louis Althusser's concept of "Ideological State Apparatuses" includes groups and institutions such as family, school, the military, and the media.

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False

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Teen sexting is an example of a technopanic because

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Broad public concern exaggerated the prevalence and dangers of the behavior, portraying new technology as the primary threat.

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Which of these is NOT a principle of Media Literacy?
The media are influenced by industrial pressures,
Audiences are active recipients of the media,
The media reflect our individual realities,
The media are influenced by format

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The media reflect our individual realities

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The "Industrialization of Culture" framework describes how media industries shape texts and includes multiple levels that influence media content. Which of these are NOT a level included within that framework? Mandate: The primary goal or reason the media industry exists, Conditions: The circumstances that constrain or support the possibilities that are available, Practices: The day-to-day behaviors of professionals within that industry, Standards: The expectations and formula that define genres and formats

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Standards: The expectations and formula that define genres and formats

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The "male gaze", a term coined by Laura Mulvey, describes how a disproportionate number film directors in Hollywood are men.

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False

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What concept best describes what Jordan is experiencing?

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Intersectionality

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Which of the following are statements from the famous “26 words that created the internet"? Options: This act would prohibit all internet service providers from blocking lawful content, applications, services, or nonharmful devices, impairing or degrading lawful Internet traffic. No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or right of the people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Platforms must prioritize privacy and security of all users, regardless of paid or unpaid status.

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No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another.

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Which of the describes the chronological order of all the events as the reader or viewer understands it? Options: Plot, Story, Narrative

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Story

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In the language of semiotics, which type of sign would have been a better choice for a marketing intern who created an ad for a camping company that misled customers about the shape of a tent?

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An iconic sign