Social Values Revision

What is a representation?

• films that use stereotypes and common ideas to express reality accurately
• an idea
• words, images, sounds or stories that stand for something else, such as ideas, people, groups, places, emotions or things 
• how an idea is present

Select the correct description the process used by the media to re-present reality.

• by using different media processes to create reality
• by selecting, omiting & constructing elements of reality in the text
• by producing completely new elements that draw nothing from reality
• by only using real images or real events to construct reality

What is a social value?

• a principle standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable by an individual
• producing and organising meaning through the interrelationship of media organisations, media texts and audiences
• a personal quality of an individual that another individual considers to be valuable
• an attitude towards a topic that a society holds to be true or valuable at a particular place and time

Select the correct definition for a dominant value.

• those values held by the majority of people in a society
• those values held by a growing number of people in a society
• those values held by a small group in society and are in direct opposition to those held by the majority   
• those values held by a subset of important people in a society

Select the correct definition for a oppositional value.

• those values held by the majority of people in a society
• those values held by a growing number of people in a society
• those values held by a small group in society and are in direct opposition to those held by the majority   
• those values held by a subset of important people in a society

Select the correct definition for an emerging value.

• those values held by the majority of people in a society
• those values held by a growing number of people in a society
• those values held by a small group in society and are in direct opposition to those held by the majority   
• those values held by a subset of important people in a society

What is discourse?

• a disagreement between multiple groups in society on a specific topic 
• producing and organising meaning through the interrelationship of media organisations, media texts and audiences
• a principle standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable by an individual
• an attitude towards a topic that a society holds to be true or valuable at a particular place and time

What is the dominant value expressed in this image?

• that women should be the breadwinners of the family
• that men should find enjoyment in war
• that men should play sports
• that both men and women should play board games

What is the production context for District 9?

• 2009 Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2009 Cape Town, South Africa
• 2005 Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2007 Abuja, Nigeria

Does District 9 challenge or support the dominant value that ‘non-whites’ should be separated from whites.

• Challenge
• Support