Cultural Studies Quiz

What does Stuart Hall’s "decoding" refer to?

• A. Audience interpretation of media messages

• B. Media production techniques

• C. Ideological state apparatus

• D. Encoding of cultural values

Who introduced the concept of "reification" and “class consciousness”?

• A. Antonio Gramsci

• B. Stuart Hall

• C. Georg Lukács

• D. Theodor Adorno

In the “Base and Superstructure” model of Marx, which component is not a Superstructure?

• A. Culture

• B. Politics

• C. Economy

• D. Religion

For the Marxian approach, which of the following is false about Cultural forms?

• A. Cultural forms always serve particular socio-economic interests.

• B. Through cultural ideas, the ruling class provides ideologies that legitimate class domination.

• C. Popular culture is always egalitarian and is constructed equally by all social classes.

• D. Cultural forms carry out important social functions.

The phenomena when social relationships and activities are increasingly defined in terms of alienating and objectifying monetary exchange value is called:

• A. Commodification

• B. Reification

• C. A and B are correct

• D. Hegemony

Which of the following statements is false about “Hegemony” from the perspective of Antonio Gramsci?

• A. The unity of prevailing groups is usually created through the state

• B. People just accept without questioning

• C. Dominant cultural motifs reinforce inequality

• D. Hegemony only appears in capitalist society

Who is one of the theorists from the Frankfurt School?

• A. Walter Benjamin

• B. Max Horkheimer

• C. Theodor Adorno

• D. All are correct

According to Theodor Adorno and Max Horkheimer, what is true about the Cultural Industry?

• A. The Cultural Industry produces stultified consumers without any critical thought

• B. Media companies produce goods to maximize profit rather than enhance critical thinking and human freedom

• C. A and B are correct

• D. Public movies and music reflect perspectives from many social classes, while authenticity is still highly valued.

Which of the following statements is true about “British Cultural Studies”

• A. Formerly they were born at the University of Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies

• B. Jurgen Habermas was one of the first theorists

• C. Mass culture could not play an important role in integrating the working class into existing capitalist societies.

• D. None of the above

Which of the following is not one of the major contributions of British Cultural Studies:

• A. Engaging in the interplay of representations and ideologies of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and nationality

• B. Focusing on how various audiences interpreted and used media culture in varied and different ways and contexts

• C. The emancipatory potential of avant-garde art movements was a primary theme of the British Cultural Studies

• D. Indicating how youth subcultures could resist the hegemonic forms of capitalist domination