WorksheetsCommunication, Culture and Caribbean Society
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 35mins
The medium (channel) in the communication process is ___________.
Person who responds to the message
Person who started the communication process
The location communication takes place
The tool being used to communicate
A person's culture is determined by his/her ethnicity.
True
False
Technology's goal is to
improve the way people live
give us cool inventions
take all of our time away
make us sleepy
The period of time in which today's modern day technology exists is called...
cell phone age
technology age
information age
sharing age
Capitalism is usually referred to as a process of interaction and integration among the economies and people of the world through international trade and foreign investment with the aid of information technology.
Globalization has done the best: the fastest growth, the lowest degree of inequality, and the highest degree of financial stability.
Technology sets the outer boundary of globalization.
The current stage of globalization is similar with the previous ones.
Transnational corporations have influenced the shaping of global rules in a way that enhances their power.
Globalization during the era of industrial capitalism has always enhanced dependence, inequality and exploitation, often to horrendous extremes.
In what decade was the mobile phone invented?
70s
80s
90s
2000s
Roughly, what percentage of the world does not have access to the internet?
25%
45%
65%
85%
What percentage of the world is on social media?
20%
50%
70%
90%
Jamaicans are among a group of over one million Caribbean residents from the former British colonies living in North America. Some 400,000 alone live in New York City.
What word best describes the aforementioned group?
Aliens
Yardies
Diaspora
All of the above
Globalization today is possible thanks to
Internet
Trading
Wars
The enslaved communities, coming from various ethnic groups from the African continent, created a cultural space through negotiations between themselves in order to be able to negotiate the challenges they faced, while trying to maintain some aspects of the cultures from which they had been removed.
True
False
Technology and globalization now are important in
War and entertainment
Information and communication
All of these are correct
The idea that money, language, education, or infrastructure creates a gap between those who have access to information technologies and those who do not.
Digital Divide
Equality of Access
Globalization
Cultural Diversity
According to Chevannes (2006), which "Two Jamaicas" did colonization create?
Kingston and Montego Bay
Black and white
One with African values, beliefs and practices and the other with Eurocentric values, beliefs and practices
Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
Nike shoes being produced in Vietnam and other third world countries is the result of this interconnected relationship where countries’ economies are closely tied and dependent on each other.
Economic Dependency Theory
Globalization
Political Economy
Neoliberalism
The groups with which people identify, including gender, race, religion, and region, and which are the "building blocks" for social and political action. _____________ __________________
Social Identity
Consensus Movement
Collective Identity
Polarizing Characteristics
What is the "Global village" ?
A group of small cities which mixed to form a bigger city
A futurist country where everything is perfect, people love themselves and nobody is poor nor less developed
The fact that the world is connected thanks to the development of new media, which enables an easy acces to news
The fact that the economy of countries is used to buy illegal products
All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT
A Senate meeting
Fox News Website
Jamaica Gleaner
CNN News
When the media only shows/publishes one side of an issue, the media is
displaying bias
offering a forum
evaluating sources
holding government officials accountable
Which of these is NOT one of the four factors that have helped to bring about globalisation?
Technological
Economic
Political
Education
What does TNC stand for?
Trans national corporations
Trade nations conference
Trans national countries
Trial national cooperations
Which of these is an example of a technological change that has created a global community?
The EU
The internet
Uber
Deliveroo
According to Ohmae, who has more political power than some governments?
TNCs
Trump
Banks
The EU
what kind of social media
Blogs and Forums
Bookmarking Sites
Media Sharing
Microblogging
what kind of social media
Blogs and Forums
Bookmarking Sites
Media Sharing
Microblogging
what social media is this
snap book
face book
imo
snapchat
Which icon is Pinterest?
What social media website uses this logo?
snapchat
What icon is this?
Messenger
iMessenger
iNote
The development of a worldwide economy where resources flow quite freely across borders
Globalization
Economy
Economic Independence
What are some positive aspects of globalization?
Cheap trainers and clothes
Cheap electronics
Information is easy to access and it travels quickly (internet and social media)
All of the answers are correct
How does it bring our world together? Through....
communication
technology
products & services
all of these
Why would a company move their call centres to Jamaica?
It's better weather in Jamaica
There is cheaper labour in Jamaica
There is more government regulation in Jamaica
There are better working conditions in Jamaica
Which of the following is a negative aspect of international trade?
New Jobs
More Products
Loss of Jobs
Lower Prices
Social Conflicts, contradictions, and tensions hamper the process of social and cultural changes.
True
False
Assimilation occurs when a minority groups rejects its indigenous culture and adopts the culture of the dominant group.
False
True
This occurs when people mix traditional arts, mass communication, and popular culture in new ways.
marginalization
homogenization
hybridization
universalization
___________________is the process by which a minority culture is forced to adapt a dominant culture and is absorbed into it. It often involves the loss of language, culture, traditions.
Accommodation
Assimilation
Adaptation
Acculturation
The process by which cultures become more alike in terms of values, attitudes, beliefs, customs, language and traditions is known as____________.
homogenization
monoculture
accommodation
assimilation
Identity emerges from collective group consciousness that imparts a sense of belonging derived from membership in a community (Premdas 2011).
True
False
Caribbean peoples insist that they are ‘Caribbean’ regardless of where they live, holding on to all their partial alien identities as well.
True
False
Which of these are NOT Caribbean countries?
Anguilla
Montserrat
Nepal
Seychelles
Guyana
How big is the island of Trinidad & Tobago?
5,131 km²
10,992 km²
It is not a single island
300 km²
Which of these islands is Cuba?
Representation is how media texts deal with and present...
women and ethnic people
age and national/regional identity
gender, age, ethnicity, national/regional identity, and social issues
social issues
True or False: Media representation construct or remake your reality
True
False
Why representation on television is so important?
it is an incredible source of information in our lives
we need to be telling everyone's story
can validate the existence of ourselves and others
to show us about the characters on TV
All media products present the real world to us; they show us reality itself
True
False
