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Terminology, Theory and Convention Questions (Part 1)

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A level Media Studies - A-Level Quiz on Terminology, Theory and Convention Questions (Part 1), created by Juliet Akindayini on 14/10/2019.
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Question 1

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Which is the odd one out?
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  • Prominent reading
  • Preferred reading
  • Hegemonic reading
  • Dominant reading

Question 2

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According to Barthes’ semiotic, what is the third level of signification?
Answer
  • Denotation
  • Myth
  • Connotation
  • Ideology

Question 3

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What theory’s key argument about is similar to hook’s ideas about the representation of race?
Answer
  • Reception theory
  • Paul Gilroy
  • Alvarado et al.
  • Intersectionality

Question 4

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According to Tuchman, women in the media are symbolically annihilated in the following ways?
Answer
  • Omission, trivialisation and condemnation
  • Sexualised, objectification and stereotyped
  • Undermined, oppressed and pigeonholed.
  • Objectified, vilified and trivialised

Question 5

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Which theorist argued the following “stereotyping tends to occur where there are inequalities of power, as subordinate or excluded groups are constructed as different or ‘other’ (e.g. Through ethnocentrism)”?
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  • David Gauntlett
  • Stuart Hall
  • Paul Gilroy
  • bell hooks

Question 6

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What is the combining of previously separated hardware into one device referred to?
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  • Proliferation of technology
  • Digital technology
  • Technological convergence
  • Cross-media convergence

Question 7

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Who argued the following that “media concentration generally limits or inhibits variety, creativity and quality”? 

Answer
  • Curran and Seaton
  • David Hesmondhalgh
  • Henry Jenkins
  • Livingstone and Lunt

Question 8

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Which theorist is associated with the term ‘happy housewife heroine’?
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  • Simone de Beauvoir
  • Laura Mulvey
  • Gaye Tuchman
  • Betty Friedan

Question 9

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How many types of potential readings does Hall argue audiences can have?
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  • 4
  • 2
  • 3
  • 5

Question 10

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What theorist developed the mean world syndrome idea?
Answer
  • Bandura
  • Gerbner
  • Blumer and Katz
  • Clay Shirky


Question 11

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According to Young and Rubicam 4 Cs theory, which psychographic category demonstrates the following traits and characteristics – anti-materialistic, intellectual, socially aware and seeks enlightenment?
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  • The Explorer
  • The Aspirer
  • The Resigned
  • The Reformer

Question 12

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Which is the odd one out?
Answer
  • Princess
  • Sidekick
  • Donor
  • Hero

Question 13

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What does context mean?
Answer
  • The situation and circumstances within which something is created.
  • Time and place
  • Ways of thinking and producing meaning
  • Interpreting and understanding historical and social practices

Question 14

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Which of the following is not part of Alvarado et al’s theory of racial stereotypes
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  • Entertainer
  • Pitied
  • Dangerous
  • Exotic

Question 15

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What term is used to describe the following “Where a media conglomerate is made up of different companies that produce and sell similar products”?
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  • Horizontal integration
  • Vertical integration
  • Transnational company
  • Cross-media promotion

Question 16

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What style is associated with the following terms – pastiche, hybridity, intertextuality, and hyperreality?
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  • Postmodernism
  • Surrealism
  • Realism
  • Modern

Question 17

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Which theorist explores the idea of repetition and difference in media text?
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  • Neale
  • Todorov
  • Propp
  • Baudrillard

Question 18

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What is the name of the newspaper convention that is in a smaller typeface, above or below the headline that explains more about the story?
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  • Standalone
  • Caption
  • Standfirst
  • Strapline

Question 19

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According to Goodwin, how many features do music videos demonstrate?
Answer
  • 4
  • 6
  • 7
  • 5

Question 20

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What term is used to describe “ordinary people deciding that they want to create media”?
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  • Citizen journalism
  • We media
  • Active audiences
  • Amateur

Question 21

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Who argued that “gender is constructed through discourse, and that its meaning varies according to cultural and historical context”? 

Answer
  • Butler
  • hooks
  • van Zoonen
  • Mulvey

Question 22

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Which one is the odd one out?
Answer
  • The rise of convergent media technologies and transformations in the production, distribution, and marketing of digital media, have placed traditional approaches to media regulation at risk 

  • Cultural industry companies try to minimise risk and maximise audiences through vertical and horizontal integration 

  • The radical potential of the internet has been contained to some extent by its partial incorporation into a large, profit-orientated set of cultural industries
  • Largest companies or conglomerates now operate across a number of different cultural industries

Question 23

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What stage of the value chain is exhibition?
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  • Fourth
  • Second
  • Third
  • First

Question 24

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Which of the following is not an act of fandom?
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  • Cosplay
  • Reaction video
  • Online forum
  • Consuming media products

Question 25

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Which of the following terms is not a postmodern stylistic feature?
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  • Hyperreality
  • Pastiche
  • Hybridity
  • intertextuality

Question 26

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The use of various visual codes and technical codes to 'fix' a particular meaning.
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  • Caption
  • Anchorage
  • Ideology
  • Hook

Question 27

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What term refers to the rules and legal guidelines an industry has to follow when making media products.
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  • Regulation
  • Classification
  • BBFC
  • Censorship

Question 28

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What do the theories The Male Gaze, Goodwin’s Music Video idea and panopticon have in common?
Answer
  • Explores the impact of postmodernist traits
  • Explores voyeurism
  • Explores the representation of women
  • Explores the role of media producers

Question 29

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How many waves of feminism are there?
Answer
  • 2
  • 5
  • 6
  • 3

Question 30

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Which of the following is not one of Barthes’ narrative codes?
Answer
  • Symbolism Code
  • Action Code
  • Hermeneutic code
  • Referential code

Question 31

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Which of the following is not the role of a distributor?
Answer
  • Producing the print/copy of media product
  • Submit media product for classification
  • Creating the app
  • Marketing

Question 32

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What is Large format newspaper, typically targeted at more affluent, middle-class audiences called?
Answer
  • Broadsheet
  • Mid-market
  • Tabloid
  • Berliner

Question 33

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What term is used to describe “A universal type or model of character that is found in many different texts”?
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  • Archetype
  • Cliché
  • Stereotype
  • Typecast

Question 34

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Who theory argues that audiences acquire attitudes, emotional responses and new styles of conduct through modeling?
Answer
  • Hypothermic Needle Theory
  • Cultivation theory
  • Media Effects
  • Two-step flow
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