chapter 10 and 13 lesson and quiz

Which age group has the highest rate of regular voter frequency?

50+

What does Jean Baudrillard call an image in the media that people can no longer distinguish from the reality that it is supposed to represent?

***simulacrum*** hidden curriculum fundamentalism sacred extrinsic religiosity

Traditional Authority

"As my wife you should cook. Didn't your mother cook for your father?". Pope Benedict

Charismatic Authority

"We follow her because she speaks the truth". Gandhi,

Why are blogs, zines, and even daytime talk shows like Montel Williams valuable?

****They provide an opportunity for disenfranchised, nonmainstream individuals to be heard.**** They provide daytime entertainment. They provide a window into an alternate lifestyle. They provide in-depth political reporting. They provide news and opinion from nonwestern societies.

Robert is walking down the street late at night in New York City when a man in a ski mask suddenly sticks a gun in his face and takes his wallet. Sociologists would say that Robert's mugger had ____________ but not ____________.

****power; authority**** authority; power authoritarianism; power totalitarianism; total power authority; politics

When one media conglomeration is able to market its products across a wide range of media, it is said to have:

****synergy.**** a monopoly. consumption. recreation. antitrust

Which of the following people have demographic charateristics associated with the lowest rates of voter participation?

A young unmarried latina woman who dropped out of high school and is earning $18,000 a year.

Which of the following would be an example of "new media" or "web 2.0"?

Political parties putting their campaign platforms online A website that tells you where to go if you want to volunteer to work on a political campaign E-mail messages that provide "voter guides," telling you who to vote for A website that provides information on candidates' policy positions, but also describes their family lives, hobbies, and favorite books *****Politicians using Twitter to communicate with their constituents and hear back from them directly*****

In 2009, shortly after Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska, a Republican political strategist asked, "If Sarah Palin looked like Golda Meir, would we even be talking about her today?" No matter what else you might say about this quote, it reminds us that politics today:

Requires immense amounts of money to succeed. Has very little connection to the lives of everyday people. ****Rewards style over substance.**** Is based on sound bytes. Is mostly scripted by spin doctors.

Sociologists like R. S. Erickson have noted that "the informal and decidedly antidemocratic set of teaching practices and power relationships by which the school operates" produces a "disjuncture between the democratic creed and what actually goes on in school" so students often learn that it's important to take orders and to not make waves. What concept is Erickson talking about?

Teacher expectations ***The hidden curriculum*** Simulacra Savage inequalities The crisis in education

When fans of the original Star Trek series edit recorded episodes of the TV show to make it appear that Captain Kirk and Mr. Spock are passionate gay lovers, what are they doing?

Textual poaching Subverting the meaning of the original product Being an active audience Expressing an ideology very different from the one that the show's producers encoded in the original "text" ****all of the above****

What does the sociologist Randall Collins recommend to reform the American educational system?

The first two years of college should be combined with high school to make the transition easier. High schools should be funded by the federal government so poor areas don't have poorly funded schools. **********It should be illegal for employers to ask about educational credentials.*********** There should be more teachers for inner-city schools so that the teacher-student ratio goes down. Standardized test scores should not be asked for on college applications.

Why do critics object to school vouchers?

They believe that vouchers will undermine the independence of private schools. ******They believe that vouchers will drain funds from vulnerable public schools and cause them to deteriorate further.****** They believe that vouchers will reduce the number of choices and amount of control that parents have over their children's education. They fear that vouchers will cause students to be socially, rather than educationally, disadvantaged.

What is the goal of early college high schools?

To make education cheaper, because college teachers are paid less when teaching in these institutions To move skilled workers into the economy faster *****To make it easier for students from underserved backgrounds to enter college***** To slow down the educational process and to keep more young people in school and out of the workforce, where too many people are underemployed To help prevent violence on school grounds

Based on a review of the tables in the article, which racial-ethnic group has the highest rate of regular voter turnout?

Whites

According to Savage Inequalities by Jonathan Kozol, how do schools reinforce inequality?

by singling out students from poor backgrounds for criticism by busing students to schools far away from their homes, disrupting their schedules and removing them from their natural peers *********by using local property taxes to fund public schools, trapping poor children in poor schools********** by "teaching to the test," which removes many more creative subjects from the curriculum by privileging athletes and giving them a much easier educational path

Schools that blend high school and college are called:

charter schools. ****early college high schools.**** hybrid schools. junior colleges. college achievement schools.

The producers, writers, and actors of Die Hard meant for the audience to root for the protagonist, a blue-collar hero who defeats a team of German terrorists single-handedly. If you met someone who instead was rooting for Hans Gruber, the murderous leader of the terrorists, you could say that she was:

decoding the movie differently than it was encoded.

Kim Jong Il inherited control of North Korea from his father, Kim Il Sung. Both men ruled the country in absolute terms, to the extent that when North Koreans do manage to escape the country, which they are not legally allowed to leave, they are shocked to discover that the history they have been taught is full of distortions and lies. What type of government does North Korea have?

democratic a monarchy a republic ******authoritarian****** totalitarian

True or false, regular church attendance is associated with lower voter frequency rates?

false

Based on the tables in the article, which racial-ethnic group has the highest percentage of unregistered voters?

hispanics

A sociologist tells you that she believes that "the owners and top-level managers in large income-producing properties are far and away the dominant power figures in the United States" as "their corporations, banks, and agribusinesses come together as a corporate community that dominates the federal government." What concept is being described here?

pluralism political action committees authoritarianism ****the power elite**** political action committees

Systems and structures that persist over time and help to organize group life are called:

social controls. ******social institutions.****** secular institutions. political or governmental institutions. pluralistic situations.

The assumption that media consumers automatically accept whatever meaning is in the "texts" they consume is called:

the active audience model. the encoding-decoding model. textual poaching ****the magic bullet model.**** uses and gratification theory.

Rational-Legal authority

the constitution, "I can't give yo a complete unless you fill out this form"