Chapter 13

Consider the data shown in Table 13.1, "The Concentration of Media Outlets." Based on your analysis of this table, which of the following exemplifies a conglomeration?

Google owns the largest wind farm

The Metropolitan Opera and the Cleveland Orchestra are examples of

High culture

Elizabeth enjoys finding footage of old silent films and creating new short films by adding her own audio. She manipulates the original storyline and restructures it to suit her own goals. This best exemplifies

Textual poaching

Making it unlawful for monopolies to occur in media outlets helps to ensure

That multiple perspectives can be conveyed

Each of these terms relates to the section in the chapter on the structure of media industries. Match each with the corresponding definition. 1) A decrease in the number of companies producing and distributing a commodity: 2) A legal combination of two companies, usually maximizing efficiency: 3) The idea that the media can act as a system of checks and balances on the power held by government: 4) A single corporation that acquires ownership of a variety of unrelated businesses:

1) Concentration 2) Merger 3) Fourth estate 4) Conglomeration

Luanne spends her leisure time doing lots of community service and she enjoys serving as an example for the other volunteers she leads. A sociologist would describe Luanne as

A role model

On the television show Friends, a close-knit group of friends routinely met at a coffee shop to share meaningful life moments and camaraderie. In this scenario, which sociological concept is being illustrated?

A third place

Norris tunes in to the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) station on his radio and hears an important international news story that seems to have had no coverage in the American media. Instead, the cable news stations have been focused for days on a sensational story about a wealthy young woman who may have been murdered by her husband. He tells his officemate that he believes that the media is giving the public the sense that the international news story is not as important as the sensational murder mystery. What is he describing?

An agenda-setting theory

According to the textbook, which of the following is a recreational activity?

Any activity that is enjoyable, liberating, and perhaps even transformative

As a child, Tim enjoyed fishing with a cane pole from the shoreline, but now, fishing with his grandson involves obtaining a fishing license, getting out in the water on the family boat, and bringing several choices of fishing gear so the family can be prepared for many types of fish. This best exemplifies

Commodification

When Warren noticed his daughter enjoyed doing handstands in the front yard of their home in the suburbs and saw her flips over the couch, he enrolled her in a weekly gymnastics class and bought her mats to practice on. This exemplifies the

Commodification of leisure

Which of the theoretical perspectives considered throughout the text might explore how and why high-culture activities are accessible to some but not all in society?

Conflict Theory

Many people think of leisure as the opposite of work. However, a sociologist sees work and leisure as complementary activities that coexist within a capitalist economic system. In that way, work and leisure are activities together linked through

Consumption

What is the term used by sociologists to describe the efforts of tourists and the travel industry to lessen the negative consequences of tourism, both on the environment and on local cultures that tourists visit?

Ecotourism

Many people often see the distinctions between high culture and popular culture as being very obvious. Sociology, however, considers those distinctions to be based on

False assumptions

In Ocala, Florida, a developer built a subdivision of homes around an airplane landing strip. Each home in the subdivision had a garage as well as a hanger for personal airplanes. The community was intended for the families of pilots. This community exemplifies

Lifestyle enclaves

The impact and effect of media are often difficult to underestimate, as Orson Welles's broadcast of "The War of the Worlds" demonstrated in 1938. This example is used in support of the hypodermic needle, or magic bullet, theory, which suggests that

Media content is effectively "injected" directly into the listening public, which responds instantaneously to the stimulus

Tony never misses a University of Alabama football game. In fact, he has held season tickets for nine years. He has developed strong friendships with other season ticket holders, and every season his group of friends discusses their part in keeping the economy afloat as they purchase their new tickets. This best exemplifies which theoretical approach to recreation and leisure?

Structural functionalism

A local ballet company has the support of fifty major contributors, who are listed as patrons in the ballet's programs. Each year, all fifty people donate a certain amount of money and buy season tickets because they enjoy and support the ballet. This best exemplifies

Taste publics

Decades ago, recreation took place in public spaces far more often than it does today. What is one reason for this shift cited in the text?

With access to the Internet and personal computers, private homes have become more attractive for leisure activities