Sociology: Final Study Guide (Chapter 14)
The rise of sport as a social institution is directly linked to the rise of modern industrial society. True or False?
True
Includes social networks and their associated reciprocal norms that encourage people to do things for each other is known as?
social capital
What is Interactionist Perspective?
sociological view interested in how mass media shaped everyday social interactions
What results from stress on achievements in sport?
specialization
What did wealth and social status determine?
Eligibility in sporting events in medieval times, meaning only people of noble birth could compete
Competition in the ancient greek Olympic games could be classified as sport in the modern sense. True or False
False
Several studies suggest that frequent television viewing and internet use encourages engagement in civic and social life. True or False?
False
Television does not depict a great deal of violence. True or False?
False
Who invented the Metal Moveable Type?
Johannes Gutenberg
The forces of urbanization, rising literacy, and advertising contributed to the development of the newspaper, what many consider the first mass media. True or False?
True
According to conflict perspective, mass media in the US reinforces the... unequal power structure by encouraging what?
a culture of consumerism
What does the Knowledge-Gap Hypothesis state?
as new information enters society, wealthier and better educated members acquire it at a faster rate than poorer and less educated
Which of the following terms can be linked to the process of rationalization?
calculation, measurement, and control
What is the gap between those with access to new technologies and those without?
digital divide
Agenda setting in media is taken by who?
gatekeepers
What is Quantification?
process of using measurements to compare the achievements of athletes
What is the bureaucratization of sports closely tied to?
rationalization
What are Opinion Leaders?
respected individuals in teh community who pass on media information to friends and aquaintances
Digital Divide
the gap between those with access to new technologies and those without
What is Secularization?
the movement from the realms of sacres to that of profane
What is Stacking?
the practice of assigning people to centra or non-central atletic positions on the basis of race or ethnicity
What is Rationalization?
the process by which every feature of human behavior becomes subject to calculate, measurement, and control
What is Agenda Setting?
the process of setting boundaries of public debate by decidng which issues receive media coverage
What is NOT a characteristic of a sport that distinguishes it as a social institution?
urbanization
