1. Globalization refers to:
   1. the ways in which people are from around the world
   2. the ways in which people are global citizens
   3. the ways in which people get jobs in different places
   4. none of the above
2. Which Model is NOT a Social Analysis Framework Model
   1. Iceberg Model
   2. Social Deconstructivism Model
   3. Reading Social Problem Model
   4. Critical Thinking Model
   5. None of the Above
3. Which one is not a dominant political ideology today?
   1. Neoliberalism
   2. Agnosticism
   3. Neoconservatism
   4. Transformative Ideologies
   5. None of the above
4. Which statement does NOT define a global citizen?
   1. One who is outraged by injustice and helps to reduce inequality in our world
   2. One who volunteers to improve the lives of community members
   3. One who makes his/her living from treating patients at a local hospital and enjoys doing it
   4. One who cares about the environment and actually takes action to improve it
   5. One who travels around the world and engages in philanthropist acts to better humanity
5. Facts are more likely to be while opinions are subjective and open to distortions or interpretations
   1. Stories told over time by our forefathers
   2. Proposals for constitutional reforms that includes research abstracts
   3. Proven through scientific research or other reliable means
   4. Used in propaganda campaigns
   5. Widely circulated Newspaper Reports on special global events
6. Stereotypes provide wrong perspective on segments of our society because they
   1. Perpetuate realities that are not based on assumptions
   2. Perpetuate myths and falsehood
   3. Unite the minority groups against the dominant culture to ensure equality in society
   4. Ensure justice for the disadvantaged in society by portraying them in a positive light
   5. Perpetuate assumptions that adequately portray the realities of segments of society
7. Complete the following definition: A stereotype is a commonly held about specific social groups or types of individuals.
   1. Values
   2. Norms
   3. Facts
   4. Public belief
   5. Propaganda

8. The mainstream media in North America generally portrays women as young, able bodied anorexic, white and blond.
   1. These characterizations are not racist or sexist
   2. These portrayals have not social and psychological impact on pre-teen women.
   3. These are just images and have no impact on shaping perceptions of the role of women in society.
   4. These are stereotypical representations of women because they are based on distortions, misrepresentation and omission
   5. None of the above

9. Stereotypes operated through
   1. Equal representation
   2. Positive and negative portrayals
   3. Realistic portrayals
   4. Distortions, misrepresentation, omission
   5. All of the above
10. If one belongs to a privileged social category that has an oppressive relationship with another such as male - female, this means that
    1. all men are evil
    2. all males will not think and behave in oppressive ways towards females.
    3. all males will behave in oppressive ways towards females
    4. People are born with oppressive attitudes, we don't learn these
11. In the video, The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard identified the order of the materials economy as
    1. Extraction, Production, Distribution, Consumption, Disposal
    2. Extraction, Production, Consumption, Reclamation & Incineration
    3. Production, Consumption, Disposal, Recycling, Re-Production
    4. Re-Production, Consumption, Disposal, Recycling, Incineration
12. In the video, The Story of Stuff,
    1. Extraction involves taking valuable minerals from obsolete items
    2. Extraction involves using the planet as a waste bin
    3. Extraction involves saving lives of miners trapped below the earth in collapsed mine shafts
    4. Extraction involves trashing the planet for minerals, wood products, water

13. In the video, The Story of Stuff, the average person’s key role in the economy is
    1. Production
    2. Consumption
    3. Distribution
    4. Extraction
    5. None of the above

14. According to the video, The Story of Stuff, sometime back in the 1950s, product designers decided to create products with , in mind.
    1. Obsolescence
    2. Utility
    3. Pleasure
    4. Quality
    5. Expansion

15. Media literacy enables one to:
    1. Read serious books
    2. Get along well with others
    3. Employ critical thinking skills to media
    4. Identify social problems, their causes & impacts

16. The media is designed to
    1. Provide the most accurate information possible
    2. Balance political messages from government sources
    3. Help its readers to vote wisely
    4. Make a profit, as a business
    5. None of the above

17. The term media refers to:
    1. Newspapers
    2. Movies
    3. Internet
    4. All of the above

18. The word “text” refers to:
    1. The book you bring to class
    2. Ways of combining words, images, and meanings together
    3. Ways of combining words and meanings together
    4. None of the above

19. A communications medium is:
    1. Shortwave radio
    2. An internet provider or ISP
    3. A Television channel
    4. All of the above
    5. None of the above

20. Bias in the media:
    1. Distorts words and images to privilege one group’s priorities over another’s
    2. Distorts words and images to benefit people who are oppressed
    3. Distorts words so that meanings are clearer for audiences
    4. b) and c)
    5. None of the above

21. Regulation in the media is important because:
    1. It determines who can buy media products
    2. It determines the types of media products we can buy
    3. It determines why media products exist
    4. All of the above
22. Ideologies can be seen in the media in and through:
    1. Representation
    2. Regulation
    3. Representation and regulation
    4. None of the above

23. Representation in the media can refer to:
    1. Who gets to say what on TV
    2. Who gets to be on TV
    3. Who isn’t on TV
    4. All of the above
24. Representation is significant because:
    1. The media determines our thinking
    2. The media influences our thinking
    3. The media dictates our thinking
    4. None of the above
25. Being critical of the media is significant because:
    1. The media are influenced by commercial interests
    2. the media are influenced by viewers
    3. the media are influenced by governments
    4. a) and c) but not b)
26. Framing in the media refers to:
    1. How pictures are put into frames
    2. How information is presented in the media
    3. How information is distorted in the media
    4. None of the above
27. For Media and Power which of the following answers below, correctly lists The five filters for media
    1. Advertising, Social Media, Perception, Negative Responses, Media Biases
    2. Media Bias, Corporate Ownership, Advertising, Social Media, Program Flak
    3. Advertising, Creating Polar Opposites, Sourcing, Corporate Ownership, Program Flak
    4. Sourcing, Advertising, Creating Polar Opposites, Distribution Network, Negative Responses,
    5. None of the Above
28. In Chapter five of Media Literacy is explains that Africa as a region is portrayed as:
    1. corruption, famine, civil war,
    2. needing our assistance, poverty stricken,
    3. beautiful, great vacation spot, friendly people
    4. both a) and b)
    5. None of the above

29. Which of the following is NOT a consideration in any social analysis of a social problem?
    1. Who defines the issue as a social problem?
    2. What could the individual have done differently to avoid the problem?
    3. Who benefits from the current way society is organized?
    4. Who loses in the current way society is organized?
    5. None of the above

30. Hegemony can be defined as:
    1. A process that builds consent through social practices to benefit those in positions of power
    2. A process that forces individuals to purchase goods
    3. A process which allows individuals to shape their own opinions and beliefs
    4. A process that provides a variety of perspectives and beliefs from different cultures and groups
    5. None of the Above

31. The cause and solution of individual problems lies within the individual whereas social problems are beyond the reach of an individual.

1. True
2. False

32. A global citizen cannot be someone who lives in a village.

1. True
2. False

33. Those in power will define social problems in the exact same way as those without power or those who are impacted by the social problem itself.

1. True
2. False

34. Those who control and regulate the media have the power to decide what we might see on television and what remains hidden from us.

1. True
2. False

35. Dominant ideologies reflect the interests of the most powerful group(s).

1. True
2. False

36. Power refers to the ability to apply authoritarian rule not the ability to construct representation of ideas or groups through the organization of meaning

(e.g., whether one describes a particular armed person as a terrorist or freedom fighter)

1. True
2. False

37. Discourse is the process of reducing a person, idea, service, or relationship, not usually considered goods into an object of economic value that can be bought or sold in the marketplace

1. True
2. False

38. Capitalism and socialism are examples of ideologies.

1. True
2. False

39. In conducting social analysis, it is NOT important to analyze the root causes of social problems by critically examining the historical, socio-economic and political conditions that led to the problem.

1. True
2. False

40. Social justice is based on the belief that each individual in a society has a right to civil liberties, equal opportunity, fairness, and participation in freedoms and responsibilities valued in the given society.

1. True
2. False

  

41 42 43 44 45 QUESTION Bias Social Justice Ideology ANSWER A The network of social relationships created among people when they interact with each other within societal institutions according to their status in that society B The process of actively and skillfully conceptualizing, applying, analyzing, synthesizing, and evaluation information to reach a conclusion or answer C The prejudgment of others in the absence of information about them as individuals Critical Thinking D The political and philosophical concept which holds that all people should have equal access to wealth, health, wellbeing, and opportunity. Social Structures E A systematic set of beliefs, perceptions and assumptions that provide members of a group with an understanding and an explanation of their world