Health check Quiz Answers

Health check Quiz Answers

Q: 1.   What is media.

 Information that is communicated, between one person and another, on a mass produced scale.

Q. 2. List at least 5 different types of media that exist from your timeline research task.

 Phonogram, Photograph, WWW, alphabet and facebook

Q.3.   what is web 2.0? what does web 2.0 offer to consumers compared to web1.0.

 Web 2.0 consists of more advanced webpages, that are more then one way direction, and is centered around user generated content, with more advanced and specialised graphics.

Q.4  What are the four main elements used to analyse a music video/film/TV media text.

Camera

Editing

Mise Un Scene

Sound

·       Q 5. In Prof. S. Hall’s theory on encoding and decoding there are three ways in which a media text can be decoded.   Describe them below

       1. Preferred- Read in the way the producer intended.

       2. Negotiated- Compromise between the producers view, and your own.

       3. Oppositional- The audience completely rejects the producers reading and creates their own. 

Q. 6 Define representation

How media texts deal and present issues related to gender, race, ethinicity and age.  

Q.7 Define stereotype

 A common generalisation of a group, that may be inaccurate, but is common belief. 

Q. 8 Define counter-stereotype.

The exact opposite to a particular stereotype.

Q.9  Define working Class.

Class of people who work, generally in low pay jobs, often with low level educational achievment. Associated with manual labour. Classic jobs include, heavy labouring and factory work. (this could be revised to include, delivery men, web designers etc)

Q.10 list five media stereotypes associated with the working class.

Dirty, poor, alcoholics, hate all upperclass, always oppressed.

Q. 11 list four black racial stereotypes .

Dancing, Gangs, Like rap music and like chicken. 

Q.12 identify the four stereotypes associated with Alvardo

Exotic, dangerous, pitied, humours.

Q.13 discuss Butsch theory on the representation of the working class (1992)

He said that the working class are flawed.

Q.15. Discuss Newman (2006) theory on the representation of the working class

Negative opinion, drugs, ad people who are bad.

Q.16 Shildrick and MacDonald (2007) suggested that the poor are undeserving of sympathy. (complete the sentence).