Soci 1310 pop culture UTA Modules 6-10

• All of the following are approaches to Popular Culture described by David Grazian except:

  Modern
• Why does Grazian discuss Rihanna's "SOS (Rescue Me)"?

  To demonstrate that popular culture is the product of endless cycles of rediscovery and reinvention.
• According to David Grazian, where does popular culture emanate?

  Other popular culture
• Which of the following is not one of Grazian's five senses of the term popular culture?

  Bad Culture
• In the "art worlds" approach, Howard Becker describe the way popular culture is a product of collective activity. Which of the following does popular culture require in this approach?

  Division of labor
• According to Emile Durkheim, what is the function that religion provides people?


  Central organizing mechanism of society among some groups.
• Which of the following popular culture objects is best viewed from a functional approach to popular culture?

  Super Bowl
• What function do sports in major cities serve? (i.e. functionalist approach)

  They create social solidarity by bringing a diverse population together.
• Why does Grazian say celebrities and entertainment are a popular conversation topic?

  All of the above
• Why does Karl Marx describe ideology as a camera obscura?


  They both present an upside down vision of reality.
• What law eliminated caps on the total number of media outlets that one entity can own?

  Telecommunications Act of 1996
• Why do scholars associated with the Frankfurt School use the term "culture industry"?

  All of the above

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  The industrialized nature of contemporary commercial culture.

  
  

  
  

  To distinguish it from "mass culture" because "mass" implies the masses create it.

  
  

  
  

  It refers to homogenized culture that articulates power.
• Which of the following is an example of planned obsolescence?

  All of the above

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  A Cadillac with a bumper that falls off.

  
  

  
  

  Medicine that treats an illness instead of curing it.

  
  

  
  

  Fashion going out of season.
• According to Daniel Rushkoff, ________ are the social currency of this generation.

  Likes
• How is the social self constructed?

  Identity construction grows from interactions with other people
• Which of the following is an example of a peer group society?


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  All of the above:

  
  

  
  

  Work colleagues

  
  

  
  

  Friends

  
  

  
  

  Family
• What is the main emphasis of the interaction approach to popular culture?


  Identifying the effects of interpersonal encounters on culture.
• Why does Grazian think it is important to explore popular culture through an interaction approach?

  Our knowledge and experience of popular culture is often conditioned by the social contexts in which we interact with other people.