Bias, Ideology and Propaganda Flashcards
1
Q
The Oxford English Dictionary Online provides the following: “a swaying influence, impulse, or weight” What term does this define?
- Bias
- Fantasy
- Propaganda
- Ideology
A
- Bias
2
Q
Most stories contain or house social codes and bias, whether in the messages they are trying to impart or in the hidden messages that seep into the narratives. In sum, we can say that stories are:
- Non-fiction
- Unreliable
- Biased
- Political
A
- Political
3
Q
What is a Puritan catechism?
- A book designed to instruct readers in the principles of Christianity
- A series of songs and chants sung in church
- A story about catachresis and denial
- None of the above
A
- A book designed to instruct readers in the principles of Christianity
4
Q
If a book’s primary aim is instructive or providing instruction to the reader, what might we call the book?
- Two-dimensional
- Didactic
- Political
- Non-fiction
A
- Didactic
5
Q
If material is too didactic, what does it often become?
- Biased
- Propaganda
- Hate literature
- Catechism
A
- Propaganda
6
Q
What is the danger of propaganda?
- It can limit a child’s ability to think independently
- It can limit a child’s ability to think more critically
- It can close a child off to the diversity of the world
- All of the above
A
- All of the above
7
Q
Which of the following are useful examples of the :war of ideology and propaganda”?
- Queer fiction
- Animal fables
- All of the above
- None of the above
A
- All of the above
8
Q
Which of the following can be present in both fiction and non-fiction?
- Bias
- Ideology
- Propaganda
- Politics
- All of the above
A
- All of the above
