Chapter 27 - Cultural Studies

Question 1

Ideology

Answer 1

The mental frameworks different classes and social groups deploy in order to make sense of the way society works

Question 2

Democratic Pluralism

Answer 2

The myth that society is held together by common norms such as equal diversity, one person-one vote, individual rights, and rule of law

Question 3

Articulate

Answer 3

The process of speaking out on oppression and linking that subjugation with media representations; the work of cultural studies

Question 4

Cultural Studies

Answer 4

A neo-Marxist (after) critique that sets forth the position that mass media manufacture consent for dominant ideologies

Question 5

Economic Determinism

Answer 5

The belief that human behavior and relationships are ultimately caused by differences in financial resources and the disparity in power that those gaps create

Question 6

Hegemony

Answer 6

The subtle sway of society’s haves over its have-nots

Question 7

Discourse

Answer 7

Frameworks of interpretation

Question 8

Discursive Formation

Answer 8

The process by which unquestioned and seemingly natural ways of interpreting the world become ideologies

Question 9

Culture Industries

Answer 9

The producers of culture; television, radio, music, film, fashion, magazines, newspapers, etc.