Mixed Theories

Question 1

Charlie Brooker (NDM)

Answer 1

blurring boundaries of what is real

Question 2

David Gauntlett (NDM)

Answer 2

prosumers make a world of independent media producers

Question 3

Andrew Keen (NDM)

Answer 3

prosumers make a world of amateurs

Question 4

John Fiske (Genre)

Answer 4

genre is a convenience to producers and audiences, commercial success is based on what conventions audiences expect

Question 5

Daniel Chandler (Genre)

Answer 5

genre is too restrictive, producers in a ‘creative straitjacket’

Question 6

David Buckingham (Genre)

Answer 6

genre is in a constant process of negotiation and change

Question 7

Gauntlett (Identity)

Answer 7

identity is complex, male identity in a crisis

Question 8

Dyer (Identity)

Answer 8

stereotypes legitimise inequality by marginalising individuals

Question 9

Baudrillard (Identity)

Answer 9

identity is hyper-real

Question 10

Laura Mulvey (Gender)

Answer 10

male gaze

Question 11

Gamman and Marshment (Gender)

Answer 11

female gaze

Question 12

Naomi Wolf (Gender)

Answer 12

women need beauty to be successful

Question 13

Alvarado (Race)

Answer 13

racial representation: exotic, dangerous, humorous or pitied

Question 14

Van Dijk (Race)

Answer 14

criminals, threat, invisible or dependent

Question 15

Edward Said (Race)

Answer 15

orientalism frames Muslims in a negative way

Question 16

Dick Hebdige (Age)

Answer 16

youth represented as fun or trouble

Question 17

Stanley Hall (Age)

Answer 17

youth having issues with authority, mood disruptions, exhibit reckless behaviour

Question 18

Greg Philo (Age)

Answer 18

middle class anxiety of working class

Question 19

Dyer (Queer)

Answer 19

how we are seen determines ow we are treated

Question 20

Judith Butler (Queer)

Answer 20

binary divide between homosexuals and heterosexuals, heterosexuality being viewed as ‘normal’

Question 21

Steve Neale (Queer)

Answer 21

gay male gaze

Question 22

Philip Zimbardo (Gaming)

Answer 22

videogame fanatics get a rush from an instant electronic fix

Question 23

Chandler (Gaming)

Answer 23

children do not find violence attractive in computer games

Question 24

Tanya Byron (Gaming)

Answer 24

anxiety surrounding technology

Question 25

Stanley Cohen (Moral Panics)

Answer 25

the extent to which significant events are exaggerated to create panic

Question 26

Marwick (Moral Panics)

Answer 26

technopanics are a response to new technologies

Question 27

Springhall (Moral Panics)

Answer 27

older people are afraid of the youth taking over

Question 28

Hypodermic Needle (Media Effects)

Answer 28

injecting ideology

Question 29

Stuart Hall (Media Effects)

Answer 29

preferred, negotiated and oppositional

Question 30

David Gauntlett (Media Effects)

Answer 30

pick and mix theory