Pop culture freaks chap 2 takeaways

Question 1

In relation to the cultural diamond, what are the racial demographics of the social world

Answer 1

White people = 63.7%
Native American =.9%
Black= 12.6% 
hispanic =16.3%
Asian= 4.8%

Question 2

In relation to the cultural diamond what is the breakdown of racial demographics/ presentations in film (the cultural object)

Answer 2

White=71.2%
black=13.2%
Asian= 7.1%
Hispanic= 4.9%

Question 3

What is the racial breakdown in percentages of race representation in prome time television in 2002?

Answer 3

white= 74.3%
black= 15.9%
Hispanic= 3.2%
Asian= 2.7%

Question 4

What is the racial breakdown in percentages of race representation in prome time television in 2010

Answer 4

White-81.2%
Black-9.6%
Hispanic- 3.5%
Asian- 3.4%

Question 5

What is the conclusion from the statisics of racial breadown in prime time tv?

Answer 5

White people’s representation on prime time tv has grown frim 2002 to 2010 while roles for black folks have been depleting, and asian and hispanic folks have grown only a little

Question 6

In 2010 in relation to the bilboard top 100 songlist, what was the racial breakdown of the number of songs each race had represen ted on the bilboard?

Answer 6

white- 45 songs-
black- 36
mixed/otherr- 16
hispanic-2
asian- 1

Question 7

What is the definition of Gatekeeper?

Answer 7

Cultural proffessionals who assess and curate cultural objects IE :Book critics, television reviewers, and award programs

Question 8

In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at occupations held b racial minorities in 2002 fall tv season what was the percentage breakdown for

Writers=?
Writers on nonethnic sitcoms=?
writers on ethnic sitcoms=?
Writers on tv dramas=?

Answer 8

Writers= 13.5%
writers on non ethnic sitcoms= 6%
writers on ethnic sitcoms= 46%
writers on tv dramas= 12%

Question 9

In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at writers race in theatrical films from 2011-2013 what was the conclusion?

Answer 9

Minority groups have been extremely undeprepresented based on the proxy of the overall us population percentage whule white foils are oerepresented with 88-92% of the writing roles

Question 10

In relation to the creators aspect of the cultural diamond, in a study that looked at directors race in theatrical films from 2011-2013 what was the conclusion?

Answer 10

White directors were extremely overepresented, averaging about 82- 89% of the roles throughout the years while mnority durectors constitue about 12- 18 % of directors in films during that same period of time

Question 11

In relation to the ceo’s in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?

Answer 11

100% white 94% male

Question 12

In relation to the SR MNGMT in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?

Answer 12

92% White 83% male

Question 13

In relation to the Unit heads in film executive positions what are the demogrphic breakdowns?

Answer 13

94% white 61 % male

Question 14

What is the definition of Labor force analysis?

Answer 14

A method of analysis studying the experiences and demographics of those who prduce goods, including cultural objects

Question 15

In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the average viewing time in the us?

Answer 15

8 hours and 15 minutes

Question 16

In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the AVERAGE HUSEHOLD VIEWING TIME by black people?

Answer 16

11 hours and 4 minutes

Question 17

In relation to tv time viewrship by race what is the overall ousehold viewing time when not accounting black folk?

Answer 17

7 hours and 52 minutes

Question 18

In a research design that included 20 anglos and 20 native amricans, when exposed to the john wayne film what were both groups reasoning for liking in?

Answer 18

Anglos- authentic depiction of the west

Native americans- The humor

Question 19

White folks are overrepresented in (Tv/film or Music) and under represented in (tv/ film or Music)

Answer 19

1. Tv / film

2. Music

Question 20

Black folks are underrepresented or misrepresented in what medium?

Answer 20

Tv and film

Question 21

Black folks are over represented in what medium?/ why is this a problem though?

Answer 21

Radio- corporations and music/ record lables have a long racial history of exploiting, misrepresenting, and profiting from black culture

Question 22

What racial group ois the most underrepresented group in media compared to their social world population size?

Answer 22

Hispanics

Question 23

What racial group is, a small minority grou but represented in media comparable to their social world population size, but still often misrepresented in media?

Answer 23

Asian

Question 24

What racial group is pretty much invisible in media today?

Answer 24

Native Americans

Question 25

Cutural production is heavily dominated by which racial group? wich makes this group overepresented than in other occupatins in our social world?

Answer 25

White folks

Question 26

Although underrepresented in cultural objects, what group is more invested in cultural consumption?

Answer 26

Minority groups

Question 27

Audience data concludes that what is a main factor of shaping one’s interpertaion of the social world?

Answer 27

Race

Question 28

What is Cultural efficacy?

Answer 28

A method for studying the power of cultural objects to understand what they do and why some work better than others.

Question 29

What is Race

Answer 29

A concept that signifies and symbolizes sociopolitical conflucts and intrests in relation to different types of human bodies

Question 30

What is racial formation?

Answer 30

sociohistorical process by which race has been errected transformed, contructed or chaged over time

Question 31

What is Racial Project?

Answer 31

A process in which human bodies and social structures are represented and organized

Question 32

What are the three things Marx posits about pop culture?

Answer 32

Pop culture is a capatalist production

its a system of commoditiers

and it’s a symbol system that teaches us about the economic world

Question 33

What is Cultural Capital?

Answer 33

Knowledge, disposition and skillks that are passed down from one generation to the next

Question 34

Cultural capital represents ways of —?

Answer 34

Talking, acting, and socializing as well as language practices, values and types of dress or behaviors

Question 35

What is a habitus?

Answer 35

A structure of dispositions we acquire from life experiences, especially from families and schools

Question 36

What are herbert Gans 5 overall terms of class and culture?

Answer 36

High culture
upper middle 
lower middle 
low culture 
quasi folk

Question 37

What is High culture?

Answer 37

Serious, form focused

Question 38

What is Upper middle?

Answer 38

College educated, less serious

Question 39

What is Lower Middle?

Answer 39

Commercial culture

Question 40

What is Low culture?

Answer 40

Traditional, conservative

Question 41

What is Quasi Folk?

Answer 41

Poverty and isolation

Question 42

What is a Content analysis?

Answer 42

A method for analyzing objectivfied practices that are subtle taken for granted and enacted in everyday life

Question 43

What is a production ethnography?

Answer 43

The method of observing behind the scene processes to see how they shape the final content of cultural object

Question 44

What are audience survey’s ?

Answer 44

A method of gathering extensive data about audience tastes, preferences, purchasing havits and experience with cultural objects

Question 45

Pop culture promotyes… afuenct..?

Answer 45

Consumption even for those with lower incoes

Question 46

Class is both very powerful and nearly ____

Answer 46

Invisible in the cultural diamond