Test #1

Question 1

Pop Culture

Answer 1

the domain of mass entertainment consumed, distributed, and created according to shifting and entrenched tastes.

Question 2

Populism

Answer 2

the political belief that suggests common people are exploited by a privileged elite; there are different varieties of populism, that run from left to right of the ideological spectrum; but overall, populism is guided by the belief that political and social goals are best achieved by the direct actions of the ‘people’.

Question 3

Political Efficacy

Answer 3

a citizen’s level of trust in government and the belief that she can understand and influence political affairs.

Question 4

Gender

Answer 4

word is used to describe women and men, which are socially constructed. People are born female or male but learn to be girls and boys and grow into women and men. The learned behaviour makes up gender identity and determines gender rolls

Question 5

Commodification

Answer 5

“To turn into or treat as a commodity; make commercial”

Question 6

Spin

Answer 6

the age of news and information that is manipulated or slanted to affect its interpretation and influence public opinion.

Question 7

John Oliver Effect

Answer 7

The playful use of political satire, comedic pop culture-driven journalism, and social criticism to expose political issues.

Question 8

Military-Entertainment Complex

Answer 8

A term describing the cooperation and sharing between the military and entertainment industries to their mutual benefit, especially in such fields as multimedia and virtual reality.
EX.) Old man sam posters

Question 9

Political Satire

Answer 9

The use of irony, humour and/or sarcasm to examine and criticize states of affair or controversial issues.

Question 10

Zoon Politikon

Answer 10

“an animal intended to live in a city, a political animal” - Aristotle
MEANS: humans reached their highest potential when people interact to each other as fellow citizens

Question 11

“Polis”

Answer 11

city-state

Question 12

“Political”

Answer 12

Those things that are of the city and of concern to citizens

Question 13

Who is the 1st Democratic “polis” in Western history

Answer 13

Athens

Question 14

What are some questions the greeks would ask themselves?

Answer 14

• “family or city?”
• “is it worth/possible having a utopia?”
• “is politics just for control?”

Question 15

Who are the 3 famous tragedy play writers?

Answer 15

1. Aeschylus
2. Sophocles
3. Euripides

Question 16

What is special about Euripides

Answer 16

He is the funniest of all 3 writers for his famous play where wives would say either come home and have sex or join the war and have no sex.

Question 17

What was the name of Euripides famous play

Answer 17

Lysistrata

Question 18

Idealism comes from what Greek word?

Answer 18

“idein” which means “to see”

Question 19

2 examples of Idealists

Answer 19

1. Woodrow Wilson

2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FOUR FREEDOMS)

Question 20

what does ‘eutopos’ and ‘outopos’ mean

Answer 20

eutopos = good place
outopos = no place

Question 21

What is Realism

Answer 21

asserts the priority of real and actual power politics based primarily on practical and material factors and considerations, rather than explicit idealistic notions or moral or ethical premises.

Question 22

Sophists

Answer 22

travelling teachers who taught young men how to make and win arguments in courts of law.

Question 23

Sophism

Answer 23

method of teaching in ancient Greek based on techniques of persuasion.

Question 24

The Obama Effect

Answer 24

A theory that the electorate —especially undecided voters —can be influenced by celebrities because they inherently seek to reduce their own uncertainty

Question 25

Ideology

Answer 25

A system of frames and a neural process of framing information; a mechanism that ‘frames’ the way you look at and perceive things in order to achieve one main goal: to convince one to buy into a set or system of beliefs and values, and thus direct behaviour and actions.