Exam 7: Jamming Media and Popular Culture: Analyzing Messages About Diverse Cultures

Briefly explain three steps you can take to develop your competence as both consumer and producer of popular culture.

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Answers will vary, but should include the three steps that increase competence as both consumers and producers: Step One: Increased Awareness, Step Two: Informed Action, and Step Three: Creative Production

Briefly discuss how popular culture affects intercultural communication in the context of globalization.

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Mediated messages and popular culture circulate more rapidly, more widely, and with greater degrees of saturation today than ever before. The forces and factors that have given rise to globalization-advances in communication technology and social media platforms, the integration of global markets, as well as the privatization and deregulation of media outlets in much of the world-combine to intensify the role of media and popular culture in shaping our communication with and understanding of cultures different from our own. Media and popular culture also play pivotal roles in how we make sense of and construct our own cultures and identities.

Alternate news sources are not as legitimate as mainstream sources.

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Popular culture can be defined as

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Media and popular culture remain segregated according to the national boundaries.

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Cultural homogenization takes place when a set of cultural values and practices are

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Nina is interested in gaining insight into negotiated and oppositional readings about current events. She is likely to find these perspectives from which of the following sources?

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Media and popular culture serve as primary channels through which we learn about groups who are different from ourselves, as well as make sense of who we are.

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Laura thinks the movie Spider-Man is generally a good movie but she questions the stereotypical portrayal of the female character. She is engaging in

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Popular culture produces ideologies in the form of entertainment

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Media can be defined as the ______ through which messages are communicated.

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Media and popular culture are interchangeable terms.

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The predominance of U.S. media and popular culture internationally has

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What does cultural imperialism refer to?

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Cultural ______ is the convergence toward common cultural values and practices as a result of global integration.

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Alternative or independent media refers to

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People outside of the United States are exposed to a large amount of U.S. popular culture, whereas American people are rarely exposed to popular culture of foreign countries. How do you think this asymmetrical global flow of popular culture influences intercultural communication?

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Which of the following is NOT true about the dominant reading of media text?

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A negotiated reading is one where the reader or viewer generally shares the codes and preferred meanings of the texts, but may also resist and modify the encoded meaning based on her or his positionality, interests, and experiences resulting in a contradictory reading of the text.

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Intercultural communication scholars are interested in popular culture representation because

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Briefly explain three steps you can take to develop your competence as both consumer and producer of popular culture.

Briefly discuss how popular culture affects intercultural communication in the context of globalization.

Alternate news sources are not as legitimate as mainstream sources.

Popular culture can be defined as

Media and popular culture remain segregated according to the national boundaries.

Cultural homogenization takes place when a set of cultural values and practices are

Nina is interested in gaining insight into negotiated and oppositional readings about current events. She is likely to find these perspectives from which of the following sources?

Media and popular culture serve as primary channels through which we learn about groups who are different from ourselves, as well as make sense of who we are.

Laura thinks the movie Spider-Man is generally a good movie but she questions the stereotypical portrayal of the female character. She is engaging in

Popular culture produces ideologies in the form of entertainment

Media can be defined as the ______ through which messages are communicated.

Media and popular culture are interchangeable terms.

The predominance of U.S. media and popular culture internationally has

What does cultural imperialism refer to?

Cultural ______ is the convergence toward common cultural values and practices as a result of global integration.

Alternative or independent media refers to

People outside of the United States are exposed to a large amount of U.S. popular culture, whereas American people are rarely exposed to popular culture of foreign countries. How do you think this asymmetrical global flow of popular culture influences intercultural communication?

Which of the following is NOT true about the dominant reading of media text?

A negotiated reading is one where the reader or viewer generally shares the codes and preferred meanings of the texts, but may also resist and modify the encoded meaning based on her or his positionality, interests, and experiences resulting in a contradictory reading of the text.

Intercultural communication scholars are interested in popular culture representation because

Opening the Conversation - Studying Intercultural Communication

Understanding the Context of Globalization

Globalizing Body Politics: Embodied Verbal and Nonverbal Communication

Displacing Culture and Cultural Space: Locations of Nonverbal and Verbal Communication

Privileging Relationships: Intercultural Communication in Interpersonal Contexts

Crossing Borders: Migration and Intercultural Adaptation

The Culture of Capitalism and the Business of Intercultural Communication

Negotiating Intercultural Conflict and Social Justice: Strategies for Intercultural Relations

Engaging Intercultural Communication for Social Justice: Challenges and Possibilities for Global Citizenship

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