Using Media Theory
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This is a little quiz to see if you know how to use media terms and theory correctly.
- 1.What is wrong with this statement? "The TV drama Casualty uses surveillance, according to Uses and Gratifications Theory, as audiences learn about medical technology"
- A.
Surveillance is not part of Uses and Gratifications Theory
- B.
Casualty is not a TV drama
- C.
A TV drama cannot use a theory - media students use theories
- D.
There is nothing wrong with the statement
- 2.Hegemony is the means by which the ruling classes maintain the status quo of power relations in society.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 3.According to Uses and Gratifications Theory, audiences gain a sense of _________ when they watch Britain's Got Talent because they talk to their friends about the show.
- 4.According to Richard Dyer's Star Theory, stars are:
- A.
Constructions
- B.
Attractive
- C.
Sexy
- D.
Powerful
- E.
Ideological
- F.
Commodities
- G.
Extra-ordinary and Ordinary
- H.
Elite
- 5.Fans use Dyer's Star Theory when watching Britain's Got Talent, as Simon Cowell is represented as both ordinary and extraordinary.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 6.What is wrong with this statement? "The representation of social problems in Eastenders is very realistic as young people are shown to be rebellious."
- A.
Eastenders doesn't represent social problems
- B.
Eastenders isn't very realistic
- C.
Young people aren't shown to be rebellious
- D.
All texts are constructions and not realistic
- E.
All of the above
- 7.Choose an ending for this sentence: "Audiences can download an app for their smartphone and...
- A.
This links to community according to Uses and Gratifications Theory."
- B.
This offers community according to Uses and Gratifications Theory."
- C.
This relates to community according to Uses and Gratifications Theory."
- D.
This is community according to Uses and Gratifications Theory."
- E.
This revolves around community."
- 8.What kind of text has a stronger modality?
- A.
A text that audiences can believe easily.
- B.
A text that is postmodern and plays with genre conventions.
- C.
A text that is interactive.
- D.
A text with a complex narrative.
- 9.When Spielberg directed Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom he applied Propp's Theory of Characters to keep the narrative simple for the audience.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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