MDSA02H3 Chapter Notes -Culture Jamming

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Culture jamming the use of familiar media symbols and channels to revel and overturn the consumerist, capitalist ideologies they embody. Media literacy any learning opportunity that increases an individual s understanding of how the mass media function. Media reform any effort by citizens and citizen s interest groups to affect change in the structure and operation of mass media industries. No single approach is the best or most correct. All give us a new insight about media. Much of what we know comes from mediated messages, rather than experience this book informed about mass media. Approaches to media industries these approaches are the base of critical media studies they are the first time scholars took the mass media seriously : marxist analysis, organizational analysis, pragmatic analysis. How mass media paints reality analyzing issues of media representation and how it influences us : rhetoric analysis, cultural analysis, psychoanalytic analysis, feminist analysis, queer analysis.

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51. Gross national product equals:
A) the aggregate output of the citizens & businesses of aneconomy in a 1-year period.
B) the aggregate final output of the citizens & businesses ofan economy in a 1-year period.
C) the total market value of all goods & services produced inan economy in a 1-year period.
D) the total market value of all final goods & servicesproduced in an economy in a 1-year period.

52. Which of the following is not included in GNP but is includedin GDP?
A) The value of a Portuguese company's production in the UnitedStates.
B) The income of a U.S. citizen working in Portugal.
C) The value of a U.S. company's production in Portugal.
D) The sales of a U.S. company to U.S. citizens.

53. To calculate GDP, multiply the __________ of each final goodand service produced in an economy in a year by its __________ andthen sum the result.
A) quantity; share in total output C) price, share in totaloutput
B) quantity; price D) price, quality

54. Counting both the value of the flour used to make a loaf ofbread and the value of the loaf of bread as part of GDP:
A) is necessary to accurately compute GDP.
B) is incorrect because bread is an intermediate product.
C) is incorrect because flour is an intermediate good.
D) is incorrect because flour is a final good.

55. Suppose the value of your home increases from $100,000 to$125,000. If you continue to live in your home, the increase in itsvalue:
A) adds nothing to GDP. C) increases GDP by $100,000.
B) increases GDP by $25,000. D) increases GDP by $125,000.

56. If a used car dealer buys a car for $6000 and resells it for$6500, how much has been added to GDP?
A) nothing. B) $500. C) $6000. D) $6500

57. Which of the following is not a part of this year's GDP?
A) The value of a product produced last year but sold thisyear.
B) The value of a haircut.
C) The value of a new car produced and purchased during theyear.
D) The value of new homes built this year, regardless of whetherthey are sold.

58. Which of the following would not increase this year'sGDP?
A) Home repairs performed by the owner.
B) A commission charged by your broker when you sold 100 shares ofBorden stock.
C) The sales of a corporation.
D) The value of a doctor's services to his or her patients.

59. The circular flow model shows:
A) the movement of expenditures and factor payments through theeconomy.
B) how national income is distributed to individuals.
C) how national income changes over time.
D) the movement of goods from one business to another.

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