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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Video Dreams: Television, Music, and Cultural Forms.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Semiotic method?
(a) A relatively new methodology that has been around since the early 20th century.
(b) A methodology that has been around since the 1980s.
(c) A methodology that has been around since the 1950s.
(d) A very old methodology tha has been around since the early 18th century.

2. What do designer labels symbolize, according to Anne Norton?
(a) A particular life style.
(b) Teenagers' life styles.
(c) Teenagers' preferences.
(d) Classic taste.

3. What does the semiotic method refer to?
(a) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of pop culture.
(b) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of signs.
(c) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of arguments.
(d) Semiotic method refers to recognition, analysis, and interpretation of popular signs.

4. What do media signs often conceal?
(a) Commercial interests.
(b) Educational interests.
(c) Social interests.
(d) Popular interests.

5. When did the daytime talk shows become popular?
(a) 1970s.
(b) 1980s.
(c) 1990s.
(d) 1960s.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the purpose of a package?

2. Fill-in the blank. Many advertisements connect the product with the __________.

3. What does Nina Leen's selection, "Just What Do You Do All Day?" showcase?

4. What does the essay "A Gentleman and a Consumer" examine?

5. Fill-in the blank. The issue of "More Factor" dates back to the ___________.

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