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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the metaphoric essay title, "Addictive Virus," refer to?
2. What does the term, semiotics, refer to?
3. According to Sandra Tsing Loh, the author of "The Return of Doris Day," how is a good girl movie character portrayed in a movie?
4. What is the primary role of the market researcher?
5. What is a simple example of semiotic decoding?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are popular signs of life?
2. What is the image projected by an American mall? What is the real image?
3. Reality TV shows are a hot trend in popular culture and often based on schadenfreude. What do you think their impact could be on a middle school student?
4. Why are shows like West Wing popular according to Todd Davis , the author of "The West Wing in American Culture?"
5. What is the paradigm presented by Robert Ray in the "The Thematic Paradigm?"
6. What is the first step in semiotic writing as recommended by the authors?
7. What is the Democracy of Goods according to Marchand?
8. When did the Energizer bunny ad appear? How is it a cultural icon in terms of success?
9. What is Schadenfreude? How is it relevant to TV shows? Give two examples.
10. What is one addiction that all businesses really like their customers to keep?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
While FCC (Federal Communications Commission) regulates profanity and indecency, it allows violence, often the extreme kind, on TV as well as in movies. Should the FCC's role involve regulating violence?
Essay Topic 2
In Chapter 1, the authors posit that compared to other American demographic groups, students may be freer to project their image through the products they buy. Write a paper stating your agreement or disagreement with the authors (this is called a position paper) in the context of your personal experience as a student.
Essay Topic 3
Do the current TV programs and shows provide a safe space for children and parents to spend the evening together? What is the implicit message of prime time TV programming to the families?
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