We may consume mass media within __________, groups that help convey the preferred meaning of mass media texts, offering subtle or not-so-subtle rewards or punishments for "correct" or "incorrect" meanings
A) Consumerist groups
B) Cultural industries
C) Interpretive communities
D) Global village
Answer: C
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Psychiatrist Thomas Szasz charges that people apply the label of "insanity" to behavior that they find disturbing. According to Szasz, much behavior defined as "crazy" is
a. really only "different." b. clearly illegal. c. dangerous to others. d. a physical disorder rather than mental illness.
Hochschild's research, reported in her book, The Time Bind, documents the tension people experience between work and family. She identifies three solutions to these challenges, including all of the following EXCEPT:
a. Cool modern: women should be more efficient. b. Traditional: women should stay home or enter the "mommy track" at work to give priority to family. c. Warm modern: men and women should share parenting and housework. d. New traditional: only one parent should work full-time while the other works part-time and/or intermittently and/or at home until children are old enough to no longer need child care.
In her work, sociologist Harriet Martineau was a strong advocate for_____________
a. building a stronger middle class b. the importance of cultural relativism c. recognizing the forces for stability and change in society d. social equality and reform
The perception and evaluation of one’s own bodily appearance is also known as:
a. body image b. physiological assessment c. beauty myth d. body dysmorphic disorder