Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Scholars who use the term “false consciousness” argue that viewers are active consumers who can create alternative interpretations of media products.
2. Transgender people may be more visible in the media, but they are still more likely to be depicted as sex workers, killers, and villains.
3. Academic fans have argued that slash fiction has the potential to rebel against homosexual norms.
4. While Hollywood portrays Arab women as sexualized and passive, within Arab culture women
are perceived as the moral gauge for the rest of society.
5. Asian men have recently been depicted as action heroes and leading men with romantic interests and sex appeal.
1. FALSE
2. TRUE
3. FALSE
4. TRUE
5. FALSE
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A) overlooks deviations from society's norms as potential problems B) takes an overly deterministic view of social problems C) ignores the strains that are caused by the inequities of the system D) treats social problems as being the product of systematic inequity
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A) Intimacy, tension, and passion B) Passion, fantasy, and loss C) Passion, intimacy, and commitment D) Attraction, fantasy, and arousal
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A. acquired B. assumed C. ascribed D. achieved
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A. Brahmans B. Sudras C. Dalits D. Rajputs