In various parts of the world, artists and musicians create their versions of hip-hop culture to appeal to their audience and cultural values. This is an example of

a. ethnocentrism.
b. appropriation.
c. culture as a shared system of meaning.
d. hegemony.


b. appropriation.

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Answer the following statements true (T) or false (F)

1. Public opinion surveys are timeless and their value resides in capturing a sample of true views. 2. Pollsters are fair, well trained, and conscientious and would not manipulate data to direct public opinion. 3. Lay testimony is best reserved for formal settings requiring experts that possess specialized knowledge. 4. Politicians who completely change their position on an issue do so because of political motivations not because of thoughtful consideration of an opposing point of view. 5. Sample selection is an arbitrary act based on randomly surveying members of the population.

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Ire in Kurosawa's Seven Samurai symbolically represents which of the following?

a. Sexual excitement (indoors as lovers hold each other) b. Moral outrage (girl's father's discovery) c. An initial barrier (outdoors) d. Destruction (when the lovers separate)

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When you use language to clarify the action you are seeing, you are providing a

___________ description. Fill in the blanks with correct word

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When Hugh wrote the statement, "I want my listeners to replace their high fat foods for healthier

options," he was writing a ________ statement for his speech. A) general purpose B) general thesis C) specific purpose D) specific thesis E) specific issue

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