Agenda-setting theory is most similar to _____ in that they are both concerned with the ways in which powerful actors and interests affect public knowledge and beliefs about important ideas and events.

A. structural functionalism
B. conflict theory
C. the constructionist approach
D. symbolic interactionism


Answer: B

Sociology

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Becker's question that he goes back to time and again in the article is

a. Why do some people get paid more for playing in jazz bands than do others? b. What is jazz, and how has it become part of American culture? c. Is jazz high or low culture? d. How are musicians who do not know each other able to play jazz together? e. How does music change culture?

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In Erickson's model, approximately what age marks the beginning of the child's moral sense?

A. Birth-2 years B. Middle childhood or school age C. Preschool and kindergarten years D. Adolescent

Sociology

A minority is defined as a category of people who are

a. small in numbers and disadvantaged. b. less than half the society's total population. c. set apart by that society and disadvantaged. d. born in some other country.

Sociology

The upper-upper class is _________ money while the lower upper class is ____________ money.

What will be an ideal response?

Sociology