Your book discusses the ways in which unrealistic standards are normalized in media. Choose two of the unrealistic standards, give specific examples of them, and describe the implications of them for media consumers.
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ANS: The unrealistic expectations include unrealistic physical appearances and expectations. This can include unrealistic body image issues, such as trying to look like anorexic models, setting ourselves up for evaluation by others, and pornography creating unrealistic standards for sexual partners and sexual activity. The implications of these expectations is that we tend to see ourselves as inadequate, we assess our own relationships based on flawed standards, and we perceive our natural bodily processes as something to be fixed or changed.
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Discuss the role of the international division of labor in world systems theory. What are its consequences?
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Supervisor is to front-line as executive is to
a. staff position. b. line operations. c. top management. d. middle management. e. span of control.
Anna has a new, more prestigious job as a result of a recommendation from her old boss, George. Anna loved working with George and sees him as a role model because of his honesty, cleverness, and success. George is most likely part of Anna's reference group.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
What is culture lag?
A) the gradual process of cultural “catching up” with material cultural change B) the ways less culturally progressive societies lag behind more advanced ones C) the ways older generations are slow to adapt to cultural innovations of the young D) the long period it takes for culture to diffuse from one country to another