Media serves the purpose of socializing viewers by imparting norms, values, and beliefs. This claim fits within which of the following frameworks?
a. Functionalist
B. Marxist
C. Conflict Theory
D. Symbolic Interactionism
a. Functionalist
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a. females b. males c. blacks d. hedonists
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Advocates of cultural differentialism focus on how cultures change one another via the increasingly amount of contact that occurs in our globalized world. 2. Advocates of cultural differentialism use the ongoing conflict between Western and Islamic cultures along with the increasing multiculturalism of the United States as evidence of their arguments that cultures are resistant to change even under the conditions of globalization. 3. Advocates of cultural convergence focus on how cultures change one another via the increasingly amount of contact that occurs in our globalized world. 4. McDonaldization is coming full circle as other countries begin to export ultra-rational production and service institutions to the United States. 5. George Ritzer argues that ultimately globalization equates to nothing.
Elizabeth, who lives in south Texas, is interested in understanding the effects of illegal immigration on the economy. Which of the following statements is true?
A. Illegal immigrants do not pay taxes, and therefore are largely subsidized by working Americans. B. Illegal immigrants' willingness to accept inferior working conditions may hold back progress on wages and working conditions for others, but the survival of such industries stimulates growth in associated services, actually creating more jobs. C. It is clear that illegal immigrants have an overall good impact on the U.S. economy. D. Illegal immigrants are eager to pay into Social Security in order to receive benefits from that program when they turn 65.
All of the following are limitations to Malthusian catastrophe EXCEPT______.
A. demographic transition is liked to modernization B. famine is linked to the availability of food C. poverty is linked to having more children D. human-environment interaction is linked to technology