1. Gilens’ (1996) study of images in major newsmagazines and networks found what?
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The majority of poor people pictured were Black.
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2. The growing presence of homosexuality in the media indicates that society is discarding the ideologies of gender and heteronormativity.
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False
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3. Researchers say that the portrayal of class on television tends to perpetuate what myth?
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All of these
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4. Sitcoms that feature working class families on TV often depict the competence and intelligence of working-class men.
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False
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5. Content analyses of media products have repeatedly shown them to accurately reflect the realities of the social world.
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False
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6. Many Americans are not seeing the growing diversity of mass media because ______.
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There is a growing segmentation of media audiences
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7. What do the authors say is the link between social inequality and mass media?
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Creators of media content often reproduce the inequalities that exist in society.
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8. In recent decades, most media have begun to include more representations of minorities because ______.
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Advertisers are interested in reaching the growing minority market
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9. Recent studies show that, while disparaging portrayals of women athletes in sports news have declined, the overall amount of coverage of women’s sports on television has declined.
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True
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10. The focus on individualism, rather than collective action, in the media leads to the disparagement of labor unions in the media over the years.
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True
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11. Researchers assess the significance of media content by linking it to ______.
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All of these
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12. Newspapers may make it more difficult for poor people to buy their product because ______.
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Newspapers can improve their demographic profile for advertisers by having more affluent readers
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13. As defined by Robert Entman, the “compound of hostility, rejection, and denial on the part of Whites toward the activities and aspirations of Black people” is known as ______.
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Modern racism
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14. Early portrayals of homosexuals in the media often depicted them as ______.
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Murder victims and comic devices
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15. Which of these is true about women and the media?
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One out of 10 TV programs has no women writers on staff.
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