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> 1. What is an important determinant of children’s likes and dislikes in entertainment> programming, according to Valkenburg & Cantor (2000)?
> A. The social environment of children’s parents
> B. The children’s social developmental level
> C. The social developmental level of children’s parents
> D. The children’s cognitive developmental level*
> 2. The founding father of developmental psychology Piaget specialized in the field of cognitive
> development based his theory …
> A. Almost completely on observing his own children*
> B. Almost completely on observing the classroom of his children
> C. Almost completely on observing his own children and the neighbors’ children
> D. Almost completely on observing children in his environment, including family and
> classrooms
> 3. The concept of “Centration” (RE Developmental stages of children’s media use) means that
> A. In an early stage of development, children primarily pay attention to physical
> appearances in the center of the screen and not so much to the characters.
> B. The tendency of small children to focus on one striking feature, while disregarding the
> context. *
> C. Young children appreciate a limited amount of stimuli most if they are placed in the
> center.
> D. Infants have difficulty in understanding transformations of characters not central to the
> story.
4. Nabi et al. (2006), in their paper “Does misery love company? …”, claim there is another
> limitation to the prevailing hedonic perspective in Mood Management Theory. Nabi’s claim
> concerns:
> A. Exposure to entertainment should be exclusively related to hedonistic needs
> B. Exposure to entertainment should be perceived in a therapeutic tradition
> C. Exposure to entertainment is of all times
> D. Exposure to entertainment may also fulfill information needs *
> 5. According to Waterman (1993 in Oliver and Woolley, 2010; and discussed in class)
> eudaimonia or eudaimonic happiness is …
> A. Personal expressiveness, self realization, and personal development *
> B. Happiness, pride, pleasure, and personal well-being following from entertainment
> C. Public expressiveness in entertainment, social development, and personal well-being
> D. Meaningful existence, happiness, and personal well-being expressed in entertainment
6. According to the talk by Jochen Peter, the use of sexually explicit internet materials is both a
> cause and effect of a number of attitudes. Which of the following is NOT associated with
> watching sexually explicit internet materials?
> A. Stronger notions of women as sex objects
> B. More positive attitudes toward uncommitted sexual exploration
> C. Increased violations of social norms *
> D. More positive attitudes toward sex without affection
,> 7. To examine the enjoyment of video games, Ryan, Rigby and Przybylski (2006) applied…
> A. Approach-Avoidance Theory
> B. Self-Determination Theory*
> C. Mood-Management Theory
> D. Achievement-Theory
8. Bakley (2001) discusses the impact of globalization on media entertainment and suggests
> that globalization is decentralized. One argument she provides is:
> A. People in America watch some foreign movies and television
> B. Physical location is highly predictive of the type of media people consume
> C. If people are given the choice between American produced television mass produced for
> all audiences and locally made television and programming they tend to prefer local
> content*
> D. Since the 1950’s international producers have been creating imitations of American
> content
>
9. What effect has globalization had on the Hollywood movie industry, according to Bakley
> (2001)?
> A. Hollywood movies are increasingly generic, produced to appeal to a large audience*
> B. Increased the audience such that Hollywood has the resources to make movies targeted
> to smaller special interest audiences.
> C. They are out of touch with international audiences because of their focus on American
> concerns.
> D. All of the movies are available in multiple formats.
>
10. Which of the following type of story is most appropriate for transmedia storytelling (as
> defined by Jenkins and in class)?
> A. A biography of a historical figure
> B. A personal memoir
> C. Adventures of a superhero (e.g. batman and superman)*
> D. A soap opera (e.g. days of our lives, Dallas)
>
11. According to the view on video games as a laboratory (e.g., Subramanyan, 2009; Jansz,
> 2005; and others), adolescent males like playing violent games because
> A. It helps them to ventilate their anger and frustration
> B. It helps them to escape from reality
> C. It helps them in training masculine roles*
> D. It helps them to socially connect with others
12. According to an evolutionary psychology perspective, girls ___________, while boys
> _______________.
> A. compete, connect
> B. connect, compete*
> C. nurture, are lazy
> D. nurture, destroy
> 13. Prior(2005) looks at the relationship between people’s media preferences and access to
> different types of media and their political knowledge. Of the people who ranked news as
> least preferred, which group had the LOWEST level of political knowledge?
> A. People with no new media access
> B. People with Internet access only
, > C. People with only cable access
> D. People with cable and Internet access *
> 14. The study by Sargant et. al. (1998) documented the difference between men and women’s
> preferences in sport entertainment. What was their main finding?
> A. Men and women both prefer sports with a high level of competition although women
> tend to lose interest if there is a lot of violence
> B. Men dislike sports where style is emphasized
> C. Men relate to athletes as if they were friends and women view athletes as more distant
> personas
> D. Men like sports where the athletes confront each other in a combative way and women
> like sports that emphasize style*
> 15. What is a main motivation to engage in video game play for young, adolescent boys with a
> low educational ability level, according to the study of Nije Bijvank, Konijn, and Bushman
> (2011; lecture notes)?
> A. Arousal
> B. Social interaction
> C. Unwind*
> D. Escapism/fantasy
16. Which of the following statements is correct? Studies by Sparks (1991) on the appreciation
> of media violence show that
> A. Overall, males report similar enjoyment of horror films and higher levels of physiological
> arousal compared to females
> B. Overall, males report greater enjoyment of horror films and lower levels of physiological
> arousal*
> C. Overall, males report greater enjoyment of horror films and higher levels of
> physiological arousal compared to females
> D. Overall, males report similar enjoyment of horror films and similar levels of physiological
> arousal compared to females
> 17. In the chapter by Oliver (2000), she discusses the gender gap in media preferences. In
> several sections of the chapter she identifies one particular type of content that women
> tend NOT to like. Which is it?
> A. Slapstick and joke work based humor
> B. Violence and domination*
> C. Suspense and drama
> D. Pornography and erotica
> 18. In Prior (2005), the author looked at increased access to different types of news has
> changed how much people read the news and participate in politics through voting.
> Which of the following describe his main findings?
> A. Viewers who prefer entertaining media tend to get their news through “infotainment”
> television
> B. Increased choice in media has led to an overall decrease in political knowledge and
> voting turn out
> C. When people have access to new media, media preferences highly predict political
> knowledge and the likelihood of voting*
> D. Increased choice in media has led to an overall increase in political knowledge and
> voting turn out
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