Examples of politically based TV series and movies - correct answer ✔✔House of Cards, Madame
Secretary, The Manchurian Candidate
Examples of how a political or ideological message can be inserted into a drama or comedy series -
correct answer ✔✔Whale Wars inserts the message to save whales and care about the environment
New media and Internet as political news source; stats - correct answer ✔✔- In 2008, nearly a quarter of
Americans (24 percent) said
they regularly learned something about the campaign
from the Internet
- Internet is living up to its potential as a major news source
Demographics of political parties in U.S. and social media use - correct answer ✔✔- 35% of Americans
18-29 in 2013 were Republican and 53% Democrat
- Facebook is 87% for R & D
Google+ - 52% D and 36% R
Twitter - 46% D and 38% R
Instagram - 41% D and 37% R
Pinterest 32% D and 40%
Technological edge of one party over another in the U.S. and if so, why? - correct answer ✔✔The stats
show that the Democratic party has more of a technological edge, most likely because the majority of
younger people are democrats and they're more experienced with social media and technology
Examples of entertainers voicing controversial political views - correct answer ✔✔Dixie Chicks criticized
George Bush and the war and said they were ashamed he is from Texas; Jimmy Hendrix protested the
, violence at Woodstock through his Purple Haze song that turned into a distorted National Anthem;
GreenDay had the song American Idiot
Famous entertainer who refused to share his political views - correct answer ✔✔Elvis Presley
Examples of sports used to promote patriotism or ideology - correct answer ✔✔- The Olympics
promotes patriotism - Hitler used the Olympics in 1936 as an opportunity to show that Germany and the
Arian race was superior
- Lance Armstrong used LiveStrong to promote prostate cancer awareness
Jesse Owens - correct answer ✔✔Proved Hitler wrong by winning against Germany in a race
Example of a prosocial campaign made popular by TV programming. How? - correct answer ✔✔- In
1988, Harvard professor Jay Winsten launched a
campaign to get the TV networks to push his
"designated driver" concept.
- Neither the concept nor the term existed until Professor
Winsten, with the help of CBS executive Frank Stanton,
contacted the chairman of NBC, Grant Tinker, and
pitched his plan to use television programming to
develop a new social norm
Reasons why print publishing (books, magazines, news) isn't dead - correct answer ✔✔- Unlike their
electronic counterparts, printed documents
are portable and user-friendly, and present content in a
variety of ways.
- Key to its endurance is print's ability to integrate content
into our busy lives, keeping us informed, challenged, and
entertained
- Print's lack of sensory input may even serve as a
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