Related Mcqs:

1. A social system in which social position is fixed for a lifetime What type of social stratification does this describe ?

   A. slavery
   B. Social class
   C. caste
   D. estates

2. Critics of the spread of Western cultural products across the globe argue that a cultural empire has been created What term do they use to describe this ____________?

   A. media saturation
   B. media globalization
   C. media penetration
   D. media imperialism

3. _____________ is the term commonly used to describe the early days of a social movement characterized by a general mood of discontent ?

   A. Bureaucratization
   B. Decline
   C. Coalescence
   D. Incipience
   E. Arousal

4. What term is used to describe the movement of individuals up or down the social scale during the course of their working lives ?

   A. open mobility
   B. lateral mobility
   C. intragenerational mobility
   D. intergenerational mobility

5. The statement that “the social relations of work find expression in the social relation of school” reflects ?

   A. the correspondence principle
   B. credentialism
   C. the hidden curriculum
   D. structural dyspepsia

6. The media-themes model of media influence claims that_____________?

   A. audiences selectively interpret what they want to hear
   B. content analysis is the best way to identify the themes covered by the media
   C. audiences passively absorb whatever messages they are given
   D. social interaction reinforces the ideas and images that audiences select

7. A social class is a group of people who stand in a common relationship to the means of production Whose perspective does this definition describe ?

   A. Max Weber
   B. Erik Olin-Wright
   C. John Goldthorpe
   D. Karl Marx

8. What does Berger (1963) describe as a metaphor for social reality ?

   A. a fairground rides
   B. a circus
   C. a puppet theatre
   D. a ballet

9. According to Marshall McLuhan which of the following is being created by the electronic media ?

   A. global village
   B. global network
   C. global flows
   D. global cities

10. The theory pictures social movements as operating within a competitive field of movements __ a “social movement industry” ____ within which they compete not least for members and activists Which theory of social movements is this ___________?

    A. new social movement theory
    B. collective behavior theory
    C. social strain theory
    D. resource mobilization theory