FILM 240: Quiz 8 GRADE: A

Question 1 (1 point) Which statement is true regarding globalization? Select all that apply. Question 1 options: a) Globalization refers to the increased cross-border traffic in money, goods , people, ideas, and images enabled by new technologies of communication and transportation. b) A cultural approach to globalization asks how these new economic, political, and social ties are being experienced by people. How does globalization change the way people think about the world and their place in it? c) Globalization has been implemented evenly and so is experienced by different peoples in the same ways. In sum, globalization always increases people’s marginalization and lack of control over their destinies and their culture d) Globalization is natural and inevitable in its progression or outcomes. People can’t and don’t intervene in the construction, interpretation, and use of global connections. Why they can’t is the question asked by many popular culture scholars. Question 2 (1 point) Cultural studies theorists now agree that identity is something we are, not something we do. In other words, for cultural studies theorists, identity is a fixed property of the individual, rather than an unstable social process. Identity is a fixed property of the individual because the mechanics of identity formation are fully within our control and fully under our influence. What that means is that we make our identities under conditions of our own choosing. Question 2 options: True False Question 3 (1 point) The cultural imperialism thesis enables us to see how certain structural forces can lead to cultural homogenization, but its proponents fail to account for backflows (the impact of foreign influences on the “powerful” nations); regional circuits of influence; and local practices of appropriation, transculturation, and resistance. Question 3 options: True False ________________________________________ 3 of 7 questions saved Quiz Question 4 (1 point) Next to the US, Japan has the longest history of playing baseball and the largest spectatorship. The game was first introduced to the Japanese in 1872 by Horace Wilson, an American hired by the Japanese government to help modernize the Japanese school system. Between 1900 and 1930, intermittent “friendlies” between American and Japanese college and semi-professional teams helped to spread baseball fever and led to the formation of the first Japanese professional league in 1934. Now called the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) league, this organization systemized, rationalized, and commercialized the game, bringing it into line with its American cousin the MLB. Still, there are profound differences between baseball as played in the US and baseball as played in Japan. The rules are basically the same, but, in Japan, the ball is smaller, the strike zone is wider, and the fields are less ample (making some of them technically illegal in the US). Games are time limited and ties are allowed and even encouraged. Most importantly, the sport is practiced, played, and appreciated in a uniquely Japanese way. The Japanese consider Yakyû, or field ball, a martial art, rather than competitive sport. They believe the game teaches tenacity, discipline, and moral character and liken baseball players to the samurai warriors of medieval Japan. Japanese baseball is also played differently on the field than American baseball. The team comes first, and players, coaches, and fans alike value team spirit, or wa, above individual statistics or success. This impacts the game in a variety of ways. Americans see baseball as a straightup, man-to-man competition along the lines of “Throw me your best pitch and let me see if I can hit.” The Japanese play strategically, to avoid assertive competition and promote team goals. Thus, homeruns and strikeouts, though spectacular and appreciated, are not the center of the Japanese game. The emphasis on strategy over spectacle, team over individual, is obviously very different from the American game. Perhaps most galling, from an American perspective, is the Japanese tolerance for tie games. If neither team scores more runs in the allotted time frame, the teams earn a tie. In the minds of many Japanese fans, this is the preferred outcome because neither team loses face; in the minds of many Americans, however, it is sacrilege because no one came out on top. America loves a winner. The Japanese love the fight, and they will applaud the collective efforts of everyone involved regardless of the outcome if the fight was executed with admirable dedication. Given this (rather long) description, the development of Japanese baseball is an example of… Question 4 options: a) McDonaldization b) Interpretive communities c) Homogenization d) Transculturation e) Popular consciousness f) Cultural Imperialism ________________________________________ 4 of 7 questions saved Quiz Question 5 (1 point) Which statement describes best McDonaldization? Question 5 options: a) Cultural forms or expressions that carry past experiences or traditions into the present. They may coexist with and complicate the dominant culture. b) A process of cultural appropriation that involves mixing cultural elements into a new whole. Anthropologists insist most cases of cultural contact result in such hybridization, not in domination or homogenization. c) The way money, goods, people, ideas, and images now flow across geographic and linguistic borders on a routine basis, making distant points seem psychologically near. d) When an individual or group defines itself in opposition to another individual or group. Usually this involves projecting fears, biases, or undesirable traits onto the group one is not identified with. e) A socially conditioned way of looking at the world; the beliefs, values, and opinions of a particular group or class in society. In Marxist terms, this concept is imposed by the powerful in an attempt to legitimate their rule. f) An approach to analysis that emphasizes the social and cultural relations that have shaped the creation and interpretation of a text. Focuses on the ways personal interpretations are influenced by a variety of texts, intertexts, paratexts, and ideologies. g) The way the logics associated with the fast food industry (its emphasis on efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control) are being implemented throughout the social. The result is to homogenize and sanitize social experience. Question 6 (1 point) Which statement describes best transculturation? Question 6 options: a) The way the logics associated with the fast food industry (its emphasis on efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control) are being implemented throughout the social. The result is to homogenize and sanitize social experience. b) When an individual or group defines itself in opposition to another individual or group. Usually this involves projecting fears, biases, or undesirable traits onto the group one is not identified with c) A socially conditioned way of looking at the world; the beliefs, values, and opinions of a particular group or class in society. In Marxist terms, this concept is imposed by the powerful in an attempt to legitimate their rule. d) A process of cultural appropriation that involves mixing cultural elements into a new whole. Anthropologists insist most cases of cultural contact result in such hybridization, not in domination or homogenization e) An approach to analysis that emphasizes the social and cultural relations that have shaped the creation and interpretation of a text. Focuses on the ways personal interpretations are influenced by a variety of texts, intertexts, paratexts, and ideologies. f) The way money, goods, people, ideas, and images now flow across geographic and linguistic borders on a routine basis, making distant points seem psychologically near. g) Cultural forms or expressions that carry past experiences or traditions into the present. They may coexist with and complicate the dominant culture. Question 7 (1 point) Which statement describes best globalization? Question 7 options: a) When an individual or group defines itself in opposition to another individual or group. Usually this involves projecting fears, biases, or undesirable traits onto the group one is not identified with b) A socially conditioned way of looking at the world; the beliefs, values, and opinions of a particular group or class in society. In Marxist terms, this concept is imposed by the powerful in an attempt to legitimate their rule. c) A process of cultural appropriation that involves mixing cultural elements into a new whole. Anthropologists insist most cases of cultural contact result in such hybridization, not in domination or homogenization. d) The way the logics associated with the fast food industry (its emphasis on efficiency, calculability, predictability, and control) are being implemented throughout the social. The result is to homogenize and sanitize social experience. e) Cultural forms or expressions that carry past experiences or traditions into the present. They may coexist with and complicate the dominant culture. f) An approach to analysis that emphasizes the social and cultural relations that have shaped the creation and interpretation of a text. Focuses on the ways personal interpretations are influenced by a variety of texts, intertexts, paratexts, and ideologies. g) The way money, goods, people, ideas, and images now flow across geographic and linguistic borders on a routine basis, making distant points seem psychologically near.