SOCI 1310 MIDTERM 2 KEY CONCEPTS
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What are the five senses of the term "popular"? - ANS Well-liked, ubiquitous, mass culture,
folk culture, and media events
How can well-liked be described as? - ANS Commercial success and it's measurable
What does ubiquitous mean? - ANS Everywhere and easily recognized around the world
What is mass culture? - ANS Commercial media produced for the largest audience possible
What is folk culture? - ANS Can be described as "belonging to the people" and democratic
populism; also known as bottom-up culture
What are media events? - ANS National and global events that are experienced
simultaneously (i.e. Super Bowl, The Olympics, The Grammys)
What is humanistic culture? - ANS The great works in the fine arts; cultivation
In terms of social sciences, culture is - ANS a particular way of life
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, Popular culture is - ANS produced, consumed, and experienced within a context of
overlapping sets of social relationships
In common parlance, popular culture refers to - ANS the aesthetic products created and sold
by profit-seeking firms operating in the global entertainment market
True or false: popular culture is an inherently social phenomenon - ANS True
According to Howard Becker, media and popular culture are produced in the context of -
ANS art worlds
How can art worlds be described? - ANS Networks of participants whose combined efforts
create movies, musical compositions, websites, graphic novels, advertising, and so forth
Support personnel is simply - ANS secondary creative workers (i.e. songwriters, producers,
session musicians, studio engineers, and sound mixers)
What is the First Amendment? - ANS Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition (in the social context of culture)
In popular culture, how can the term "meaning" be described as? - ANS Many postmodern
consumers seek out exemplars of hybridity in which otherwise disparate cultures are melded
together in a self-conscious manner to generate new possibilities for creative expression
True or false: meaning is ultimately made by users/audience/consumers - ANS True
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
REVIEW EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS 2026 VERIFIED.
What are the five senses of the term "popular"? - ANS Well-liked, ubiquitous, mass culture,
folk culture, and media events
How can well-liked be described as? - ANS Commercial success and it's measurable
What does ubiquitous mean? - ANS Everywhere and easily recognized around the world
What is mass culture? - ANS Commercial media produced for the largest audience possible
What is folk culture? - ANS Can be described as "belonging to the people" and democratic
populism; also known as bottom-up culture
What are media events? - ANS National and global events that are experienced
simultaneously (i.e. Super Bowl, The Olympics, The Grammys)
What is humanistic culture? - ANS The great works in the fine arts; cultivation
In terms of social sciences, culture is - ANS a particular way of life
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
, Popular culture is - ANS produced, consumed, and experienced within a context of
overlapping sets of social relationships
In common parlance, popular culture refers to - ANS the aesthetic products created and sold
by profit-seeking firms operating in the global entertainment market
True or false: popular culture is an inherently social phenomenon - ANS True
According to Howard Becker, media and popular culture are produced in the context of -
ANS art worlds
How can art worlds be described? - ANS Networks of participants whose combined efforts
create movies, musical compositions, websites, graphic novels, advertising, and so forth
Support personnel is simply - ANS secondary creative workers (i.e. songwriters, producers,
session musicians, studio engineers, and sound mixers)
What is the First Amendment? - ANS Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, and
Petition (in the social context of culture)
In popular culture, how can the term "meaning" be described as? - ANS Many postmodern
consumers seek out exemplars of hybridity in which otherwise disparate cultures are melded
together in a self-conscious manner to generate new possibilities for creative expression
True or false: meaning is ultimately made by users/audience/consumers - ANS True
@2026/2027 ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
