MSP 1021 Final Exam with correct
answers
Plato's Cave - correct answer -An allegory that explains enlightened vs. unenlightened citizens
Lady Gaga - correct answer -"It wasn't love, it was a perfect illusion"
Commentary on the celebrity system and the perfect illusion
Beale - correct answer -"I'm mad as hell, and I can't take it anymore!"
NFL - correct answer -A hyperreal of a real grass field, an example of maps taking over territories
Medium/Message - correct answer -The medium is more interesting than the message it displays.
Maps/Territories - correct answer -Screens as maps for your territory. Media overtaking reality. A world
made to seem more real, true, and beautiful than the real world.
Hot and Cool Media - correct answer -Social Media vs. NASA
The Matrix - correct answer -Red or blue pill, continuing to live a fake reality or seeing the real truth
Panopticon (late 1700's) - correct answer -Example of *hot media*
Jeremy Bentham designed the more "efficient" prison
Equivalent of a two way mirror
The few watch the many
Modern Day Panopticon - correct answer -Soul Search and #metoo
, Global Panopticon - correct answer -The Internet
1984 - correct answer -Control via fears and restrictions
Brave New World - correct answer -Control via desires and seductions
Domitainment - correct answer -Domination and entertainment woven together
Doublethink - correct answer -Believing that two opposites are both true in the same time in the same
context
The idea that an attack on Freedom of Press or submitting to total surveillance leads to a better
civilization
Examples of Doublethink - correct answer -1. We have to have war to maintain peace
2. Ignorance is strength
3. "I rarely research, but I have a valid opinion on everything"
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - correct answer -Patch of solid waste the size of Texas floating in the
currents of the North Pacific gyre, mostly consisting of plastics.
Surveillance in The Circle - correct answer -SoulSearch, "When anyone can be found, you can never lose
a friend."
The desire for a transparent society
Doublethink in The Circle - correct answer -SECRETS ARE LIES, SHARING IS CARING, PRIVACY IS THEFT
answers
Plato's Cave - correct answer -An allegory that explains enlightened vs. unenlightened citizens
Lady Gaga - correct answer -"It wasn't love, it was a perfect illusion"
Commentary on the celebrity system and the perfect illusion
Beale - correct answer -"I'm mad as hell, and I can't take it anymore!"
NFL - correct answer -A hyperreal of a real grass field, an example of maps taking over territories
Medium/Message - correct answer -The medium is more interesting than the message it displays.
Maps/Territories - correct answer -Screens as maps for your territory. Media overtaking reality. A world
made to seem more real, true, and beautiful than the real world.
Hot and Cool Media - correct answer -Social Media vs. NASA
The Matrix - correct answer -Red or blue pill, continuing to live a fake reality or seeing the real truth
Panopticon (late 1700's) - correct answer -Example of *hot media*
Jeremy Bentham designed the more "efficient" prison
Equivalent of a two way mirror
The few watch the many
Modern Day Panopticon - correct answer -Soul Search and #metoo
, Global Panopticon - correct answer -The Internet
1984 - correct answer -Control via fears and restrictions
Brave New World - correct answer -Control via desires and seductions
Domitainment - correct answer -Domination and entertainment woven together
Doublethink - correct answer -Believing that two opposites are both true in the same time in the same
context
The idea that an attack on Freedom of Press or submitting to total surveillance leads to a better
civilization
Examples of Doublethink - correct answer -1. We have to have war to maintain peace
2. Ignorance is strength
3. "I rarely research, but I have a valid opinion on everything"
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - correct answer -Patch of solid waste the size of Texas floating in the
currents of the North Pacific gyre, mostly consisting of plastics.
Surveillance in The Circle - correct answer -SoulSearch, "When anyone can be found, you can never lose
a friend."
The desire for a transparent society
Doublethink in The Circle - correct answer -SECRETS ARE LIES, SHARING IS CARING, PRIVACY IS THEFT
