PAC FINAL EXAM SIMS CEDARVILLE UNIVERSITY
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% PASS
/. Neil Postman - Answer-wrote "amusing ourselves to death"
/.Thesis of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" - Answer-a. The Medium of our conversations
drives the content of our culture. As the predominant medium changes, our culture
changes.
b. As our medium changed away from the printed word and toward the visual imagery of
television, our culture has changed.
c. Due to the impact of television in all phases of our culture, what we know is no
necessarily related to decision-making in our daily lives.
d. What we do know is so disjointed and incomplete that what we are left with is best fit
for amusement, not for rational thought or argument.
e. Hence, we are amusing ourselves to death.
/."Smoke Signals" - Answer-these can illustrate the concept that the new modern
mediums are not designed to bring about deep thought
/.The "news of the day" - Answer-Fragmented information that takes our attention but
causes us to be concerned about things outside our sphere of influence
/.How do we study culture? - Answer-idk
/.Media's impact on epistemology - Answer-As new media technologies come into the
picture, the different ways to believe something shift ranks (seeing, saying, reading,
counting)
/."Typographic America" - Answer-idk
/."Peek-a-boo" culture - Answer-A culture that "makes one neighborhood of everybody"
when we all see something from far away through media
/.Impacts of inventions on the idea of context - Answer-The telegraph and photograph
allowed information to be passed without contextual explanation, thus capable of
causing issues. Similar to newspapers and television
/.Entertainment - Answer-The main mode of conversation on television
/."Good" television - Answer-Television that uses effective audio and visuals to draw
one in
, /.TV's influence on religion - Answer-Our expectations for worship and church have
changed based on services we see on television
/.Political Candidates and Television - Answer-Political candidates thrive when they are
"quick and snappy", display their typical life as a citizen, and appeal to the emotion of
the viewer
/.Christian response to politics & media - Answer-Use discernment with Scripture to
evaluate political candidates
/.Ideology - Answer-A belief system, or underlying psychological structure that:
1. Some individuals use to understand political issues and develop and opinion on those
issues
2. Allows individuals to relate issues to one another and form opinions that are
consistent across issues
3. Serves as a motivation for behavior that is rationally related to the ideology itself
/.Economic Conservatism - Answer-Government tries to do too many things that should
be left to the private sector
/.Social Conservatism - Answer-Government power should be used to uphold traditional
values
/.Economic Liberalism - Answer-Government should do more to assist people who have
difficulty meeting their own economic needs
/.Social Liberalism - Answer-Government should play no, or little role, in defining values
and that policy should allow for new and unconventional values to emerge without
discrimination
/.Libertarianism - Answer-Government should be small both economically and socially
/.Populism - Answer-Government should be active for economic assistance and active
in the promotion of traditional values
/.Examples of Modern Liberalism - Answer-1. Woodrow Wilson's "The New Freedom"
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights
a. Now expecting rights to a job, income, wages, trade, health care, protection, and
education
-A movement away from the founding
-A recognition that things must change
-Liberty redefined as the freedom to operate within a guaranteed set of economic
outcomes
/.Examples of Modern Conservatism - Answer-1. Ronald Reagan: The New Freedom II
a. We strive toward the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with an orderly society.
EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100% PASS
/. Neil Postman - Answer-wrote "amusing ourselves to death"
/.Thesis of "Amusing Ourselves to Death" - Answer-a. The Medium of our conversations
drives the content of our culture. As the predominant medium changes, our culture
changes.
b. As our medium changed away from the printed word and toward the visual imagery of
television, our culture has changed.
c. Due to the impact of television in all phases of our culture, what we know is no
necessarily related to decision-making in our daily lives.
d. What we do know is so disjointed and incomplete that what we are left with is best fit
for amusement, not for rational thought or argument.
e. Hence, we are amusing ourselves to death.
/."Smoke Signals" - Answer-these can illustrate the concept that the new modern
mediums are not designed to bring about deep thought
/.The "news of the day" - Answer-Fragmented information that takes our attention but
causes us to be concerned about things outside our sphere of influence
/.How do we study culture? - Answer-idk
/.Media's impact on epistemology - Answer-As new media technologies come into the
picture, the different ways to believe something shift ranks (seeing, saying, reading,
counting)
/."Typographic America" - Answer-idk
/."Peek-a-boo" culture - Answer-A culture that "makes one neighborhood of everybody"
when we all see something from far away through media
/.Impacts of inventions on the idea of context - Answer-The telegraph and photograph
allowed information to be passed without contextual explanation, thus capable of
causing issues. Similar to newspapers and television
/.Entertainment - Answer-The main mode of conversation on television
/."Good" television - Answer-Television that uses effective audio and visuals to draw
one in
, /.TV's influence on religion - Answer-Our expectations for worship and church have
changed based on services we see on television
/.Political Candidates and Television - Answer-Political candidates thrive when they are
"quick and snappy", display their typical life as a citizen, and appeal to the emotion of
the viewer
/.Christian response to politics & media - Answer-Use discernment with Scripture to
evaluate political candidates
/.Ideology - Answer-A belief system, or underlying psychological structure that:
1. Some individuals use to understand political issues and develop and opinion on those
issues
2. Allows individuals to relate issues to one another and form opinions that are
consistent across issues
3. Serves as a motivation for behavior that is rationally related to the ideology itself
/.Economic Conservatism - Answer-Government tries to do too many things that should
be left to the private sector
/.Social Conservatism - Answer-Government power should be used to uphold traditional
values
/.Economic Liberalism - Answer-Government should do more to assist people who have
difficulty meeting their own economic needs
/.Social Liberalism - Answer-Government should play no, or little role, in defining values
and that policy should allow for new and unconventional values to emerge without
discrimination
/.Libertarianism - Answer-Government should be small both economically and socially
/.Populism - Answer-Government should be active for economic assistance and active
in the promotion of traditional values
/.Examples of Modern Liberalism - Answer-1. Woodrow Wilson's "The New Freedom"
2. Franklin D. Roosevelt's Economic Bill of Rights
a. Now expecting rights to a job, income, wages, trade, health care, protection, and
education
-A movement away from the founding
-A recognition that things must change
-Liberty redefined as the freedom to operate within a guaranteed set of economic
outcomes
/.Examples of Modern Conservatism - Answer-1. Ronald Reagan: The New Freedom II
a. We strive toward the ultimate in individual freedom consistent with an orderly society.
