Midterm Crossword
Across
- 5. This position is when the message is understood but rejected (53)
- 7. New versions of an older text (99)
- 13. _______ theory, examines the ways that different stories are told via different mediated platforms, allowing those platforms to enrich that story in many ways (In-Class)
- 14. a group that differentiates itself within the broader culture (104)
- 16. The thing that a word stands for (34)
- 17. Culture that involves consumers go to great length to make the media give them what they want (In-class)
- 18. Remakes that alter the plot of the source text significantly (100)
- 19. Action of referencing something without mentioning it explicitly (94)
- 20. The relationship between signifier and signified is arbitrary (39)
- 23. Disconnected (61)
- 24. People with same interests gravitate towards to each other (In-class)
- 25. means of _______, the raw materials, machines and factories needed to produce goods and services (60)
- 26. ______ materialism, the economic organization of a society influences how people think (61)
- 29. _____ Marx, German philosopher (60)
- 30. Study of signs (32)
- 31. Type of signifiers that don't look like their signifieds, but are still connected (39)
- 34. Uses and _______ theory, media consumers are active participants in the process, both in what people choose to consume and how they react to it (In-Class)
- 36. _____ needle theory, that content is plunged in a specifically directed stream to an "open vessel" audience in a single stream (In-class)
- 38. multiple meanings (In-class)
- 40. owns the means of production (61)
- 41. Creativity, goal-seeking, morality (In-class)
- 44. the concept being expressed (32)
- 46. Systems of communication (51)
- 48. Staying true to your self (In-class)
- 49. Critical ____ Theory, an approach to culture that focuses on systemic racism (77)
- 50. literal/dictionary meaning (36-37)
- 51. Theory that thinks that different mediums change how people interact with a message (In-class)
- 52. Traditional stories involving Gods and monsters (40)
- 53. Contemporary adaptions that combine media to create something new (99)
- 55. the things that people make and do that convey meaning (17)
- 57. Type of signs that use words or images to resemble what they represent (39)
- 59. Consumers of media interacting with each other within a shared media (91-92)
- 60. This position is when the message is understood, but not fully taken up (53)
- 61. Repeating a sentence or phrase someone else said/written (94)
Down
- 1. the means of production are owned by everyone (60)
- 2. Culture that involves private individuals creating their own media and then circulating it (91)
- 3. How a particular concept is expressed (32)
- 4. a category of related sings (35)
- 6. race, class, and sexuality are interwoven together (In-class)
- 8. Confidence, achievement and respect for others (In-class)
- 9. _____ utterance, An event or a statement that leaves an impact (In-class)
- 10. Cultural _____, when elements of one culture are adopted/utilized by another (90)
- 11. where one sign relates to another (35)
- 12. do not own means of production and forced to sell their labor power (61)
- 15. Different ideologies applied to critical research (In-class)
- 21. _____ culture, cultures in which men have historically held positions of power and authority (66)
- 22. ______ media, the main means of mass communication (In-Class)
- 27. Type of Adaption that describes the process of adapting content presented in one medium into another (91)
- 28. Friendship, Family and sexual intimacy (In-class)
- 32. Expression of power and privilege (In-class)
- 33. Collective ______, ability of virtual communities to leverage the combined expertise of their members (92)
- 35. _____culture, modern popular culture viewed in the mass media (In-Class)
- 37. Structure of ______ (101)
- 39. A change in the way media is produced and a change in the way media is consumed (92)
- 42. How to think in a certain way or area (In-class)
- 43. ______ model, a circular process that begins with a speaker, message, medium, receiver and feedback (In-Class)
- 45. a philosophy of history (60)
- 47. This position is when the message is interpreted in the way it was intended (53)
- 54. A parody that calls attention to itself as a parody (99)
- 56. Family, Employment, morality and health (In-class)
- 58. abstract/subtext meaning (36-37)