Across
- 6. one of the owners of the triangle factory.
- 10. environmental problem caused by discarded clothing.
- 11. _____ culture is the culture of the lower classes.
- 12. a basic unit of meaning consisting of a signifier and a signified.
- 16. 24 ____ biases
- 18. Uses and ________ theory explains how people seek out and use specific media to satisfy their needs.
- 19. Ancient Greek philosopher who wrote the allegory.
- 21. the factory was renamed the ____ building in the NYU campus.
- 26. you let the social dynamics of a group situation override the best outcomes
- 27. _______ culture is where technology like phones and computers merge to form new platforms and devices.
- 28. many of the workers/victims came from this group of people.
- 33. a recurring element in an artistic work.
- 36. the sender of a message uses signs to “package” a meaning they wish someone else to receive.
- 40. one can participate in pop culture without the need of education, expense and significant training. Feature of pop culture.
- 41. you’d rather do the opposite of what someone is trying to make you do
- 43. process of reusing old materials to make new clothing.
- 44. ______ theory and criticism is a field of study that explores the influence of colonialism and its aftermath.
- 46. worker organization that fought for labor rights after the fire
- 47. rapidly changing styles driving the demand of fast fashion
- 48. a list of works accepted as being of the highest quality
- 49. making more clothes than consumers actually need.
- 51. Marcel Duchamp made the painting “____ Descending a Staircase.”
- 52. Gained when one turns away from shadows to truth.
- 53. _____ theory:doesn’t focus on what was communicated but HOW it was sent.
- 54. a fashion approach that respects workers and the environment.
- 55. The first thing you judge influences your judgement of all that follows.
- 56. ____ ideology is when material objects reinforce ideological beliefs.
- 57. ____ practices are the things that people do and make in a particular time and place.
Down
- 1. the process of selecting examples that only supports one's own position.
- 2. the doors were _____, trapping the workers inside.
- 3. the ___ is the way in which a particular concept is expressed. Ex.languages
- 4. A book by Irish author James Joyce.
- 5. A tendency to favor one perspective or group over another.
- 7. the study of signifying systems
- 8. _____ theory and criticism is an interdisciplinary field of study that seeks to understand the nature of gender equality.
- 9. The ____ fire occurred at a factory in New York, 1911.
- 13. Pop culture is often associated with ____ culture
- 14. the ___ is the concept being expressed.
- 15. What exists beyond the illusions of the cave.
- 17. participation in pop culture establishes a form of _____ among individuals with similar tastes.
- 20. type of cotton grown without harmful pesticides
- 22. a process whereby history is presented as nature
- 23. Symbols of limitations keeping prisoners from truth.
- 24. The ideas, beliefs and principles that structure a particular world view.
- 25. signifiers connected by proximity.
- 27. a sign’s secondary, culturally specific relations or associations; the opposite of denotative.
- 29. understood as anything we interpret or “read”.
- 30. ______ studies: a field of study that focuses on the definitions and consequences of disability.
- 31. the ____ of a message is how the recipient of the message interprets it.
- 32. groups with values and norms that differentiate them from the larger culture.
- 34. a collective term for the fans of a particular media property.
- 35. taking unfair advantage of workers in the garment industry
- 37. a skilled craft worker who creates material objects partly or entirely by hand.
- 38. ______ theory and criticism is an approach to culture that focuses on social class and class struggle.
- 39. you remember the past as better than it was, and expect the future to be worse than it will likely be
- 42. _____ race theory is an approach to culture that focuses on the ways in which racism is deeply entrenched in social structures including the law.
- 43. legislation passed to improve workplace protections.
- 44. a category of related signs.
- 45. a sign’s dictionary definition.
- 50. Hypodermic ____ theory suggests that audiences are passive and will have a direct, uniform and powerful response to media messages.