Question 1

Use the conflict approach to analyze the spread of globalization.Compare globalization with earlier movements of colonization.

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Question 2

Identify a subculture or counterculture you are a part of.Provide a few examples of any beliefs,values,languages,or norms you may share with your subculture or counterculture.Explain if this is either a subculture or counterculture.

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Question 3

Compare the contrast the concepts of global culture,grocalization,and glocalization.Illustrate each phenomenon with an example.

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Question 4

Our ethnocentrism sometimes makes it difficult to see our own culture for what it is.Identify three doxic norms,practices,or beliefs that exist in the culture of the United States.Imagine how someone from another culture might view our culture as strange or negative.

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Question 5

Discuss how language can be used to bring about social change,and illustrate it with an example.

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Question 6

Compare and contrast a functionalist and conflict approach to high culture.

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Question 7

At one point,the plays of William Shakespeare were popular with the English masses.Today,reading or watching the plays is more associated with the educated and wealthy.Identify another specific example where an element of popular or high culture has shifted over time.

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Question 8

Discuss how trends in popular culture or mass media can reflect cultural fears and anxieties,for example,in zombie shows such as The Walking Dead.Provide a specific example.Discuss how popular culture can influence the mass media and vice versa.

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Question 9

The Amish are a cultural group that chooses to elevate tradition over modernity in areas such as transportation (many still use buggies),occupations (they rely on simple farming),and family life (women are seen as subordinate to men).They lead a retreatist lifestyle in which their community is intentionally separated from the dominant culture.Discuss whether you could consider the Amish a subculture or counterculture,and explain why.

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Question 10

Provide a definition of cultural capital,and discuss its role in social-class reproduction.

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Question 11

Only about 20% of Americans consider themselves bilingual,or able to hold a conversation in more than one language.Discuss the cultural reasons for why it may be difficult for a native English speaker to become fluent in another language in the United States.Discuss the cultural challenges in learning English as a second language for an immigrant to the United States.

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Question 12

Compare and contrast the perspectives of ethnocentrism,cultural relativism,and multiculturalism.

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Question 13

Explain the phenomenon of rape culture in the United States and how the legal system and media play a role.Do we believe we live in a rape culture? Explain why or why not.

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Question 14

Explain the concept of habitus,including a discussion of the relationship between agency and structure.Illustrate it with a personal example of how your choices may have been shaped by habitus.

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Question 15

Provide an example of cultural inconsistency in the United States not mentioned in the text.

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Question 16

Culture is integral to our social experience of the world.It offers diversion and entertainment,but it also helps form our identities and gives meaning to the artifacts and experiences of our lives.Culture shapes and permeates material objects,such as folk costumes;rituals,such as nuptial and burial ceremonies;and language,as expressed in conversation,poetry,stories,or music.Explore some characteristics of your own culture,and discuss three specific examples.

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Question 17

Think of a group that could be considered a subculture or counterculture.Identify some of the beliefs,norms (folkways,mores,and laws),and values that are associated with this particular cultural group and how they differ from or are similar to dominant culture.

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Question 18

Explain the difference between an etic and emic perspective,and discuss the relationship of these perspectives to ethnocentrism and cultural relativism.

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Question 19

In the text,the authors use the example of weddings to illustrate the differences between the different types of norms: folkways,mores,taboos,and laws.Using the example of war and militaries,provide an example of each,and discuss the differences.

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Question 20

Imagine you are taking a trip to a (real or imaginary)foreign country where the culture is very different from your own.Illustrate with six examples how your own ethnocentrism might influence behaviors and interactions as you take your trip.

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Quiz 1: Culture and Mass Media