Exam one material

You are expected to know each concept or individual in terms of course material.

• Etymology of culture
• Definitions of culture
• Culture in academia
• Anthropology and "Jersey Shore" in Franklin article
• High culture
  • Concept
  • Examples
• Folk culture
  • Concept
  • Examples
  • Book discussion: eg., "Nature and Nationalism," etc.
• Examples: Casey Jones, The Simpsons
• Mass culture
  • Characteristics
  • Origins
  • Overlap with other cultural forms
  • Book discussion: eg., "Culture Against Anarchy," etc.
• Plato, representation and the Cave
• Simple representation
  • Words as names
• Media representation
  • Considerations
  • Political examples
  • Criticism
• Carl Jung
• Archetypes
  • Concept
  • In different cultures
  • Jung's archetypes
  • Examples of archetypes in media
  • Versus stereotype
  • Slacker archetype
  • White Album archetype
• IAT Test
  • Purpose & method
• Intertextuality
  • Concept
  • "Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll"
  • Common examples
• Postmodernism
  • Cultural categories
  • In film
• Disintermediation
  • Concept
  • Web application
• Semotics
  • Concept
  • "Open example"
• Modality
  • Concept
  • How measured in media
• Technoculture

Contact

Prof. Matt Blake
Tehama Hall 339
530-898-3608
mdblake (at) csuchico.edu