Men tend to use more powerless speech forms such as apologies, qualifiers, disclaimers, and excuses than women.

Which of the following has the comparatively highest prestige in society?

A. slang B. non-standard dialect C. inarticulates D. standard dialect

Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. Critical cultural studies focused on how people interpret and make meaning out of the media content they use. 2. Watching something violent and horrific but gaining an alternative interpretation from it is an example of polysemy. 3. Social position has nothing to do with influencing interpretation. 4. According to press, middle-class women were much less likely to think about whether the programs were realistic. 5. Watching a video and interpreting it in a way that opposes the dominant meaning is called resistance.