1. A command in American Sign Language is signed with which non-manual markers? (1 point)A. Forceful sign and furrowed brow
B. Forceful sign and eyebrows raised
C. Signed twice with raised shoulders
D. Direct eye contact and eyebrows raised.

Answer:

B. Because viewers do not doubt the reality of what they see on TV  

Explanation:

Postman then cites French literary theorist Roland Barthes, arguing that “television has achieved the status of ‘myth’”. What does “myth” mean to Barthes? As Postman explains: “a myth is a way of thinking so deeply embedded in our consciousness that it is invisible”. Here we might pause and review our discussion on semiotics, recalling Levi-Strauss as well as de Saussure.

Myth is language. Images are a type of language. Consequently, when we see a representation of Rosie the Riveter, what comes to mind are a number of ideas, including everything from American determination as reflected by its citizens during World War II to the ideals and concepts espoused by feminist theory. If, as Postman states, television is myth, then what he is arguing for is the idea that television by its very nature and by what it is capable of conveys a complex series of ideas that is already deeply embedded within our subconscious. Or, as Postman more succinctly puts it: We rarely talk about television, only about what is on television—that is, about its content”.

The reason that Postman believes that television is a myth in current culture is (B) because viewers do not doubt the reality of what they see on TV.

Viewers begin to accept everything on TV as a reality or natural occurrence.

Maus is a graphic novel which depicts the author Spiegelman interviewing his father about his experiences. His father was a Holocaust survivor. Spiegelman uses postmodernist techniques and depicts Jews as mice. The book became an important work which it went out to win a Pulitzer Prize in 1992 being the first book in that category. Maus is considered an important work of Holocaust literature because the studies on the book made significant contributions to Holocaust studies. The book allows us to see precisely how memories became authorized. Spiegelman not only depicts the story in an allegoric point of view, but also he presents the private life in a written form.