• What is Communication? How does it work? - CORRECT ANSWER Any process in which people, through the use of symbols, verbally and/or nonverbally, consciously or not consciously, intentionally or unintentionally, generate meanings (info, ideas, feelings, and perceptions) within and across various ...
COM2740 Exam 1 Questions With Latest Solutions
• What is Communication? How does it work? - CORRECT ANSWER Any process in which people, through
the use of symbols, verbally and/or nonverbally, consciously or not consciously, intentionally or
unintentionally, generate meanings (info, ideas, feelings, and perceptions) within and across various
contexts, cultures, and media.
What are the parts of a Communication model? - CORRECT ANSWER Sender,
Receiver,Channels,Message,Feedback, Noise, and Setting.
What is the Semantic Triangle? What are the parts of it? - CORRECT ANSWER A way Communication
scholars diagram how we attach meaning to words. There's a referent (the thing you're referring to), the
thought (your concept of it), and the symbol (the assignment of letters to create a word for it).
Hollywood releases more than _________ hours of feature films each year. - CORRECT ANSWER 700
YouTube users upload more than________ hours of video every minute. - CORRECT ANSWER 100
Google has cataloged ___________ web pages, which is only ___ of all web pages. - CORRECT ANSWER
13.4 Billion, 1%
____________of all scientists who have ever lived are alive today and producing information. - CORRECT
ANSWER Half
Musicians have more than ___________ over the last four decades. - CORRECT ANSWER doubled
Number of artists have ______ - CORRECT ANSWER trippled
Number of authors has ___________ - CORRECT ANSWER quintupled
, ____________ people create the largest amount of information. - CORRECT ANSWER Ordinary
What areas are growing in regards to media exposure? - CORRECT ANSWER Social Media (37% Annually
on Comp; 63% on Phones)
What is automaticity? How does it work? - CORRECT ANSWER Like your mind is on autopilot. Just
filtering through messages rapid fire, more or less ignoring the ones that don't appeal to us in some way.
What is socialization? How does it occur? - CORRECT ANSWER It is the process by which our family,
teachers, political leaders, and so on tell us what we should think about. Can also be done by the
media.The news tells us what's important and what is not.Entertainment programs show us how to
behave in certain situations.Through the way mass media presents info from advertisers, they tell us
about our personal problems and what we need to buy to fix them.
What are the misconceptions about Media Literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER Media are Harmful; ML will
destroy my fun with the media; ML requires the memorization of a great many facts; ML is a "special
skill";ML requires too much effort.
What is Media Literacy - CORRECT ANSWER a set of perspectives that we actively use to interpret the
meaning of the messages we encounter
Skills of Media Literacy? - CORRECT ANSWER Analysis; Evaluation; Grouping; In/Deduction; Synthesis;
Abstraction.
What are the 5 majors KSs we need in media context? - CORRECT ANSWER - Media industries, Media
Audiences, Media Content, Media Effects, Real World (RW cannot be taught).
To become more media literate you must have a _________________. - CORRECT ANSWER PERSONAL
LOCUS
Abstraction - CORRECT ANSWER Creating a clear, brief, and accurate description of the message.
Succinctly Synopsizing.
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