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MMC Midterm Questions And Answers Latest Update
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MMC Midterm Questions And Answers Latest
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News is most likely to break on: ANS✔✔ Social Media
According to Chandler Fleming, Millennials hate traditional media. ANS✔✔
False
Media scholar Neil Postman argues that a major effect of television is that it
turns serious subjects into entertainment. ANS✔✔ True
The book Seduction of the Innocent was about the dangers of which of the
following types of media? ANS✔✔ crime and horror comics
What level of communication is at the peak of the pyramid? ANS✔✔ Mass
communication
The reception model assumes which of the following? ANS✔✔ each person
decodes a message based on his/her experiences
The nature of the channel used to transmit a message can change the
meaning of the message. ANS✔✔ True
Match Ralph Hanson's Seven Secrets about the media "they" don't want you
to know. ANS✔✔ Secret 1: The media are essential components of our lives
Secret 2: There is no mainstream media
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Secret 3: Everything from the margin moves to the center
Secret 4: Nothing's new; everything that happened in the past will happen
again
Secret 5: New media is always scary
Secret 6: Activism and analysis are not the same thing
Secret 7: There is no "they"
Match the four different dimensions of media literacy ANS✔✔ Cognitive
Dimension: ability to intellectually process information
Emotional Dimension: feelings created by the media
Aesthetic Dimension: interpreting media from artistic or creative point of
view
Moral Dimension: examining the values of a message or medium
What cartoonist cited in Chapter 1 has made a successful living with her
online Girls With Slingshots? ANS✔✔ Danielle Corsetto
Four Levels of Communication ANS✔✔ Intrapersonal Communication -
Communication within the self.
Interpersonal Communication - One on one Communication.
Group Communication - One person communicating with an audience of two
or more people.
Mass Communication - The pinnacle of the communication pyramid. A
society-wide communication process in which an individual or institution
uses technology to send messages to a large - mixed audience.
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Who has been charged by the U.S. government with the "theft of
government property, unauthorized communication of national defense
information and willful communication of classified communication
intelligence"? ANS✔✔ Edward Snowden
According to studies of political campaign influence, voters least likely to
change their opinion are: ANS✔✔ All of the above
Political scientist Doris Graber found that people who want to be able to talk
intelligently with others learn much more from the media than those who
use the media for entertainment. ANS✔✔ True
The socialization of young people growing up, immigrants being assimilated
into society, high school students heading to college,and graduates entering
the workforce are all examples of Secret One. ANS✔✔ True
Correlation is the selection, evaluation, and interpretation of events to
impose structure on the news. ANS✔✔ True
Which theory of media contends that mas media are an extension of the
basic functions of society. ANS✔✔ Functional Analysis
What is the mean world syndrome? ANS✔✔ violent television programs
makes the world more violent
Media sociologist Herbert Gans found eight enduring values -- or biases -- in
journalism. Match the value to the description ANS✔✔ Ethnocentrism: our
country is the best
Responsible Capitalism: companies shouldn't make too much money
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