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Multiple Choice questions



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Question 1.
Which of the following statements is least accurate when describing media industries in today's society?

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Question 2.
The type of mass media that has the greatest influence on Americans 18 years or older based on the number of hours of exposure per year is ____________.

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Question 3.
The single most influential variable that led to contemporary media industries becoming "Big Media" was ____________.

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Question 4.
Before the dramatic increase in cable television, the "Big Three" television networks were _____, _____, and _____.

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Question 5.
When media companies own more than one type of media property, such as when one corporation owns newspapers, TV stations, and magazines it is referred to as ____________.


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Question 6.
Walt Disney corporation owns Walt Disney studio as well as Touchtone Pictures, the ABC television network, Miramax films, and other industries that allow Disney to produce, market, and distribute its product more effectively. This is called _____________.

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Question 7.
Which of the following is not one of the four "Big Media" conglomerates?

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Question 8.
When a corporation can maximize profits because it owns all the means to produce, market, and distribute a product it is referred to as _____________.

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Question 9.
Which of the following is an example of a dysfunction of mass media?


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Question 10.
Hegemony theory is associated with which theoretical perspective on the media?

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Question 11.
A broad and diverse representation of opinion and culture that is available to the public is called ____________.

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Question 12.
Which of the following is not one of the problems analysts believe that has been brought about by convergence in the media industries?

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Question 13.
Of the "Big Media" conglomerates, the two that have the largest media and entertainment operations are ____________ and ____________.

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Question 14.
What do FAIR and MediaChannel have in common?

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Question 15.
What is meant by the term "Fourth Estate" when it is used to describe media conglomerates?

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Question 16.
The largest corporate merger in history was between which of the following two companies?


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Question 17.
The hypothesis supporting the notion that television shows, videos, motion pictures, and other forms of media offer people a vicarious outlet for feelings of aggression, possibly reducing the amount of violence engaged in by the media consumer is the ______________.

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Question 18.
What is the consensus of the research on the effect the depiction of violence in the media has on audiences?

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Question 19.
An over generalization about the appearance, behavior, or other characteristics about all members of a group is called ____________.

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Question 20.
Which of the following situations is not an example of gender stereotyping?

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Question 21.
The theory aligned with symbolic interactionism that suggests people are active audience participants who make conscious decisions about what they will watch, listen to, and read is ____________.

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Question 22.
The phenomenon that takes place as media consumers are continually given information that supports existing class relationships is called ____________.


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Question 23.
The conflict theory that states the media are an instrument of social control which is used by members of the ruling classes to create false consciousness in the working classes is called ____________.

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Question 24.
The audience relations approach, use and gratification theory, and hypodermic needle theory are aligned with the ____________ perspective.


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Question 25.
Conflict theories usually link the media industries to which of the following economic systems?

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