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True-False questions



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Question 1.
Users of the Internet becoming addicted to the system are purely a social problem experienced by Americans and other members of high-income nations.


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Question 2.
Prior to cable television, the "Big Three" networks were FOX, CNN, and TBS.

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Question 3.
Convergence of media conglomerates has increased public debate over important social issues.


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Question 4.
Media critics believe U.S. based media giants undermine traditional cultural values in this country and worldwide.


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Question 5.
Scholars generally agree that watching violent television programs and violent movies fuels aggressive tendencies.


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Question 6.
The cathartic effect hypothesis supports the notion that watching violent television programs and movies fuels violent behavior and crime.


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Question 7.
Media advertising is more likely to treat women as sexual objects rather than as individuals.


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Question 8.
Media industries limit their sexual stereotyping to women and seldom, if ever, stereotype men.

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Question 9.
Although Judge Judy (Sheindlin) is portrayed as an assertive and successful woman, she is also gender stereotyped as being "bossy" and "bitchy."


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Question 10.
Conflict theorists support the notion that media instructs people on the values, beliefs, and attitudes that they should have, providing they are consistent with the needs of the rich and powerful.


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