CMN 10V EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
[Thompson/Facebook]
What happened earlier this decade re: Facebook and Google, concerning the sending of traffic to
websites? - (ANSWER)facebook and google's went up, especially facebook 3.5x more than google
What are "evergreen" stories? - (ANSWER)articles about lifestyle, diets, millenials, happiness, etc.
What does the article conclude about news vs. entertainment in the BuzzFeed top 20 most viral stories?
- (ANSWER)only a few are news and rest are entertainment, people don't look at news that much but
want to see stuff thatremind themselves about their own lives
The last page of the article makes the point that what's happening now is not new. Specifically, what is
the author's claim? - (ANSWER)ppl gather info but forget about the sources, questions the credibility
and accuracy of info
What does the author site as a "key difference between the old forms of news and entertainment and
Facebook? - (ANSWER)our news feed is entirely our creation
[Curry/Washington Post]
What are the 3 main claims of the article (the 3 suggestions for using social media)?
Re: Claim #1:
—How did people ages 18-29 differ from those 30-49 in their thoughts about political campaign news?
—How are older Americans different? - (ANSWER)more and more ppl rely on social media for news and
info, 18-29 said that social media was the most helpful source of info about the presidential campaign
30-49 said cable tv, news websites, and then social media was third
, CMN 10V EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
older americans prefer television and traditional media outlets
Re: Claim #2:
—What does the article suggest about the relationship of news via social media and voter turnout?
—What does the article suggest about social pressure via social media and voting? - (ANSWER)despite
its growing popularity, social media's influence on political participation remains unclear
still depend on tradition factors
Re: Claim #3:
—What is the point here about voters' knowledge of sources of political information? -
(ANSWER)gathering political info via social media brings an increased risk of digesting info from
questionable sources
could be false info
Lesson 11) Gender & Communication/Hyde article
Read the abstract carefully a couple of times--it contains the essence of the article. - (ANSWER)- While
society mainly believes that males/females are vastly different psychologically the author takes a
different view
o Author believes in gender similarities hypothesis, and results from meta-analyses support this.
o Gender differences can vary substantially at different ages and depend on context, but this
overinflated claim of gender differences has substantial costs in workplace/relationships
What is the gender similarities hypothesis? - (ANSWER)- It holds that males and females are similar on
most, but not all, psychological variables.
o Men and women are more alike than they are different, believes most differences are less than .10 or
in between .11 and .35
COMPLETE SOLUTION
[Thompson/Facebook]
What happened earlier this decade re: Facebook and Google, concerning the sending of traffic to
websites? - (ANSWER)facebook and google's went up, especially facebook 3.5x more than google
What are "evergreen" stories? - (ANSWER)articles about lifestyle, diets, millenials, happiness, etc.
What does the article conclude about news vs. entertainment in the BuzzFeed top 20 most viral stories?
- (ANSWER)only a few are news and rest are entertainment, people don't look at news that much but
want to see stuff thatremind themselves about their own lives
The last page of the article makes the point that what's happening now is not new. Specifically, what is
the author's claim? - (ANSWER)ppl gather info but forget about the sources, questions the credibility
and accuracy of info
What does the author site as a "key difference between the old forms of news and entertainment and
Facebook? - (ANSWER)our news feed is entirely our creation
[Curry/Washington Post]
What are the 3 main claims of the article (the 3 suggestions for using social media)?
Re: Claim #1:
—How did people ages 18-29 differ from those 30-49 in their thoughts about political campaign news?
—How are older Americans different? - (ANSWER)more and more ppl rely on social media for news and
info, 18-29 said that social media was the most helpful source of info about the presidential campaign
30-49 said cable tv, news websites, and then social media was third
, CMN 10V EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE | QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 2026 UPDATE | WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
older americans prefer television and traditional media outlets
Re: Claim #2:
—What does the article suggest about the relationship of news via social media and voter turnout?
—What does the article suggest about social pressure via social media and voting? - (ANSWER)despite
its growing popularity, social media's influence on political participation remains unclear
still depend on tradition factors
Re: Claim #3:
—What is the point here about voters' knowledge of sources of political information? -
(ANSWER)gathering political info via social media brings an increased risk of digesting info from
questionable sources
could be false info
Lesson 11) Gender & Communication/Hyde article
Read the abstract carefully a couple of times--it contains the essence of the article. - (ANSWER)- While
society mainly believes that males/females are vastly different psychologically the author takes a
different view
o Author believes in gender similarities hypothesis, and results from meta-analyses support this.
o Gender differences can vary substantially at different ages and depend on context, but this
overinflated claim of gender differences has substantial costs in workplace/relationships
What is the gender similarities hypothesis? - (ANSWER)- It holds that males and females are similar on
most, but not all, psychological variables.
o Men and women are more alike than they are different, believes most differences are less than .10 or
in between .11 and .35
