COMM 200 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026

COMM 200 TEST 3 QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026 Censorship - Answers censorship leads to tyranny, when the government tries to prevent things from being published/ broadcasted based on its content symmetrical relation - Answers no predetermined control- everyone has the right to determine libel - Answers defaming with falsehoods through mass distribution process. worse than slander so its punished harder impact rationale - Answers justify or legitimize regulating media based on fear of what media might so to us command aspect - Answers one up comm- demonstrate command aspect of control relinquishing control- asking for help support- one down comm one across - establishing a balance control is command aspect of messaging authoritarian system - Answers total control of government- own media outlets and use them to display government objectives- no interest of the people- view people as beneath the authoritarians- decides what info is right or wrong Clear and Present Danger - Answers restriction of the flow to protect the safety of community or national security concertive controls - Answers norms related to cooperation- designed to alleviate bureaucratic controls, culture or social pressure the hays code - Answers created in 1934, a form of censorship created by the government with. a set of guidelines as to what could be in movies self imposed rules for hollywood media content instituted in 1930 with the goal of creating wholesome entertainment one-up communication - Answers demonstrate the command aspect of control relinquishing control- asking for guidance or support : one down comm permissive system - Answers western style- media outlets are privately owned and operated and are separate from the government- the citizens interests are placed above those of the state- what are the best ways to get information to flow to the public slaps test - Answers content lacks serious, literary, artistic, political, or scientific value. test for obscenity bureaucratic controls - Answers formalized rules/ policies where we try to organize the controls within organizations culture industries - Answers large organizations in the business of mass comm that produce, distribute, or show various media texts as an industry selective exposure - Answers people seek media messages or interpret media texts in ways that confirm their beliefs and conversely resist or avoid messages that challenge their beliefs cultivation theory - Answers the idea that long term immersion in a media environment leads to cultivation or enculturation into shared beliefs about the world uses& gratifications - Answers people use media messages and find various types of gratifications in some media texts rather than in others media richness theory - Answers theory that describes the potential information carrying capacity of a communcation medium agenda setting - Answers the power of media coverage to influence individuals view of which topics are more salient than others' technocapital - Answers access to technological skills and resources institutional controls - Answers Institutional controls can take the form of easements, restrictive covenants, equitable servitudes, environmental covenants, zoning, building permits, well drilling prohibi- tions, contractual agreements (such as permits and consent decrees), infor- mational devices, or other types of controls. chilling effect - Answers a phenomenon where individuals or groups refrain from engaging in expression for fear of running afoul of a law or regulation. communication chaos - Answers happens when messages try to be controlled often on campuses from trying to control scarcity of voices - Answers formalized roles - Answers positions or titles given to a person by the group or larger organization media deficit approach - Answers sees the general population as the receiver of information and scientific knowledge. The information they receive, through whatever medium, has been prearranged according to what the distributors believe to be in the public's interest. picn - Answers public interest convenience and necessity In exchange for obtaining a valuable license to operate a broadcast station using the public airwaves, each radio and television licensee is required by law to operate its station in the "public interest, convenience and necessity." Generally, this means it must air programming that is responsive to the needs and problems of its local community of license. marketplace model - Answers a middleman, giving customers a secure venue to interact, communicate, and conduct business. Alan Monroe - Answers created motivated sequence provided structure for public communicators 1. get attention 2. describe problem 3. present solution 4. how does it address the problem 5. call for action aristotle - Answers believes speakers needed to learn skillful persuasion so they can defend truth and justice defined rhetoric as "the art of discovering all the available means of persuasion in a given situation" aristotle believed ethos or character is the most important of the three but he believes all 3 are used to gain credibility ernest Bormann - Answers so much of what we know if credible places is cradted, makes it difficult for us to assess what is truly credible. professional message formers Walter Ong- - Answers "thought is nested in speech" mental activity has to be fulfilled by speaking. discussion or debates help to solve problems. direct connection between speech and cognition. Eric Hoffer - Answers Wrote the true believer detailing the theories and thoughts of fanatical groups and movement groups "to illustrate a principal you must exaggerate much and omit much" he would analyze BLM, Me Too, and MAGA today find a charismatic leader who is a clear leader helps get people on board lloyd bitzer - Answers created rhetorical situation- purpose, audience, topic, writer, and context analysis of broad rhetoric sphere motivation is to convey ideas, make something happen, reduce ambiguity edward hall - Answers developed proxemics- or the study of space in interpersonal communication stephen toulmin - Answers developed the toulmin model- claim- an idea that an arguer wants someone to accept data- any belief which can lead to the endorsement of another belief or policy warrant- a principle certifying for someone the reasonableness of moving from the data to a claim reservation- special circumstance which may limit the applicability of the warrant qualifier- an indication of the strength of the claim made karl wallace - Answers ethics requires judgements habit of serach/justice respect for dissent