COM 207 Final Exam Questions and Answers Fully Solved Latest Version 2025-2026
Mainstreaming - Answers The blurring, blending, and bending process by which heavy TV
viewers from disparate groups develop a common outlook through constant exposure to the
same images and labels:
Corporate control will prevent many stories from being told - Answers According to Hall and
other cultural studies theorists, the problem with large corporations continuing to purchase
media outlets is that
High relevance and uncertainty - Answers The need for orientation arises from
Attribution Theory - Answers What theory does Giles rely on to help explain the process of
interpreting another's behavior?
Critical and Phenomenological - Answers Muted group theory falls under which two
communication traditions?
Overaccomodation - Answers According to communication accommodation theory, if you talk
to an elderly woman as if she were a child, or speak extra loud to someone who is not an
English speaker (as if a higher volume will help them better understand), you are engaging in
_______________ behaviors.
Dominating - Answers The response that is not typical of individuals from collectivistic cultures
is
They have not made an effort to find out about it - Answers Kramarae believes men have
difficulty understanding women's communication because
Framing - Answers Second level agenda-setting is also called
Face Negotiation Theory - Answers Stella Ting-Toomey
Objective
Socio-psychological
Muted Group Theory - Answers Chris Kramarae
Interpretive
Critical & phenomenological
Communication Accomodation - Answers Howard Giles
Objective
Socio-psychological
, Agenda Setting - Answers Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
Objective
Socio-psychological
Cultivation Theory - Answers George Gerbner
Objective
Socio-psychological & socio-cultural
Cultural Studies - Answers Stuart Hall
Interpretive
Critical
Symbolic Interaction - Answers George Herbert Mead
Interpretive
Socio-cultural
Coordinated Management of Meaning - Answers W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
Interpretive
Socio-cultural & phenomenological
Epistimology - Answers How is knowledge gained; How does knowledge "accumulate" etc.
Axiology - Answers The role of values in theory development
Ontology - Answers Nature of reality; Human nature, etc.
Symbolic Interaction:
Looking-glass self - Answers Who we are based on feedback and treatment by others
Symbolic Interaction:
I vs. ME - Answers I: the subjective self (all that is novel and unpredictable in the self)
ME: objective self (seen when one takes the role of another)
Symbolic Interaction:
The "other" - Answers The composite mental self image based on social expectations and
responses
Mainstreaming - Answers The blurring, blending, and bending process by which heavy TV
viewers from disparate groups develop a common outlook through constant exposure to the
same images and labels:
Corporate control will prevent many stories from being told - Answers According to Hall and
other cultural studies theorists, the problem with large corporations continuing to purchase
media outlets is that
High relevance and uncertainty - Answers The need for orientation arises from
Attribution Theory - Answers What theory does Giles rely on to help explain the process of
interpreting another's behavior?
Critical and Phenomenological - Answers Muted group theory falls under which two
communication traditions?
Overaccomodation - Answers According to communication accommodation theory, if you talk
to an elderly woman as if she were a child, or speak extra loud to someone who is not an
English speaker (as if a higher volume will help them better understand), you are engaging in
_______________ behaviors.
Dominating - Answers The response that is not typical of individuals from collectivistic cultures
is
They have not made an effort to find out about it - Answers Kramarae believes men have
difficulty understanding women's communication because
Framing - Answers Second level agenda-setting is also called
Face Negotiation Theory - Answers Stella Ting-Toomey
Objective
Socio-psychological
Muted Group Theory - Answers Chris Kramarae
Interpretive
Critical & phenomenological
Communication Accomodation - Answers Howard Giles
Objective
Socio-psychological
, Agenda Setting - Answers Maxwell McCombs & Donald Shaw
Objective
Socio-psychological
Cultivation Theory - Answers George Gerbner
Objective
Socio-psychological & socio-cultural
Cultural Studies - Answers Stuart Hall
Interpretive
Critical
Symbolic Interaction - Answers George Herbert Mead
Interpretive
Socio-cultural
Coordinated Management of Meaning - Answers W. Barnett Pearce & Vernon Cronen
Interpretive
Socio-cultural & phenomenological
Epistimology - Answers How is knowledge gained; How does knowledge "accumulate" etc.
Axiology - Answers The role of values in theory development
Ontology - Answers Nature of reality; Human nature, etc.
Symbolic Interaction:
Looking-glass self - Answers Who we are based on feedback and treatment by others
Symbolic Interaction:
I vs. ME - Answers I: the subjective self (all that is novel and unpredictable in the self)
ME: objective self (seen when one takes the role of another)
Symbolic Interaction:
The "other" - Answers The composite mental self image based on social expectations and
responses
