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
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
What is statistical meta-analysis? How is it applied for the purposes of this
article? Answer - Statistical method for aggregating research findings across
many studies of the same question
♣ Effect size is crucial, measures magnitude of an effect
o It was used to synthesize many dozens of research on gender differences
o 4 steps:
♣ researcher locates all studies
♣ statistics are extracted and effect size done for each study
♣ weighted average of effect size is computed
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
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
What is statistical meta-analysis? How is it applied for the purposes of this
article? Answer - Statistical method for aggregating research findings across
many studies of the same question
♣ Effect size is crucial, measures magnitude of an effect
o It was used to synthesize many dozens of research on gender differences
o 4 steps:
♣ researcher locates all studies
♣ statistics are extracted and effect size done for each study
♣ weighted average of effect size is computed
