MC FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Talk radio is the most common format on radio stations nationwide - Answer- False You're such a big Alabama fan that you won't even read the Auburn University Plainsman newspaper. You are engaging in: - Answer- selective exposure "Middle-brow" media messages generally have as their subject - Answer- Things "High-brow" media messages generally have as their subject - Answer- Ideas "Low-brow" media messages generally have as their subject - Answer- People Images DO NOT make assertions - Answer- True Film-based movies are typically shown at 48 frames per second - Answer- True The movie rating system, from G to BC-17 is: - Answer- a voluntary system by the motion picture industry "Cultivation theory" says people who watch lots of TV think the world is less violent than it really is - Answer- False Cultivation Theory - Answer- television 1/10 involved in violence (per week) vs. real life 1/100 involved in violence (per year). People think the world is more violent than it actually is, the "mean world" syndrome. Federal Law makes it illegal to burn an American flag: - Answer- False What did Marshall McLuhan call the television-created community? - Answer- global village Newspapers have less government control over their content and operations than over-the-air TV stations - Answer- False Four Types of Communication - Answer- -Group: many people with a leader -Mass: large amount -Intrapersonal: thinking to yourself, inside your own head -Interpersonal: talking to someone else The First Amendment protects - Answer- Religion Speech