UCLA Comm 10 Suman Final (Lecture) Exam Questions and Answers

UCLA Comm 10 Suman Final (Lecture) Exam Questions and Answers content function - ️️ function of the media is tied to the content of what you are watching ex: weather channel influences what we wear to school that day medium function - ️️ related to the use of the media ex: mating function: movies provide a place for people to get to know each other but the content is unimportant manifest - ️️ obvious, intended functions ex: listening to news to become informed latent - ️️ subconscious functions ex: watching the news to avoid your relationship problems societal functions of mass media - ️️ 1. status conferral 2. passes on and enforces traditions, norms, values, etc 3. narcotizing 4. services the political system 5. services the economy 6. community cohesion 1. status conferral - ️️ media legitimizes ideas about people and things and issues ex: global warming is talked about on the news, so it must be important