MC 101 Final Pt. 1 Flashcards | StudBud
  • 13
    Using a word that people do not understand could insert ______ in your message.
    • Semantic noise
    • Psychological noise
    • Channel noise
  • 14
    The rule that says you can’t come into class and interrupt me with a bullhorn:
    • Third person theory
    • Cultivation theory
    • Bullet theory
    • Time, place, and manner restrictions
  • 15
    What's 'noise?'
    • Media censorship
    • Silent media messages
    • External interference affecting communication
    • Background music in media
  • 16
    Did WWII delay the development of TV in the U.S.?
    • No
    • Yes
    • Only briefly
  • 17
    The bigger the news, the bigger the news value of:
    • Value
    • Impact
    • Audience
    • Opportunity
  • 18
    It’s news because it happened to a Kardashian or Trump:
    • Prominence
    • Impact
    • Conflict
    • Political
  • 19
    It's the best defense in a libel lawsuit:
    • Prove you fixed your error
    • Prove it was a public figure
    • Prove you published truth
    • Prove that info was available
  • 20
    The film industry 'policed' its content from the 1930s-50s with____:
    • The MPAA Guidelines
    • The Hays Code
    • The Filmmaker's Rules
  • 21
    Ethicists say we shouldn’t treat people as these:
    • Means to an end
    • Ends within themselves
    • Idols
    • Objects
  • 22
    It’s the brow type of media content you’d find in People magazine:
    • High-brow
    • Mid-brow
    • Low-brow
  • 23
    When society changed from an oral culture to a print culture, what did that allow people to do?
    • Preserve information
    • Communicate faster
    • Share knowledge widely
    • Control information flow
  • 24
    Stuff that happens now is bigger news than what happened a long time ago:
    • Impact
    • Timeliness
    • Boomer theory
    • Prominence
  • 25
    Ethical = legal
    • False
    • True
  • 26
    That movie might not be good for others, but I can handle it.
    • Bullet theory
    • Third person theory
    • Cultivation theory
    • Parasocial interaction theory
  • 27
    Neil Postman's book, "Amusing Ourselves to Death," says that images make assertions.
    • False
    • True
  • 28
    Oligopoly?
    • Market with few sellers
    • Market with many sellers
    • Monopolistic market
    • State-controlled market
  • 29
    Every place on the Web is found by this, abbreviate as URL:
    • United resource locating
    • United resource locator
    • Uniform resource locating
    • Uniform resource locator
  • 30
    What does cultivation theory in mass communication suggest?
    • Messages have instant effects
    • Audience cultivates media content
    • Communication is a linear process
    • Media shapes perceptions over time
  • 31
    Understand what the Federal Communications Commission does.
    • Controls cable television content
    • Regulates and licenses communication channels
    • Oversees satellite communication
    • Monitors internet usage
  • 32
    Name external audience for public relations practitioners:
    • Customers, competitors, regulators/lawmakers, news media
    • Customers, regulators/lawmakers, competitors, news media
    • Regulators/lawmakers, customers, competitors, news media
    • Customers, regulators/lawmakers, news media, competitors
  • 33
    These are the people who ultimately decide a message’s meaning:
    • Message controllers
    • Message channels
    • Message receivers
    • Message senders
  • 34
    It’s usually not news when people get along. It’s bigger news when there is:
    • Conflict
    • Prominence
    • Obscenity
    • Impact
  • 35
    What's cognitive dissonance?
    • Smooth cognitive transition
    • Harmony between thoughts and actions
    • Psychological discomfort from conflicting beliefs
    • Intellectual equilibrium
  • 36
    It’s worse than pornography:
    • Political Speech
    • MORE pornography
    • PotterworldMC
    • Obscenity
  • 37
    Terms for ads hidden inside a show or film:
    • Product placement
    • Sweeps
    • Ads
  • 38
    The "image dissector" led to this mass comm channel:
    • Podcasts
    • Radio
    • Televison
    • Film
  • 39
    Sir Mix A Lot likes this, and he cannot lie.
    • Big tobacco
    • Big news
    • Big butts
  • 40
    The motion picture industry was best known as a "chemical" medium.
    • False
    • True
  • 41
    Theories of the Press - top four systems listed in order?
    • Authoritarian, Libertarian, Social Responsibility, Communist
    • Social Responsibility, Communist, Libertarian, Authoritarian
    • Authoritarian, Communist, Libertarian, Social Responsibility
    • Communist, Social Responsibility, Libertarian, Authoritarian
  • 42
    It is the creation of shared meaning:
    • Talking
    • Communication
    • Social media
  • 43
    What medium was the model for early television programming in the U.S.?
    • Print
    • Radio
    • Film
    • Theater
  • 44
    This happens when one nation’s media takes over in other nations:
    • Cultural imperialism
    • Cultural appropriation
    • Media takeover
  • 45
    Animal skins you can write on:
    • Eucalyptus
    • Parchment
    • Paper
    • Papyrus
  • 46
    Four times of year we don’t have to watch re-runs on network TV:
    • Sweeps
    • Holidays
    • Breaks
  • 47
    Hot or cold? TV watching while folding clothes and texting.
    • Hot
    • Cold
  • 48
    This process lets media affect the standards in how people evaluate stuff:
    • Positioning
    • Framing
    • Priming
    • Sizing
  • 49
    It’s that clanging feelings of having competing thoughts in your head.
    • Psychological Noise
    • Semantic Noise
    • Cogitive dissonance
  • 50
    This category of speech has the most First Amendment protection:
    • Artisitic
    • Political
    • Indecent
    • Community
  • 51
    A corporation's coordination of PR and advertising efforts is:
    • Integrated marketing communications
    • Advertorial
    • Lobbying
  • 52
    In the 1400s, his Bibles included more than just words printed using movable type:
    • Emerson
    • Edison
    • Ayer
    • Gutenberg
  • 53
    True or False – Were the first movies made in Hollywood?
    • True
    • False
  • 54
    Is it legal to burn the American flag?
    • Yes
    • No
  • 55
    What kind of effects do researchers think media messages have on people?
    • Strong
    • Variable
    • Minimal
    • Moderate
  • 56
    The U.S. government requires that movies be rated.
    • True
    • False
  • 57
    He created the first ad agency.
    • Gutenberg
    • Ayer
    • Freud
    • Edwards
  • 58
    This Supreme Court case made it harder for a public figure to win a libel lawsuit:
    • NY Times v. Sullivan
    • Irving v. Sullivan
    • NY Times v. Irving
    • Roe v. Wade
  • 59
    In what way is mass communication different from other forms of communication?
    • No technological mediation
    • Face-to-face interaction
    • Limited audience
    • One-way transmission
  • 60
    Through agenda setting, we don’t decide what people think. Instead we decide:
    • What people think about.
    • What people feel.
    • What people smell.
    • What people see.
  • 61
    He's well-known for helping invent the World Wide Web:
    • Bill Gates
    • Al Gore
    • Tim Berners-Lee
    • Ivy Lee
  • 62
    This theory grows on you if you think the world is more violent than it really is:
    • Cultivation theory
    • Bullet theory
    • Third person theory
    • TPM theory
  • 63
    Why do film companies use “marketing windows”?
    • To minimize competition
    • To maximize profits
    • To control release dates
    • To satisfy legal requirements
  • 64
    Understand the “long-tail” model.
    • Prioritizes viral content
    • Focused on mainstream content
    • Emphasizes niche markets and diverse content
    • Limited to short-form content
  • 65
    Does the U.S. government exert more control over newspapers or on-the-air TV stations?
    • No control
    • Newspapers
    • Equal control
    • On-the-air TV stations
  • 66
    What does the bullet theory propose in mass communication?
    • Messages are like bullets, causing immediate effects
    • Media messages are easily forgotten
    • Communication is a one-way process
    • Words have a delayed impact
  • 67
    Can cable TV companies own any of the content they deliver?
    • Only in specific regions
    • No
    • Yes
  • 68
    Do companies have control over how others use their brand names?
    • Only in certain industries
    • Yes, absolute control
    • Depends on the country
    • No, limited control
  • 69
    What is the “global village”?
    • International media censorship
    • Worldwide online community
    • Virtual reality concept
    • Cultural isolationism
  • 70
    It's an address on the internet, sort of like a phone number:
    • HTML
    • HTTP
    • Domain
    • URL
  • 71
    Internet is an abbreviation for:
    • Interconnected network
    • Incontinent network
    • Internal networkings
    • International network
  • 72
    UA can restrict free speech they don't like.
    • True
    • False
  • 73
    What are middle brow media messages?
    • Reserved for intellectuals
    • Aimed at highly educated audiences
    • Targeting mainstream tastes
    • Exclusive to niche markets
  • 74
    Who gets the most speech protection? (in order)
    • Commercial, political, indecent, artistic
    • Artistic, Political, indecent, commercial
    • Political, commercial, artistic, indecent
    • Political, artistic, commercial, indecent
  • 75
    When you know violence on TV doesn't bother YOU - but might bother your neighbor:
    • Priming
    • Framing
    • Third-person effect
  • 76
    How can you defeat a libel suit?
    • Apologize publicly
    • Ignore the lawsuit
    • Settle out of court
    • Prove the truth of the statement
  • 77
    Three Purposes of Mass Communication:
    • Communicate, Persuade, Entertain
    • Entertain, Remind, Communicate
    • Inform, Persuade, Entertain
    • Inform, Entertain, and Remind
  • 78
    Edison named this invention from the Greek for “to write sound.”
    • Telegram
    • Pictogram
    • Phonograph
    • Pictograph
  • 79
    I don't know whether you are paying attention to this. That's an example of a problem with_____:
    • Gatekeeping
    • 'Noise'
    • Feedback
  • 80
    The idea that a message’s meaning is determined by the channel used to send that message:
    • Message is the message.
    • Message is the medium
    • Medium is the message
    • Medium is the medium
  • 81
    Oprah says “You don’t know me. You only think you do.”
    • Taylor Swift theory
    • Parasocial interaction theory
    • Third person theory
    • Cultivation theory
  • 82
    Understand the three technological foundations of media.
    • Broadcasting, narrowcasting, podcasting
    • Internet, satellite, cable
    • Print, radio, television
    • Analog, digital, online
  • 83
    Understand the context surrounding the Communications Decency Act of 1996.
    • Restricted internet content
    • Protected free speech
    • Regulated radio content
    • Promoted international communication
  • 84
    Hot or cold? Movies.
    • Hot
    • Cold
  • 85
    What's semantic noise?
    • Symbolic confusion
    • Distorted audio signals
    • Language barriers
    • Visual distractions
  • 86
    Be able to list the news values discussed in class.
    • Accuracy, fairness, balance, objectivity
    • Satire, opinion, analysis, investigation
    • Entertainment, celebrity, novelty, controversy, sensationalism
    • Impact, timeliness, proximity, prominence, conflict, human interest
  • 87
    Hot or cold? Browsing the web on the internet.
    • Hot
    • Cold
  • 88
    The notion that different messages affect different people different ways at different times.
    • Parasocial interaction theory
    • Third person theory
    • Mixed-effect theory
    • Bullet theory
  • 89
    In the 1840s, a group of newspaper saved money by creating this news cooperative:
    • Washington Post
    • Associated Press
    • NPR
  • 90
    The Crimson White or other news org chooses not to publish your letter to the editor:
    • NOT Censorship
    • Censorship
  • 91
    What does the term "agenda setting" refer to in mass communication?
    • Organizing press conferences
    • Scheduling media events
    • Creating a to-do list
    • Determining news priorities
  • 92
    The New York Sun shifted the mass media's revenue base from:
    • Subscribers to advertisers.
    • Advertisers to subscribers.
    • Newsstands to home delivery.
  • 93
    When you only consume media that reinforce your beliefs, you're engaging in this:
    • Irrefutable choosing
    • Selective exposure
    • Proactive identification
  • 94
    Understand the definition of priming.
    • Media promoting specific products
    • Activating certain associations in the audience's mind
    • Media influencing political opinions
    • Selective exposure to information
  • 95
    The 1912 sinking of the Titanic led to what is TODAY known as the Federal_____:
    • Radio Commission
    • Communications Commission
    • Frequency Allocation Commission
  • 96
    What does CPM stand for?
    • Cost per million
    • Commercials per minute
    • Cost per thousand
  • 97
    Do images make assertions?
    • Yes
    • No
  • 98
    What are the four types of communication as listed in order in Chapter 1?
    • Group, Interpersonal, Intrapersonal, Mass
    • Mass, Intrapersonal, Group, Interpersonal
    • Interpersonal, Mass, Interpersonal, Group
    • Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Group, Mass
  • 99
    What did Marshall McLuhan call the TV-centered society?
    • Downsized Community
    • Global Village
    • Sensurround Town
  • 100
    The economic model where a few artists sell a lot of music, and many sell a little.
    • Short head, long tail.
    • Short tail, long head.
    • Mid head, long head.
    • Long head, mid tail.