MAC Final Exam Practice Part 1

What term refers to media that opposes the government or dominant culture in a society?

Which term is defined as the suppression and review of information prior to publication?

Which statement best defines omnidirectional communication?

What is a blanket term used to describe the communities and discussion forums that have formed on the Internet?

Which term describes the sharing of ideas, technological advances, and other intellectual information with the public?

A young boy jumps out of his bedroom window to see if he can fly after viewing Peter Pan. Which cumulative media effect?

Which cumulative media effect refers to the things that we are taught by the media, like learning how to commit a crime?

Which of the follow subjects would a newspaper editor most likely consider “soft” news?

Which of the following books would you find in the nonfiction genre section of a bookstore?

What term refers to an account of events told in the form of a story?

What event led to radio reporting on news and other political events?

Which of the following programs is an example of interactive television?

Which of the following is a form of mediated communication?

In the film industry, what is the term used to describe all the activities and actions taken in order to create a movie?

Which of the following people would MOST likely watch television regularly?

Which describes sensationalist news coverage that lied, exaggerated, or willfully omitted details from a story?

What is considered one of the most beneficial influences of American globalization?

What term refers to a medium's concentration or expertise in a certain area of interest?

Which term is the common “language” that allows different computers in different parts of the world to communicate?

What is the device that uses sprockets along a film’s perforated edges to run 50 feet of film in thirty seconds?

What is the name given to news that focuses on increasing profit by selling embellished gossip as entertainment?

What is the term for the “network of networks” that connects information and people?

What type of television show provides entertainment as well as information and tends to revolve around violence?

Which United Stated federal law required that radio stations be licensed before they could transmit frequencies?