Exam 2: Establishing the Terms of the Debate Over Media: The First Trend in Mass Communication Theorymass Society and Propaganda Theories

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If media were evaluated and controlled by a national board of industry practitioners, government officials, academicians, and members of the public this would be an example of ______.

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Question 21

Human action is a conditioned response to external, environmental stimuli. This statement summarizes which theory?

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Question 22

Grey propaganda is a top-down communication strategy that used propaganda techniques to fight "bad" propaganda and promote objectives elites considered good.

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Question 23

Mass society theorists argued that media must be brought under elite control.

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Question 24

Eventually discredited, mass society theory no longer holds influence today.

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Question 25

The First Amendment to the Constitution protects the expression of media industries because it is assumed to have influence.

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Question 26

Successful propaganda depends on ______.

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Question 27

_________ propaganda seeks not only the eradication of objective truth, but the erosion of the ideals that truth purports to uphold.

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Question 28

John Dewey advocated public education as a means of ____.

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Question 29

Mass society theorists saw average people as susceptible to media influence because they clustered into narrow, interest-based communities.

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If media were evaluated and controlled by a national board of industry practitioners, government officials, academicians, and members of the public this would be an example of ______.

Human action is a conditioned response to external, environmental stimuli. This statement summarizes which theory?

Grey propaganda is a top-down communication strategy that used propaganda techniques to fight "bad" propaganda and promote objectives elites considered good.

Mass society theorists argued that media must be brought under elite control.

Eventually discredited, mass society theory no longer holds influence today.

The First Amendment to the Constitution protects the expression of media industries because it is assumed to have influence.

Successful propaganda depends on ______.

_________ propaganda seeks not only the eradication of objective truth, but the erosion of the ideals that truth purports to uphold.

John Dewey advocated public education as a means of ____.

Mass society theorists saw average people as susceptible to media influence because they clustered into narrow, interest-based communities.

Understanding and Evaluating Mass Communication Theory

Normative Theories of Mass Communication

The Emergence of the Media-Effects Trend in Mass Communication Theory

The Consolidation of the Media Effects Trend

The Emergence of the Critical Cultural Trend in North America

Theories of Media and Social Learning

Theories of Media and Human Development

Audience Theories: Uses and Reception

Theories of Media Cognition and Information Processing

Effect of Media on Knowledge, Information, and Perception of Social Issues

Effect of Media on Community and Everyday Culture

Media and Culture Theories: Meaning Making in the Social World

Media and Culture Theories: Commodification of Culture and Mediatization

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