Communication & Media Unit Exam

What phrase best defines communication?

• a one way form of contact to broadcast information

• a way of transmitting a message

• any means of transmitting a message

• the exchange of a message in a medium

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

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Which of the following is a one-way process?

• Interpersonal communication

• mass communication

• mediated communication

• personal communication

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Bianca sends her brother Phineas an email to invite him to dinner. In this scenario, what is the channel of communication?

• Bianca

• dinner

• email

• Phineas

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

Which statement is a famous quite from Canadian communications theorist Marshall McLuhan?

• The medium adds the message.

• The medium breaks the message.

• The medium creates the message.

• The medium is the message.

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How did the invention of Egyptian papyrus scrolls affect communication?

• Information became difficult to transport.

• Information could keep up with the pace of the human thought.

• Information needed to be chiseled over a number of years.

• Information was available only to record keepers.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

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CCSS.RL.8.7

Who invented the printing press, which revolutionized our media system?

• Henry VIII

• Johannes Gutenberg

• Julius Caesar

• Louis XIV

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CCSS.RI.9-10.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.8

CCSS.RI.8.7

Which of the following phrases best describes Acta Diurna?

• An early form of the newspaper Caesar used to report Senate happenings

• An invention that used movable type and plates to print text and images on to paper

• The form of communication that spreads information to wide audiences

• The suppression and review of information prior to publication

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What term best describes critiques against the government or the monarchy that damage the government or monarchy's reputation?

• hot and cold media

• mass communication

• prior restraint

• seditious libel

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

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CCSS.RI.9-10.10

Which of the following was NOT a direct result of the printing press?

• Acta Diurna

• affordable printing

• mass publication

• prior restraint

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CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RI.9-10.10

What was the name of John Milton's speech advocating for the freedom of expression?

• Acta Diurna

• Areopagitica

• The Bill of Rights

• The First Amendment

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