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Mass Communication/ Mass Media

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All of the following are examples of mass media EXCEPT

a)

Boones Mill Town Council meeting

b)

Fox News Website

c)

The Washington Post

d)

CNN News

2.

Which of the following is a type of print media?

a)

Newspaper

b)

Facebook

c)

Radio

d)

Movies

3.

WHAT IS NOT A PURPOSE OF MEDIA?

a)

PERSUADE

b)

INFORM

c)

ENTERTAIN

d)

LIMIT

4.

True or false: Media can persuade you to do something?

a)

True

b)

False

5.
What's Mass Media?
a)
Instruments of communication that reach large audiences with no personal contact between senders and receivers.
b)
Idea that mass media is merging and are no longer separate entities.
c)
Community in which exchange of information is the main social economic activity.
d)
It can be used to shop, source of information, entertainment and source of news
6.

What is this?

a)

Billboard

b)

Publisher

c)

Blog

7.

What is this?

a)

Computer

b)

Advertising

c)

Social network

d)

Smartphone

8.

Choose the radio

a)
b)
c)
d)
9.

The different types of media include newspapers, books and magazines; recorded music; movies; radio; television; and the internet.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Radio was invented in the....

a)

1900s

b)

1950s

c)

1920s

d)

1970s

11.

The exchange of information is called ………...

a)

gossip

b)

Noise

c)

Communication

12.

how many modes of communication exist?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

10

d)

2

13.

What is the most popular mass media in the USA?


Clue, It is in almost every home today.

a)

Newspaper

b)

Radio

c)

Television

d)

Magazine

14.

Which two of these are types of print media?

a)

Internet

b)

Magazine

c)

Radio

d)

Newspaper

15.

The press, radio, television, and social networks are the main examples of mass media today.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

What is mass communication?

a)

transmission of messages from a sender to a large amount of people.

b)

3 or more people in a group having a conversation.

c)

communication between 2 people

d)

communication over the radio

17.

What makes mass communication different from other forms of communication?

a)

Communication with television.

b)

Communication between 2 people.

c)

Communication is communication within ourselves.

d)

The medium has to have the ability to reach a large audience.

18.

We can write E-mails from the computer using___________.

a)

wire cable

b)

telephone

c)

internet

d)

fax machine

19.

Which is the oldest means of communication?

a)
b)
c)
d)
20.

Identify the means of mass communication?

a)

television

b)

printer

c)

radio

d)

fax machine

21.

The oldest type of the mass media outlet (technology) listed below is...

a)

Fax

b)

Newspaper

c)

Smart phone

d)

Post card

22.

Television was invented in...

a)

2000

b)

1890

c)

1940

d)

1960

23.

The process of change, evolution, and or growth is known as ______.

a)

Growing

b)

Development

c)

Shaping

d)

Decreasing

24.

The four types of Mass Communications are _________.

a)

Print, Broadcast, Outdoor/Transit, & Digital

b)

Print, Movies, Television, & Cell Phones

c)

Print, Posters, Newspapers, & Comics

d)

Print, Movies, Outside, & TV