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Prelim Reviewer

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
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1.

The following scholars all think that media content has profound effects on the audience's behavior except:

a)

Harold Lasswell

b)

Elihu Katz

c)

George Gerbner

d)

Marshall McLuhan

2.

To what theory does the concept of opinion leadership belong to?

(a)  

3.

What theory explains the process how people adopt new ideas?

a)

2 Step Flow Theory

b)

Diffusion of Innovations

c)

Agenda Setting

d)

Uses and Gratifications

4.

What theory/ies fall under the Functionalist paradigm?

a)

2 Step Flow Theory

b)

Diffusion of Innovations

c)

Agenda Setting

d)

Uses and Gratifications

5.

Choose the concepts that are within the Cultivation Theory:

a)

Priming

b)

Resonance

c)

Heavy & Light Viewers

d)

Mean World Syndrome

6.

What theories are approprite if you want to find out the effects of Twitter on the voting preference of youth ages 18 to 21?

I. 2 step flow theory

II. Uses and Gratifications Theory

III. Medium Theory

IV. Diffusion of Innovations Theory

a)

I only

b)

I & II

c)

I, II & III

d)

All of the above

7.

What theory is did the researchers use to approach this problem?:

Consumption of Korean dramas may serve as a distraction that may hinder students from learning, which may result negatively towards their academic performance. The study was conducted to determine how Korean Drama consumption affects the academic performance of students from 1Com2?

a)

2 Step Flow Theory

b)

Uses & Gratifications

c)

Cultivation Theory

d)

Medium Theory

8.

What are examples of gatekeeping from the items below?

I. Anton, a cameraman on the field, crops his shot to exclude the people living in shanties while shooting a politician.

II. The editor-in-chief kills a story because it might implicate the president of the company of one of their major sponsors.

III. A show producer did not like how a question was asked so he had the editor splice the question to suit his liking.

IV. Moving the timeslot of a controversial show where there is the least number of viewers to watch it.

a)

All of the above

b)

All but IV

c)

All but III

d)

All but II

9.

Identify the theory to which the statement below refer to:

"The Medium is the Massage"

a)

The Laws of Media

b)

Medium Theory

c)

Media Ecology

d)

The Bias of Communication

10.

For their thesis, the group of Resubal and Sabiniano would like to find out how the use of mobile devices have resulted to the cancel culture. Whose theoretical perspective should they use?

a)

Elihu Katz

b)

George Gerbner

c)

Marshall McLuhan

d)

Shannon & Weaver

11.

Which item does not describe the objective approach to theory?

a)

The linguistic work of assigning meaning or value to communicative texts.

b)

Predicts future events.

c)

Explains data.

d)

Employs quantitative research.

12.

For their undergraduate thesis, Ang & Navarro would like to explore the political undertones that are present in the comic series House of X/Powers of X. What metaphor would best suit their study?

a)

Metaphor of the Environment

b)

Metaphor of the Conduit

c)

Metaphor of the Language

d)

Metaphor of the Experience

13.

There are two approaches to communication theory, the objective approach and the interpretive approach. Among the choices below, what theories are leaning more toward the interpretive approach?

I. Media Ecology Theory

II. Agenda Setting Theory

III. Semiotics

IV. Uses and Gratifications Theory

a)

I & III

b)

I & II

c)

II & IV

d)

All theories except I

14.

In a scene from the Netflix short series, Inventing Anna, Todd Spodek, Anna's lawyer used the following example in his opening statement:

"On October 11th 1944, Frank Sinatra opened the Paramount Theater in Times Square. Women swooned at the sight of ol' blue eyes, they literally fainted. To the public, this was the Sinatra Effect, but in reality, it was strategically created by Sinatra's press agents. Women were paid to swoon. And plant kisses, and throw their clothes on stage. Ambulances and nurses were stationed outside the theater on purpose. All because if he can make it here, he'll make it anywhere."

What theory can you use to explain this phenomenon?

a)

Medium Theory

b)

Uses & Gratifications

c)

Agenda Setting Theory

d)

Semiotics

15.

What is Priming?

a)

It is the control over the selection of media content.

b)

It is when issues are made more accessible and made more vivid in the public's mind.

c)

It is the use of selection, emphasis, exclusion and elaboration to define how media is packaged and interpreted.

d)

It is the blurring, blending and bending of feelings over a media content.