Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. The narcotizing dysfunction can desensitize an audience to suffering and can influence the degree to which that audience might conclude that a solution to a crisis has already been found.
2. A producer who declines adding a gay character to a storyline because she feels it would "upset certain audience members" is performing a gatekeeping role.
3. Globalization of the dominant ideology has weakened the dominating reach of the U.S. into the rest of the world.
4. The mass media seldom collect and define facts for their audiences because most media presentations reflect the values and orientations of the audiences themselves.
5.The media audience is always a secondary group of observers who are spread over a wide geographic area and can most accurately be analyzed from the functionalist perspective.
1.TRUE
2.TRUE
3.FALSE
4.FALSE
5.FALSE
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Because members of the capitalist class have the greatest opportunities for travel and to meet people from various walks of life, their children have a wide field of "eligibles" from which to choose a husband or wife
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The most prevalent form of polygamy is __________
a. polyandry b. homogamy c. polygyny d. endogamy
Which of the following istrue of W. E. B. Du Bois?
A. He was a civil rights leader who condemned segregation and the racism of America. B. He wrote about collective consciousness, an inescapable awareness of being an individual within a society of individuals. C. His ideas were often considered too mild for sociologists at the time of his writing. D. His ideas are considered outdated and have been debunked by modern Black sociologists.