The notion that humans are storytelling creatures who create and share meaning through talk is articulated in the theory of

A. status theory.
B. symbolic convergence.
C. fantasy theory.
D. chain theory.
E. all of these.


Answer: B

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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A) Perks offset slave wages. B) Journalists deserve freebies for writing what people want. C) Journalists deserve freebies for favors to people they write about. D) Access to some subjects is too expensive for a newsroom budget.

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