Rory visits South America, and while he explores the cities he visits, he watches the locals and notices differences between them and people from his hometown, finding some of their practices odd or even distasteful. He does not interact with anyone, believing it not worth his time to engage with people so different from him. Rory is following which approach to intercultural encounters?
a. exploitation
b. zoo
c. primitive
d. cocultural
Ans: b. zoo
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People so overwhelmed by the high volume of news available to them that they withdraw from involvement in public issues are examples of
A) cumulative withdrawal. B) information anxiety. C) narcoticizing dysfunction. D) passive participiality.
The powers of television include
a. the power to entertain. b. the power to socialize. c. the power to keep people under surveillance. d. the power to create consensus. e. All of the above
Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)
1. Rhetorical criticism is not limited to public address. 2. The methods used in the critical approach are very different from those used in interpretivist approaches. 3. A critical approach avoids studying power within societal groups. 4. Researchers using the interpretivist approach primarily seek to understand and describe communication experience. 5. Storytelling is not one of the areas studied in family communication.
If your audience is hostile, what type of supporting materials would you use?
a. comparisons b. statistics c. examples d. contrasts