Using the horror film as an example, explain how a genre might be studied as a culturally responsive artifact

What will be an ideal response?


Students should discuss how the conventions have evolved to reflect shifting cultural fears; the changing shape of the monster suggests the changing nature of our shared anxieties.

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The Children's Advertising Review Unit is

A. part of the FTC. B. part of the FCC. C. a self-regulatory entity. D. none of the answers is correct.

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When we use one word to describe someone and overlook many other aspects of that person, we have engaged in:

a. Brute facts. b. Arbitrary communication. c. Regulative rules. d. Totalizing.

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Which of the following is not an effective way to “keep the floor” when speaking?

a. increase volume and rate b. increase the frequency of filled pauses c. decrease volume and rate d. All of these are effective ways to “keep the floor” when speaking.

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There are many ways to define a term. One way is definition by salient terms or key concepts. Which is NOT one of the key concepts which define small group communication?

A. communication interaction B. conflict C. common goals D. communication pattern or structure E. interdependence

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