Which of the following statements is true?
A. The numbing effect of the narcotizing dysfunction may prevent people from taking action in response to compelling issues.
B. Massive amounts of information tend to excite audiences.
C. The term narcotizing dysfunction was created by feminist scholars.
D. The narcotizing dysfunction of the media was identified in the 1980s after the deluge of cable news programming.
Answer: A
You might also like to view...
The physical or technological aspects of our daily lives are called
A. norms. B. material culture. C. nonmaterial culture. D. values.
Today, many black South Africans are slowly or quickly, dying from unemployment, poor healthcare, and disease
Indicate whether this statement is true or false.
With respect to sex in marriage:
a) a review of television primetime shows in the early 1990s revealed that less than one in ten sex scenes shown were between married couples. b) most married people are unhappy with their sex lives. c) about 12 percent of the population believes that extramarital sex is not wrong at all. d) married couples have sex about three times per month on average. e) among men, increased relationship satisfaction leads to increased sexual satisfaction, but among women, increased sexual satisfaction leads to increased relationship satisfaction.
Socialization
a. is completed by the time children reach age five. b. is finished by age 18. c. is completed in childhood only if the child does not undergo trauma. d. is a lifelong process. e. is most important when humans reach adolescence.