Explain the history of mediated communication from cave drawings to the internet

What will be an ideal response?


Look for a decent breadth of understanding of the history of mediated communication.

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According to the text, the “People’s Choice Study”:

a. was an experiment on public attitudes toward media effects; it helped to establish the hypodermic needle model of mass communication. b. was an experiment on voter behavior; it helped to establish the hypodermic needle model of mass communication. c. was a survey on public attitudes toward media effects; it helped to establish the limited effects model of mass communication. d. was a survey on voter behavior; it helped to establish the limited effects of model of mass communication. e. was a survey on the aftermath of the “War of the Worlds” broadcast done at Princeton; it helped to establish the legacy of fear.

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Why is parallelism important? Reword the following main

points in order to make them parallel. I. Road rage has many causes. II. The effects of road rage are numerous. III. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent road rage. What will be an ideal response?

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Raj, an Indian man, is getting married with Judith, a Christian American woman. Though Raj and his family want to have an Indian style wedding, Judith is strongly against the idea of having a wedding in non-Christian way

Raj feels that Judith does not respect his Indian-ness, and at the same time, Judith feels that Raj and his family impose her Indian tradition. What is the central conflict goal issue of Raj and Judith's conflict? a. Content conflict goal b. Relational conflict goal c. Identity-based conflict goal d. None of the abov

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Sade is somewhat dissatisfied with her friendship with Jocelyn, in part because Jocelyn has been depressed a lot lately and isn't as much fun to be around anymore. Sade maintains this friendship with in spite of these reservations, mostly because they have a long history of helping one another in times of need. According to social exchange theory, which best explains why Sade continues this friendship?

A. immediate rewards B. forecasted rewards C. cumulative rewards D. expected rewards

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