Studying the content of a public chat room is an example of
a) Active research
b) Passive analysis
c) Obtrusive measurement
d) Cultural analysis
b
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Which of the following activities runs counter to the Society of Professional Journalists’ ethical guideline to “act independently”?
a. A freelance photojournalist’s ramming the car of actress Lindsay Lohan in order to get photographs of her reaction. b. Washington Post reporter Janet Cooke’s admitted fabrication of an 8yearold heroin addict from a composite of several children she had interviewed. c. CNN’s reporters blending in with Fish and Wildlife agents during a raid on a ranch in Montana d. The Des Moines Register’s disclosure of rape victim Nancy Ziegenmeyer’s name with Ziegenmeyer’s voluntary cooperation.
We often organize information by placing it into larger groupings of information. This cognitive process is called _____
a. cognitive representation b. planning c. categorization d. selective attention
As an advocate developing a prima facie case for your proposition of fact, you must develop arguments of significance to support your main points
Significance often is a way of focusing on this element of the analysis of propositions. What is it that draws our attention to a subject or controversy and are often what gives it significance? (a) The immediate cause. (b) The stock issues. (c) The historical background. (d) The primary inference.
The ________ perspective on communication involves believing that there is a material reality that can be observed and measured
a. critical b. postcolonialist c. interpretive d. positivist