Valuable resources such as wealth, status, and celebrity are granted or withheld as the exercise of
a. media control. c. power.
b. elitism. d. mass repression.
C
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An industrial psychologist obtained a list of the 859 employees in a large company. He numbered the employees from 001 to 859, then used a table of random numbers to choose a sample of 100 employees. What kind of sample did he select?
a. stratified random sample b. cluster sample c. systematic sample d. simple random sample e. purposive sample
Which of the following is a correct assessment of the meaning of elections in the United States?
A) They decide which individuals shall govern. B) They can have important consequences for the broad direction of public policy. C) They leave elected officials with a great deal of flexibility in governing but do set broad guidelines within which decision-makers must stay or risk reprisals by voters. D) All of the above. E) None of the above.
Most modern democratic states practice representative democracy
a. true b. false
What played an important role contributing to the growth of television?
a. the fact that televisions were cheap and provided constant entertainment b. the use of satellite technology that enabled Americans to see programs from all across the globe c. the rapid development of a broadcast infrastructure d. the easy availability of live sporting events