Why do you think media are so often blamed for social problems? What do we neglect when we focus on media as the cause of social problems? How would you respond to Sternheimer's characterization of media as "sheep in wolf's clothing"?
What will be an ideal response?
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According to psychiatrist Thomas Szasz, mental disorders ________
a. result from biochemical imbalances and genetic traits b. reflect a person's efforts to conform to social expectations rather than the inner workings of a twisted psyche c. express the fact that human life is a continual struggle to decide how to live and relate to others d. reflect the inner workings of a twisted psyche
According to Sutherland's differential association theory, a person becomes deviant or delinquent when there is a(n)
a) economic strain produced by a lack of economic opportunity. b) political movement that calls for attacks on social inequality. c) excess of deviant contacts favorable to violation of the law. d) absence of deviant contacts calling for obeying the law.
There is never a time in which non-probability methods are preferable to probability methods
Indicate whether the statement is true or false
The Electoral College allows for the possibilty that someone could be elected president even if that person received fewer votes than his or her opponent; for instance, in the year 2000 presidential election
a. Bush won despite having more than half a million fewer votes than Gore. b. Bush won despite having almost 600,000 fewer votes than Kerry. c. Obama won by a landslide popular vote, despite having fewer votes in the Electoral College. d. Obama won despite having more than 500,000 fewer votes than Gore.