Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

1. The indirect effects model recognizes that people will react differently to media messages because they have different backgrounds, needs, attitudes, and values.
2. Current research supports the fears media critics had in the World War I era of powerful, direct effects of the mass media.
3. The People’s Choice study found that voters use information from the media instead of information from family members to make up their minds during elections.
4. The critical/cultural approach to mass communication research looks at how meaning is created in society.
5. By February 2018, the New York Times had reported on more than 70 men who had been fired or forced to resign over accusations of sexual misconduct since October 2017.


1. True
2. False
3. False
4. True
5. True

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