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

1. The direct path of influence suggests that people are influenced by media and by other people through social media related to the original programming.
2. According to social cognitive theory of mass communication, we can learn even without personal experience.
3. According to Encoding/Decoding Theory, we must oppose and fight the dominant code.
4. A person’s political ideology influences what people view as “fake.”
5. The mean-world syndrome occurs when light viewers of TV significantly overestimate real-life danger they face every day.


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

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