MAC 143 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Teen Pop, Reality Television, Multiple Choice

• School: Miami University
• Department: Media and Culture
• Course: MAC 143
• Professor: All

Document Summary

47 multiple choice questions: hypodermic needle model simply means that each subject has an equal chance of being placed in either group. Links the mass media, social psychology, and the formation of public opinion. understands, explain, and predict the effects of mass media on individuals and society. suggests that the media shoot their potent effects directly into unsuspecting victims: culture. Agenda setting: proposed to contest the notion of a passive media audience. Selective exposure: simply means that each subject has an equal chance of being placed in either group. Textual analysis: cultural research studies that focuses on how people use and interpret cultural content. Scientific method random assignment: reality tv, teen pop music, tv wrestling shows, and violent video games. Critical process: scientific method simply means that each subject has an equal chance of being placed in either group. cultural research studies that focuses on how people use and interpret cultural content.