Exam 1: Media-Society in a Digital World

Morgan has been attending church with her family for her whole life, but more recently finds herself wanting to explore different religions. Her decision to leave what she knows to learn about different mindsets is an example of ______.

The Internet is an example of ______ as well as ______.

An individual having a face-to-face conversation will elicit less information compared to when an individual consumes media.

The tension between structure and agency for those who are a part of the media industry primarily is derived from ______.

Mass Media more often than not ______.

Media users retain all information they come across while consuming and share it without any of their own views being considered.

Individuals working within the media have agency to alter the social structure in which they work.

Sociologists refer to the process consuming media content and actively interpreting and constructing meaning from that content as ______.

What are some differences between face-to-face and mass-mediated communication for readers? How does this distinction affect politics?

The relationship between the media industry and media users is mediated by ______, ______, and other factors in the social world.

A family having access to watching news on television versus getting their news from a newspaper is an example of ______ and ______ from the model of media and the social world.

Which of the following is not an aspect of the model of media and the social world?

In sociological studies, the concept of social structure refers to ______.

A civil rights activist during the 1950s, handing out leaflets to spread awareness of his cause is an example of ______ and ______ working together on the model of media and the social world.

In order for media users to understand messages being communicated through content, they must use other resources such as ______.

The role of the government and the broader economic forces are nonmedia social factors that effect the model of media and the social world.

Structure and agency have push-pull interactions that are essential to understanding social life.

On average, Americans watch 7 hr of television in a day.

Journalists that are constrained by the norms of news coverage and not encouraged or allowed to offer their opinion of the story they're covering is an example of ______ and ______ working together the model of media and the social world.

Reporters having access to lighter cameras, giving them more mobility on site while covering a story is an example of ______ and ______ working together from the model of media and the social world.