Deck 9: Processes of Audience Involvement

Question 1

The role of the audience in media

A) Has remained the same over the past two centuries.
B) Allows for a much more active viewer than was thought of in the past.
C) Remains focused on what media do to people.
D) None of these are true.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

A key aspect of narrative psychology is

A) Convergence
B) Cognition
C) Transportation
D) Object relations

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Engagement, absorption, and presence

A) Are terms used when discussing the emotional and cognitive effects of media.
B) Are terms restricted to the study of gaming.
C) Are most related to the study of advertising.
D) Are primary only when looking at the impact of propaganda

Answer 3

A

Question 4

Key figures in the study of identification include

A) Jonathan Cohen
B) Sigmund Freud
C) Erik Erikson
D) None of these are true
E) All of these are true

Question 5

An area that looks at the connections that audience members forge with various people and programs experienced through media is called

A) Convergence theory
B) Reinforcing Spirals
C) Object relations Theory
D) Fan Studies

Question 6

A key factor in persuasion is

A) Narrative transportation
B) Parasocial attachment
C) Object relations
D) The fear factor

Question 7

PSI, PSR, and PSA are aspects of parasocial theory

A) That explain the connections we feel with celebrities
B) That explain one-sided relationships we have with those of higher status
C) That are grounded in our human tendency to respond to the familiar faces and voices of others.
D) All of these are true.

Question 8

Proximity seeking for the sake of safe haven and felt security is the definition of

A) Convergence
B) Attachment
C) Parasocial
D) Morality of care

Question 9

Two factors that explain the negative media response to fandoms are

A) Elitism and a misattribution of crowd responses
B) Elitism and Convergence
C) Convergence and a misattribution of crowd responses
D) Convergence and Object relations

Question 10

People seek to construct positive self-identity by belonging to various social groups and contrasting those groups with a variety of outgroups. This is a key tenet of

A) Social Learning Theory
B) Convergence Theory
C) Social Identity Theory
D) Cultivation Theory