Deck 14: The Future of Media

Question 1

Cyberpsychology

A) Is a subject that involves the study of technology alone.
B) Will probably replace media psychology.
C) Is human interaction with digital technology.
D) Is not meaningfully distinct from media psychology.
E) B and D are true.
F) C and D are true.

Answer 1

F

Question 2

Media Psychology

A) Was already a distinct discipline 75 years ago.
B) Is distinctive from Communication is its overt orientation to psychological theory.
C) Fails to have its own journals and books.
D) None of these is true.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

It is clear while reading this chapter that

A) Media Psychology is easily distinguished from other disciplines.
B) There is clear agreement among scholars as to the status of media psychology.
C) Media psychology's future is to see it as constantly changing and adapting to new theories.
D) All of these are true.

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The issues that are of concern to media psychologists

A) Are constantly changing.
B) Have been the same since the beginning of television in the 1950s.
C) Are the same as those of other disciplines.
D) Have little relationship to other disciplines.

Question 5

A problem with current media psychology research is

A) 65 per cent of the published studies used a single example to stand for such general phenomena as 'TV entertainment' or 'negative content'.
B) 'Fake news' is ultimately a media construct, and to study it as if it were a robust scientific phenomenon is problematic.
C) It has imbedded in its assumptions the third person effect, treating the audience as more influenced by media than the researchers themselves.
D) These are all true.