Deck 1: Communication and Media Studies

Question 1

Who among the following considered communication as a sharing process?

A)dhama and bhatnagar
B)wilbur schramm
C)joseph a devito
D)ban and hawkins

Answer 1

wilbur schramm

Question 2

Information that is sent back to the source is known as ….

A)context
B)feedback
C)encoding
D)decoding

Answer 2

feedback

Question 3

Howling and hooting by the audience during a public speech is an example of….

A)positive feedback
B)neutral feedback
C)complementary feedback
D)negative feedback

Answer 3

negative feedback

Question 4

Communicating within oneself is known as….

A)group communication
B)transpersonal communication
C)intrapersonal communication
D)interpersonal communication

Question 5

Which of the following is not a characteristic of face to face communication?

A)direct
B)personal
C)mediated
D)intimate

Question 6

Who was a champion of massline communication?

A)mao zedong
B)b r ambedkar
C)mother teresa
D)marshall tito

Question 7

The act of producing a message is known as….

A)decoding
B)messaging
C)noise
D)encoding

Question 8

Which of the following is an example of new media?

A)newspaper
B)fm radio
C)online media
D)television

Question 9

Which of the following is an example of social media network?

A)orkoot
B)google
C)mozila
D)skype

Question 10

The chronological evolution of mass media is

A)radio. film newspaper, television
B)newspaper, film, radio, television
C)newspaper, radio, film, television
D)film, newspapers, radio, television

Question 11

Which of the following is not an advantage of written communication over oral communication?

A)it is a permanent record
B)provides tangible legal evidence
C)accessible to the illiterate
D)more accurate than oral communication

Question 12

Who coined the term kinesics?

A)robert frost
B)wilbur schramm
C)daniel lerner
D)ray birdwhistell

Question 13

What is haptics?

A)study of facial expression
B)study of eye behavior
C)study of touching
D)study of body movements

Question 14

Who among the following is a gatekeeper?

A)reader
B)viewer
C)listener
D)editor

Question 15

How many of the sensory channels can be applied while viewing a television programme?

A)one
B)two
C)three
D)four

Question 16

Which of the following is not a characteristic of mass communication?

A)instant feedback
B)impersonal
C)universal access
D)presence of gatekeeper

Question 17

Undesirable consequences of mass communication is known as ….

A)functions of mass communication
B)dysfunctions of mass communication
C)ethicizing functions of mass communication
D)socialising functions of mass communication

Question 18

Who explained the dysfunctional effects of mass media?

A)robert merton
B)denis mcqail
C)marshall mcluhan
D)melvin defleur

Question 19

The first printed work using movable types by Gutenberg took place in ….

A)england
B)germany
C)italy
D)portugal

Question 20

The first printed work was by Johannes Gutenberg was

A)bible
B)aeropagitica
C)catechism text
D)way of the cross

Question 21

Which of the following is not an example of print media?

A)brochures
B)posters
C)websites
D)handbills

Question 22

Who invented kinetoscope?

A)william dickson
B)thomas alva edison
C)lumeier brothers
D)john baird

Question 23

Where was Lumier Brothers' first screening of the films held?

A)london
B)hollywood
C)paris
D)napoli