Early Notions of Mass Communication Viewed Mass Society as Both

Multiple Choice

Early notions of mass communication viewed mass society as both passive recipients of media messages and vulnerable to being manipulated.Which best describes current thinking?

A) Audiences are more vulnerable and passive than ever before.
B) Television viewing in particular creates increased activity in the right hemisphere of viewers' brains.
C) Internet use has led to increasingly passive recipients at the end of message transmission systems.
D) Active receivers are not uniformly affected by mass communication messages.
E) All of the above.