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MAC211
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Communication process is an ADDITIVE process because
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The social responsibility press theory came into existence in
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A good theory should be able to generate new hypotheses which will expand the horizon of knowledge explains ______ attribute of theory
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Bernard Cohen (1994) proposes that the central function of theory is to
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Communication is dynamic. This means ______
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______is communication through use of space
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A breakdown in communication as a result of message not being adapted to its receiver is
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A breakdown in communication as a result of message not being adapted to its receiver is ______
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are the signs and symbols that give expression to content
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The often most controversial aspect of communication is the
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The media serve as watchman for societies. This media role is otherwise referred to as ______
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The diffusion of innovation theory is otherwise called
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Nigeria media system operates ______ type of normative theory of the press
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Theory presupposes that audience members actively seek out the mass media to satisfy individual needs
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Cell phones can be classified under type of media
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“There is nothing as practical as a good theory.” This statement is associated with
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A love letter from a friend is so thrilling that you read and do not understand parts of the message as result of overwhelming joy. This an example of barrier to communication
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The selective theory of media effect include all but one of these______
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory and social identity theory are good examples of theories
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The Hypodermic Needle theory states that mass media
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Innovation decisions as a five process according to Rogers include knowledge, persuasion, decision, confirmation and
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A good theory should have the following attributes except____________
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The mass information society was based on all the following assumptions except_______
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Communication process is an ADDITIVE process because________
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Bran G. Wilson divided barriers to effective communication into ______ parts
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“The process of exchanging mutually understood symbols” is the definition of communication according to
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The definition of mass communication as the spreading of a message to an extended mass audience through rapid means of reproduction and distribution at a relatively inexpensive cost to the customer is associated with
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The period in time in which focus was based on the idea that mass media have corrupting influences that undermine the social order that ‘average’ people are defenceless against influence of mass media is ______
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theory focuses on the Western media domination of global mass communication
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In communication process invariably controls communication
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The use of eye contact in discussion is ____________
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The original four press theories include all but one in the list________
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Sydney Head (1976) suggest that the term mass communication must imply all but one in the list_____
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Anonymity of the mass media audience means
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The long-term effect of communication on the audience is ____________
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Framing and priming theories are good examples theories
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____ theory of the media views that individual audience as capable of either to accept or reject mass media messages or information
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All but one in the list is not context of communication_______
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McLuhan views every new form of ‘media innovation’ to be an extension of some
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A theory is a statement that purports to account for or characterize some phenomena is associated with
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In which media system is the press regarded as the ‘forth estate of the realm’
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“Anything about the world which strikes us as odd or otherwise in need of explanation” is an example of theories solving problem
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All except one in list is not an approach to the study of mass communication theory
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Research and theory are closely related through
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In mass communication, communication is mostly one way______
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‘The medium is the message’ is the postulation of McLuhan (1964). It is now associated with and is an underlying principle of theory
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“to whom” in Lasswell’s paradigm refers to ______
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The exponents of authoritarian theory are Hegel ,
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Communication theories try to what happens in communication process
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The three general categories of communication include all but one in the list ________
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