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MAC211
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The social responsibility press theory came into existence in
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President Buhari yesterday received a letter from US president-elect, Donald Trump pledging support of America to Nigeria. Their exchange of letters exemplifies
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A breakdown in communication as a result of message not being adapted to its receiver is ______
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The diffusion of innovation theory is otherwise called
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The basic assumption of the normative theories is
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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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Communication is dynamic. This means ______
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Authoritarian system controls the media through the following means_______
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Communication theories try to what happens in communication process
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In communication process ______ invariably controls communication
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Communication theorists try to ______ what happens in communication process
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The original four press theories include all but one in the list________
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Bernard Cohen (1994) proposes that the central function of theory is to ______
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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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The decoder of message in communication process sometimes perform the same role as the
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Bran G. Wilson divided barriers to effective communication into parts
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In the democratic participant media system individuals and minorities have right of to the media
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An objective evaluation of identified data is ______
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The basic assumption of the play theory is
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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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A good theory should have the following attributes except____________
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The type of communication in which information flows from UPPER level of management to the LOWER level is known as
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An objective evaluation of identified data is
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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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Theories can be used to address these type of problems except one_______
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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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Cell phones can be classified under type of media
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The media serve as watchman for societies. This media role is otherwise referred to as
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Libertarian media theory in ______in the ______ century
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Communication process is an ADDITIVE process because________
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Nigeria media system operates ______ type of normative theory of the press
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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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______ explains the changing ways of communication and media use in traditional and modern societies
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People seek out and remember information that provides cognitive support for their pre-existing attitudes is the notion underlying theory
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Bernard Cohen (1994) proposes that the central function of theory is to
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The often most controversial aspect of communication is the
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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 often most controversial aspect of communication is the ______
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“to whom” in Lasswell’s paradigm refers to ______
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The following are characteristics of mass communication audience except______
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The media serve as watchman for societies. This media role is otherwise referred to as ______
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The following are what a researcher can research on under media analysis except______
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The following according to Folarin (2002) are attributes of communication except_____
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The audience analysis of a researcher under ‘demographics’ include all except one______
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A breakdown in communication as a result of message not being adapted to its receiver is
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The use of eye contact in discussion is ____________
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The following are criticisms against the media of mass communication except______
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Cognitive Dissonance Theory and social identity theory are good examples of theories
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Communication between National Open University of Nigeria and ministry of education can be classified under ______
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McLuhan views every new form of ‘media innovation’ to be an extension of some
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