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Media Studies Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update
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- Media Studies
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- University Of California - Berkeley
Media Studies Final Exam Questions And Answers Latest Update
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Media Studies Final ExamQuestions And Answers Latest
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1. Which of the following are not characteristics of mass communication
ANS✔✔ Charateristics: large audience, through a channel, receptor, mass
media, feedback loop
2. What is media convergence? ANS✔✔ the technological merging of
content of different mass media into one place
3. Which of the following are not mass media? ANS✔✔ telephones
4. The text authors argue in chapter one that the foundation of media is/are:
ANS✔✔ telling stories/narratives
5. Culture is defined generally as.. ANS✔✔ the symbols of expression that
individuals, groups and societies use to make sense of daily life and to
articulate their values.
6. Which of the following is not a consequence of the metaphor of human
culture as a skyscraper? ANS✔✔ an ultimate transformation to social
democracy
7. What was the inspiration for ARPAnet, the predecessor of the internet?
ANS✔✔ a need for mainframe computers for normal users
, enables military and academic researchers to comminicate
8. Who owns the World Wide Web? ANS✔✔ no one
9. What event characterized the development stage of the internet? ANS✔✔
the creation of microprocessors
10. How can the Internet make democracy "work better"? ANS✔✔ more
access!!
makes it easier to communicate ideas to the public, let policy ideas be known
and to better inform the public, the sharing of information which leads to
greater user participation
11. How has digital convergence changed the function of gaming consoles?
ANS✔✔ gaming is now on mobile phones
12. What does modding a game mean? ANS✔✔ modifying the game
13. Which of the following is not one of the main genres within digital gaming?
ANS✔✔ finance games
14. Which of the following is not one of the three major pay models for video
games today? ANS✔✔ shareware
15. What does the ESRB do? ANS✔✔ rate and review video games for
content
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