Ideas That Explain or Predict Only Limited Aspects of the Mass

question 58

Multiple Choice

Ideas that explain or predict only limited aspects of the mass communication process are called

• A) assumptions.
• B) testable hypotheses.
• C) middle-range theories.
• D) quasi-sciences.

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Definitions:

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