Increased Internet Usage Has

question 43

Multiple Choice

Increased Internet usage has

• A) caused most advertising revenues to go to aggregators, such as Google, lowering ad revenues for the news media.
• B) allowed the news media to tap into a new and wider audience for news.
• C) given the traditional news media a new source of audiences and profits.
• D) made the news media more responsive and accountable to citizens.
• E) encouraged the media to use personal political commentary more often.

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Definitions:

Cocktail Party Effect

The brain's ability to focus one's auditory attention on a particular stimulus while filtering out a range of other stimuli, as when one hears their name in a noisy room.

Driving

The act of controlling and operating a vehicle, typically an automobile, as a means of transportation from one location to another.

Inattentional Blindness

A psychological phenomenon whereby an individual fails to perceive an unexpected stimulus in plain sight, due to the focus of attention elsewhere.

Selective Attention

The cognitive process of focusing on one particular object or task in the environment while ignoring other irrelevant stimuli.