What Did Television in the 1950s Do

question 97

Multiple Choice

What did television in the 1950s do?

• A) It helped to demolish old gender and racial stereotypes.
• B) It exposed American viewers to the harsh realities of the "other America."
• C) It reinforced consumerism and conformity.
• D) It decreased the cost of political campaigning while increasing the content level of political discussion.
• E) It was still too primitive to have much impact on American politics.

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Definitions:

Truth Values

The validity status of a statement, which can be either true or false in classical logic.

Truth Table

A mathematical table used in logic to compute the truth values of logical expressions based on their truth values of their components.

Atomic Sentences

Simple sentences that contain no logical connectives or only one predicate that asserts something about a subject.

Short Form Truth Table

A method used in logical analysis to determine the validity of logical statements by systematically examining all possible truth values of its components in a concise format.