What Did Chomsky and Herman Warn Would Be a Consequence

question 45

Multiple Choice

What did Chomsky and Herman warn would be a consequence of concentrated media ownership?

• A) Elites will control a major source of socialization and legitimize norms that benefit them.
• B) Nepotism will put unqualified people in places of power within media conglomerates.
• C) New ideas will be given equal time to ideas that support and maintain the status quo.
• D) Corporate competition will lead to a clash of ideas and possibly a more polarized electorate.

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Definitions:

Adapt

To adjust or change one's behavior or thinking to suit a new situation or environment.

Conditioned Stimulus

A neutral stimulus that, through repeated pairings with an unconditioned stimulus, comes to evoke a conditioned response.

Unconditioned Stimulus

A stimulus (e.g., meat powder) that naturally evokes a particular response (salivation).

Unconscious Evaluations

Judgments or assessments made without conscious awareness, often based on automatic cognitive processes.