What Is a Potentially Dangerous Result of Audience Fragmentation

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is a potentially dangerous result of audience fragmentation?

• A) Audience members now have more prosocial power than they did before convergence.
• B) Audience members choose to receive only the news and information that reinforce their beliefs and values.
• C) Audience members have a hard time making decisions because they are exposed to so many diverse viewpoints.
• D) Audience members have short attention spans and need media items that are short and quick.

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Definitions:

Integuments

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Megasporangium

A plant structure that produces megaspores, which develop into female gametophytes in seed plants and certain ferns.

Ovules

Small structures within the ovary of seed plants that develop into seeds upon fertilization.

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