Messages Are More Credible When They

question 9

Multiple Choice

Messages are more credible when they

• A)reflect the interests of the communicator.
• B)go against the interests of the communicator.
• C)are irrelevant to the interests of the communicator.
• D)are not accompanied by relevant counter-arguments.
• E)are not often repeated.

Grasp the arguments made by "free market" advocates about media regulation.

Comprehend the historical development of broadcasting, specifically the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as a state monopoly system.

Know significant changes in media ownership regulations, including the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

Understand the constitutional basis for the protection of media through copyright laws and the First Amendment.

---

Definitions:

Poisson Distribution

A probability distribution that models the number of times an event occurs in a fixed interval of time or space, assuming events occur with a known constant mean rate independently of the time since the last event.

Chi-square Statistic

A statistic used to test hypotheses about the distribution of observations among categories.

Fixed Interval

A specific period of time between occurrences or events in a scheduled series.

Two-way Table

A table that displays data collected from two variables, providing a basis for examining relationships between them.