Fragmentation of the Media Audience Has Tended to

question 122

Multiple Choice

Fragmentation of the media audience has tended to

• A)cause media to focus on a certain demographic.
• B)counteract the impact of media conglomeration.
• C)increase the probability of media becoming more concentrated.
• D)create situations in which the media dictate what is right and what is wrong.
• E)make the audience less concerned with whether the information is true or false.

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Definitions:

Visual Part

The component of cognition concerned with processing visual information.

Signal Detection Tasks

Psychological tasks used to measure the ability to differentiate between information-bearing patterns (signals) and random patterns that distract from the information (noise).

Yea-Sayers

Individuals who tend to agree with or affirm propositions or ideas without critical examination.

Naysayers

Individuals who are often negative or skeptical about ideas and refuse to believe in the possibility of success.