The Media's Socialization Function Is to

question 65

Multiple Choice

The media's socialization function is to

• A) dissipate elite preferences and values to the masses.
• B) instruct the masses on their role in a democracy.
• C) persuade and change the thoughts and ideas of the masses.
• D) help create engaged and informed citizens.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion in a set of values, indicating how spread out the data points are from the mean.

T-distribution

A probability distribution that is used to estimate population parameters when the sample size is small and/or when the population variance is unknown.

Test Statistic

A test statistic is a value calculated from sample data during a hypothesis test. It's compared to a critical value to decide whether to reject the null hypothesis.

μ

The symbol for the mean or average of a set of data points in statistics.