Match Each Term Below with Its Description

question 69

Multiple Choice

Match each term below with its description.
-Enlargement of the heart muscle in morbidly obese patient, which may lead to congestive heart failure

• A)Torticollis
• B)Glasgow Coma Scale
• C)Adolescent
• D)Septic
• E)CVP line
• F)Splenomegaly
• G)PTSD
• H)Hypovolemic
• I)Diabetic retinopathy
• J)Myocardial hypertrophy

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Definitions:

Reinforcement Theory

Theory that suggests that audiences seek messages in the media that reinforce their existing attitudes and beliefs and are thus not influenced by challenging or contradictory information.

Agenda-Setting Theory

Theory that the media can set the public agenda by selecting certain news stories and excluding others, thus influencing what audiences think about.

Two-Step Flow Model

Theory on media effects that suggests audiences get information through opinion leaders who influence their attitudes and beliefs, rather than through direct, firsthand sources.

Textual Poaching

A term from media studies referring to how audiences creatively appropriate and give new meanings to media texts, often subverting original intentions.