Any Media-Borne Image or Message Can Be Analyzed in Terms

question 2

Multiple Choice

Any media-borne image or message can be analyzed in terms of its nature,including its symbolism and its effects.It can also be analyzed as a text,which refers to

• A) literary works and other print media.
• B) anything produced by mass media having commercial value.
• C) anything that can be read or processed, interpreted, and assigned meaning by anyone exposed to it.
• D) anything that can be read but whose interpretation is determined by the producer of the text.
• E) our capacity to codify information.

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Definitions:

Capitalism

An economic system in which factors of trade and production are controlled by private owners rather than by the state.

Socialism

A collective form of government in which the means of production and the distribution of production are owned collectively by the community as a whole.

Communism

A political system characterized by collective ownership of the factors of production and allocation of goods and services to workers according to their needs, argue for revolutionary means to establish a communal society.

Mercantilism

An economic theory that emphasizes the importance of stockpiling precious metals and exporting more than importing to boost a nation's wealth and power.