Select the Case That Would Most Likely Be Filed Under

question 65

Multiple Choice

Select the case that would most likely be filed under disparate impact.

• A) Majority of the applicants with high test scores are rejected due to an affirmative action plan.
• B) A majority applicant is rejected on the grounds that a company only hires individuals from the minority group.
• C) Minority applicants are being disproportionately rejected relative to majority applicants by a paper-and-pencil test.
• D) A minority employee is fired for testifying in a discrimination suit filed against an employer.
• E) At a particular organization, employees belonging to the minority group are given more privileges and benefits compared to employees belonging to the majority group.

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Definitions:

Media Effects

Media Effects entail the impacts or consequences that media content and exposure have on audiences, influencing beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors.

Agenda-Setting

Agenda-setting is a media theory concept suggesting that the media has the power to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda.

Framing

The process of presenting or structuring information, especially in media, to influence perception and interpretation by emphasizing certain aspects over others.

Mass Society Theory

A perspective in media studies that suggests mass media and its technologies have the power to influence large, undifferentiated audiences uniformly and directly.