A View of the Mass Media Presented in the Text

question 38

Multiple Choice

A view of the mass media presented in the text is that the media

• A) discharge products,ideas,and values into a passive and susceptible population who are therefore manipulated by the media.
• B) provide a "marketplace of ideas" for an enlightened public.
• C) do little to promote real changes in the society.
• D) discharge products,ideas,and values into a passive and susceptible population who are therefore manipulated by the media and provide a "marketplace of ideas" for an enlightened public are correct.

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Definitions:

MR

Marginal Revenue, the increase in revenue that results from the sale of one additional unit of output.

ATC

Average Total Cost, a calculation used in economics to find the total cost per unit of output when all fixed and variable costs are taken into account.

Economic Profits

The profit a company makes after accounting for both its explicit and implicit costs, including opportunity costs.

Pure Monopolies

Markets where a single seller dominates, offering a unique product with no close substitutes, controlling prices and output.