In a Study Assessing the Effects of Television on Behavior,attitudes,and

question 48

Multiple Choice

In a study assessing the effects of television on behavior,attitudes,and values,Kottak and a team of researchers found that

• A) television exposure has a greater impact on behavior, attitudes, and values in the United States than in Brazil.
• B) the claim that television exposure affects people's behavior, attitudes, and values is overstated.
• C) television exposure inevitably leads to a decrease in social interaction, regardless of the culture.
• D) Brazilians watch telenovelas because they see in these programs the traditions of their culture vividly represented and valued.
• E) people's ideas about proper family size are influenced as they see, day after day, nuclear families smaller than the traditional ones in their town.

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