Urban Legends The Concept of "Urban Legends" (A Story That Appears Mysteriously

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Urban Legends
The concept of "urban legends" (a story that appears mysteriously and spreads spontaneously in various forms and is usually false posted on the Internet) and Internet scams are a real problem for some businesses. Gerber Baby Foods was flooded with 1 million letters and 80,000 phone calls from parents responding to an e-mail about a phony class-action lawsuit. Another urban legend about Costa Rican flesh-eating bacteria that affected banana shipments cost that industry more than $30 million. Procter & Gamble had to deal with claims that its Febreeze product contained Agent Orange, a dangerous chemical. Many companies choose to ignore these myths created by angry customers or rabble-rousers, but experts believe this is the worst possible action to take. Companies should instead do everything possible to reassure its customers.
-Refer to Urban Legends. Many urban legends are transmitted through the Internet, which could be described as a(n) ____.

• A) information conduit
• B) communication medium
• C) information medium
• D) transfer channel
• E) paralanguage conduit

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Elevation

An increase in height or the angle of something; also used to describe a geographical area's height above sea level.

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