The Three Dominant Theories Concerning the Media's Impact on Adolescent

question 72

Multiple Choice

The three dominant theories concerning the media's impact on adolescent development today include all but which of the following?

• A) the media practice model
• B) the routine activity theory
• C) the uses and gratifications approach
• D) cultivation theory

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Definitions:

Diminishing Marginal Returns

Diminishing Marginal Returns is an economic principle stating that as additional units of a factor of production are added to a fixed amount of other factors, the incremental increase in output will eventually decrease.

Marginal Product

The additional output that results from using one more unit of a specific input, keeping other inputs constant.

Third Worker

In the context of labor and production, refers to the addition of a third employee in a process, which can affect productivity differently depending on the scenario.

Marginal Product

Additional output gained by employing one more unit of production.