Mass Communication Uses Gatekeepers to Determine What Consumers Come to Know

question 33

Multiple Choice

Mass communication uses gatekeepers to determine what consumers come to know, believe, and understand are issues they should deem as worthy of serious attention. This view of how mass communication operates represents __________.

• A) cultivation theory
• B) critical theory
• C) uses and gratification
• D)agenda setting theory
• E) agency theory

Identify and explain the differences among various feminist theories.

Recognize the historical development and waves of feminism and their impact on sociology and societal norms.

Appreciate how feminism seeks to combat gender-based oppression and inequality.

Understand the concept of gender as a social construct and its implications for social identity and interactions.

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Definitions:

Green Alga

Single-celled, colonial, or multicelled photosynthetic protist that has chloroplasts containing chlorophylls a and b.

Prokaryotic

Cells that lack a true, membrane-bound nucleus and most other organelles, characteristic of organisms such as bacteria.

Protozoans

Diverse group of unicellular eukaryotic organisms, often considered the simplest animal life forms, living in water or as parasites.