The Media's Role in Filtering and Making Comprehensible the Huge

question 64

Multiple Choice

The media's role in filtering and making comprehensible the huge daily volume of news stories and issues is known as the

• A)correlation function.
• B)entertainment function.
• C)surveillance function.
• D)socialization function.

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