The Next-Step Reality Formula

question 27

Multiple Choice

The next-step reality formula

• A) guides viewers in choosing only realistic messages.
• B) focuses viewers' attention on the idea that all media messages are both real and fantasy.
• C) assists the audience in escaping reality.
• D) helps viewers determine which messages are real and which are fantasy.

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Definitions:

Rules of thumb

General principles that provide practical instructions or guidance, based on experience rather than theory, for making decisions or solving problems.

Simplifying strategies

Approaches or methods aimed at reducing complexity and making tasks or processes easier to understand and manage.

Heuristics

Mental shortcuts or rules of thumb that simplify decision-making processes, often used when facing complex problems or incomplete information.

Assign probabilities

The process of attributing a numerical likelihood to the occurrence of specific events, often used in decision-making to evaluate risks and possibilities.