Valerie Is in a Negative Mood, So She Decides to Watch

question 95

Multiple Choice

Valerie is in a negative mood, so she decides to watch a rental movie at home with her friends to improve her mood. What effect will this activity likely have on her negative mood?

• A) strongly decrease it
• B) moderately decrease it
• C) little or no effect on it
• D) moderately increase it
• E) strongly increase it

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Definitions:

Mass Media

Refers to diversified collections of media technologies that reach a large audience via mass communication.

Impersonal Audience

A broad, undifferentiated group of people to whom communication is directed, without a personal connection or identification.

Information

Data that has been processed or presented in a format that is understandable and useful to the recipient.

Interacting

The act of communicating or engaging in action with others, often leading to an exchange of information or influence.