Question 8 of 10In what way are the mass media and families similar?A.Both help socialize people according to the values of the larger culture.B.Both help ensure that people have jobs.C.Both try to control the media used to send messages.D.Both try to make a profit by advertising.

Question 9 of 10What is the advantage of using mass media?A.The information is less biased than that communicated in other forms of media.B.The information is more truthful than that communicated in other forms of media.C.The information is available to a larger audience than is information communicated in other forms of media.D.All of the above

Which of the following are examples of mass media acting as an agent of socialization?Multiple select question.reading newspapers to learn about popular opinion and cultureusing the Internet to keep up with the latest news and share informationwatching television news to learn about important eventsletting children watch television instead of hiring a babysitter

Which of the following statements best describes the link between mass/social media and societal change?A.Mass media and social media have had little to do with social change in the United States.B.Mass media and social media provide entertainment, which encourages adjustment to society as it is; however, media also encourage social movements that do bring about change.C.Mass media coverage of the Vietnam War was a powerful force that led more and more people in the United States to support that war.D.Social media has yet to demonstrate the ability to encourage social movements or social change in the United States.

Which of the following statements reflects a social-conflict analysis of mass media?A.In 2011, 90 percent of the mass media in the United States was owned and operated by just five major corporations.B.News presentations in the mass media are selective because, like all reality, they are socially constructed.C.Mass media help forge a national culture, integrating local communities into a national way of life.D.The mass media help to perpetuate the male domination of U.S. society.

Which of the following is a dysfunction of the mass media?Multiple choice question.They socialize us and reinforce social norms.They inform us of relevant events.They entertain us.They desensitize us to distressing events.