MASS COMMUNICATION 2

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1.
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During the Military era in Nigeria, which press theory was fully operational?
2.
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Who invented the moveable type press ?
3.
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What was a media theory that saw the media as all-powerful and
supremely effective; and believed that all human beings responded the
same way to the powerful influence from the media?
4.
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In mass media organizations, the gatekeepers are usually the reporters,
sub-editors, editors, producers, writers and readers.
5.
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What comes from within as a result of poor mental attitude, depression, emotional stress or disability?
6.
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Two positive roles of mass communication in the society is the
propagation of violence and pornography?
7.
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What function holds that the mass media confers higher status on
individuals in the society through the frequency of reportage done on the
individual?
8.
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Which media theory advocates media support for an existing
political regime and its efforts to bring about national economic
development?
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Which of the following is not a Normative Theory?
10.
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Who are the propagators of the normative theories/ Four Press Theories?
11.
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Marxist-Leninist principles is associated with?
12.
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When a political aspirant is addressing an open air rally with a microphone, it is called
13.
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This holds that messages of mass communication are at the disposal of
the audience at the same time. This feature of mass communication is known as?
14.
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Which is not a major news agencies in the world today?
15.
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WHICH IS POPULARLY REFEREED TO AS 'THE BLIND MEDIUM'
16.
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What is from the source’s inability to use the
language of communication accurately and appropriately. It may
be a grammatical noise manifested in form of defects in the use
of rules of grammar of a language, and faulty sentence structure.
It may be semantic as in the wrong use of words or use of
unfamiliar words, misspelling, etc. And it could also be
phonological manifested in incorrect pronunciation.
17.
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Sign languages and writing are not classified as nonverbal communication because they make use of words.
18.
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the feedback in mass communication is always delayed, say for a day, week or month.
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WHAT IS THE NAME OF NIGERIA'S NEWS AGENCY
20.
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What are statements, derived from scientific observation, that explain
or interpret some phenomenon?
21.
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What results form interference from the body in
form of body discomforts, feeling of hunger, tiredness etc?
22.
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what could be defined as the communication
between two or more nations or communication across international
boundaries?
23.
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The information-poor nations, lack the required resources even for local production and distribution of news and information, let alone of producing and distributing for global consumption. They are usually mere consumers
of world news and information no matter in whose tastes they are
produced.
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Which is not an information-rich nation?
25.
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......are individuals or groups of persons who govern the travels of news items in the communication channels.
26.
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WHICH MEDIUM HAS AUDIO VISUAL CAPABILITIES?
27.
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The concept of gatekeeper was first coined by...
28.
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Who brought to the fore the concept of global village?
29.
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What is the oldest of the press theories and what was an idea that placed all forms of communication under the control of a governing elite or authorities.
30.
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mass communication audience has four peculiar features except...
31.
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What comes from the environment and keeps the
message from being heard or understood. It may be from loud
conversations, side-talks at meetings, vehicular sounds, sounds
from workmen’s tools etc.
32.
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The information-rich nations are those nations without enough human, natural and technological resources to exploit the production and distribution of global information and communication.
33.
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Which press theory does Nigeria operate among the normative theories?
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mass communication messages cannot be segregated. It cannot be directed towards certain people without others hearing it. Every human being, irrespective of age, creed, sex, wealth
and affluence get the messages at the same time. This feature of mass communication is
35.
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What form of communication occurs among a small number of people
for the purpose of solving a problem? The group must be small enough
so that each member has a chance to interact with all the other members.
36.
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During interpersonal communication, reply/feedback is made almost instantly.
37.
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The publication of books initially or exclusively, online, is popularly called..
38.
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What emerged as a result of conflict between professionalism and self-regulation of the press and pressure for greater regulation of the media?
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Non-Verbal Communication involves all but...
40.
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Which is not a dysfunctions of the mass media?
41.
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Feedback in mass communication is not instant. It is mostly through letters to the editor or telephone calls or personal calls on the media
42.
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What concept, undoubtedly,
discusses the effects of the improvement on communication
technologies and facilities which have made the gathering and
dissemination of global news and information very easy and more
exciting. With these improvements, events and news in far away
countries could be received and disseminated in other distant countries
as they occur, making the globe look like an ordinary village.
43.
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Maxwell McCombs and Donald Shaw postulated?
44.
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THE INTERNET IS POPULARLY CALLED THE?
45.
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Messages sent in mass communication are not to be received by a
named receiver. It is addressed to whom it may concern. In other words,
he who receives the messages is not known to the sender. This feature of mass communication is called?
46.
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Nonverbal communication is usually understood as the process of communication through sending and receiving wordless
messages. Such messages can be communicated through gesture; body
language or posture; facial expression and eye contact; object
communication such as clothing, hairstyles or even architecture;
symbols and infographics; prosodic features of speech such as
intonation and stress and other paralinguistic features of speech such as
voice quality, emotion and speaking style.
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....................is an interference that keeps a message from being understood or accurately interpreted. It is a potent barrier to effective communication.it is called?
48.
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What posits that the mass media determines the issues that are regarded
as important at a given time in a given society and means that the press
is significantly more than a purveyor of information and opinion; and
though it may not be able to tell its readers what it thinks, it does
successfully tell them what to think about?
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TELEVISION VIEWED VIA THE INTERNET IS POPULARLY CALLED?
50.
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In international communication Africa, Latin America and Asia are referred to as what?