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Communication 1302
Test 3
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Undergraduate 2
06/20/2009

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____________  Filtering function of the mass media which effects the amount

of information received by the audience.

 

Definition
Gatekeeping
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____________ Function of the mass media in which social reality is shaped

by editors who choose and display the news. 

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Heuristic Nature Of Mass Communication
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____________ Television is this kind of medium (McLuhan) because it

involves multi-sensory experience simultaneously. 

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Cool
Term

____________ Management style characterized by low focus on task and

high focus on climate (Blake & Mouton). 

Definition
Country Club Management
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___________ Management style in which the manager lets the decisions

rest with the employees (Likert). 

Definition
Consultative
Term

. According to Weber, a ----------- is characterized by rules,

records hierarchy and allocation of resources. 

Definition
Bureacracy
Term

. According to Ball-Rokeach & DeFleur, media may produce

three types of effects on individuals: _________, affective and behavorial. 

Definition
cognitive
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____________Gerbner’s theory which focuses on the socio-cultural

outcomes of mass communication; concerned with the totality of the pattern

communicated by television rather than any particular content or specific effect;

says TV shapes the viewer’s conception of social reality.

 

Definition
cultivation theory
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According to Weber, traditional, bureaucratic, and ---------------

are three kinds of authority. 

Definition
legitimate power
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The four phases of Fischer’s interact process are ----------------,

conflict, emergence and reinforcement. 

Definition
orientation
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___________ Provides important information to managers but may increase

worker vulnerability. 

Definition
consultive
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___________(Blake and Mouton) Name the management style that has low

concern for task and low concern for people.

 

Definition
impoverished managament
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McLuhan maintained that eyeglasses, computers, cars,

typewriters, etc. are all extensions of -----------------. 

Definition
sense
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According to Marshall McLuhan, communication is best

defined as information ------------------. 

Definition
transportation
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____________ According to Kurt Lewin’s field theory of groups, this term

refers to a person’s conception of important goals and barriers as well as the

requirements necessary to attain goals. 

Definition
life space
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____________Social influence theory maintains that people behave

aggressively even when social norms and pressures frown on aggression

because of the complex relationship between ------------ and aggression.

 

Definition
coercion
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____________The human relations perspective on groups assumes that the

nature and quality of relationships play a large role in productivity and

satisfaction.  The two major components of cooperativeness.

 

Definition
assertiveness
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The four phases of Fisher’s interact process are orientation, 

-----------------,  emergence, and reinforcement. 

Definition
conflict
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 Group effectiveness depends on the definition and

achievement of ----------------------. 

Definition
goals
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As group membership ________, groups become more

centralized. 

Definition
increase
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One symptom of groupthink is an illusion of --------------. 
Definition
invulnerability
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One symptom of groupthink is an unquestionable belief in

the group’s ----------------. 

Definition
morality
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_____________This results for groups that do not critically examine majority

opinion or seek expert opinions. 

Definition
negative outcomes
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After comparison, a person who sees no other group

alternatives will stay in a ------------- group. 

Definition
costly
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. Group --------- affects centrality, satisfaction and efficiency.

 

Definition
structure
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Group ----------- includes member qualities, group size and

compatibility. 

Definition
composition
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One symptom of groupthink is a _________ leader. 
Definition
charismatic
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One symptom of groupthink is _____ efforts to rationalize. 
Definition
collective
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____________  What is the name of McLuhan’s theory that has as its thesis:

“the medium is the message”? 

Definition
Media Theory
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___________ The belief acquired by massive exposure to violent media fare

causing people to fear violent crime. 

Definition
mean world syndrome
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____________The condition in which too much cohesiveness among

members results in poor decision-making and an illusion of invulnerability. 

Definition
groupthink
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As group membership increases, groups become more ------.

 

Definition
comfortable 
Term

_____________A future state of affairs desired by enough members to work

for its achievement. 

Definition
Group goals
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