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Introduction to Mass Communication:
Media Literacy and Culture. CHAPTER 15
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Journalism
Undergraduate 1
12/07/2011

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What technology was used as early as the mid-1920s by the major European colonial powers to connect with their various colonies?


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shortwave radio


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The time when clandestine broadcast stations flourished the most was during what period in history?


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the Cold War years


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FreeNK is an example of


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an exogenous station
 


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The first commercials were heard on what type of broadcast stations in Great Britain?


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pirate stations
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The Voice of America is an example of


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a station started by the U.S. to counter enemy propaganda.
an external service.
a station that disseminates information about America throughout the world.


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The satellite revolution is said to have begun in 1957 with


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Sputnik
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Which is the English-language version of the pan-Arab satellite news network that debuted worldwide in 2006?


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Al Jazeera International


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All of the following are aims of revolutionary media


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ending government monopoly over information
destroying the current government's legitimacy
facilitating the organization of opposition
 
preparing the citizenry for life after the dictator


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What percentage of all Chinese homes have televisions?


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98%
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Cultural imperialism is achieved through the mass media in what way?


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people's cultures are changed by the influence of foreign media messages


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In 2005 UNESCO approved The Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions. This policy


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permits countries to establish quotas and subsidies to protect their local media industries.


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Critics predict all of the following will result from the global village EXCEPT


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acceptance of Euro English


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Despite the different media systems in the world, why does most television programming throughout the world look like that found in the United States?


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because the United States leads in international distribution of broadcast programming


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Which of the following is enforced by the Chinese government as a means to control major media?


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Internet accounts must be registered with the police


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Proponents of the global village predict that


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the world community is coming closer together as a common culture.


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