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Chapter 1 question pool quiz - FOC

Question 1 of 30

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We currently live and operate in the ___________ Age, which is quickly replacing the _____________ Age.

Select one of the following:

  • Communiction; information

  • Information; Computer

  • Information; Communication

  • Communication; Industrial

Explanation

Question 2 of 30

1

People for whom technologies already existed when they were born are referred to as

Select one of the following:

  • Millennials.

  • Virtual pioneers.

  • Digital natives.

  • Technologists

Explanation

Question 3 of 30

1

The age in which communication, technology, and media converge deeply permeate a citizens daily life is known as the

Select one of the following:

  • Information Age.

  • Convergence Age.

  • Industrial Age.

  • Communication Age.

Explanation

Question 4 of 30

1

People who have adopted and learned digital technologies later in life are known as

Select one of the following:

  • Digital immigrants

  • Digital natives

  • Digital citizens

  • Digital emigrants

Explanation

Question 5 of 30

1

An already popular format for games and other forms of entertainment is called _____ and is a blend of physical and virtual realities

Select one of the following:

  • augmented reality

  • heightened reality

  • mobile reality

  • synthesized reality

Explanation

Question 6 of 30

1

Which of the following was not listed as a benefit of studying communication?

Select one of the following:

  • Physical, emotional, and psychological health and well-being.

  • Help in finding employment and advancing in your career.

  • Increased potential to bring about better social realities.

  • Less active role in democratic citizenship.

Explanation

Question 7 of 30

1

What is the definition of communication?

Select one of the following:

  • The verbal or nonverbal unidirectional exchange of information.

  • The sharing of ideas through oral or written reciprocal exchange.

  • The collaborative process of using messages to create and participate in social reality.

  • The process of creating and transmitting messages.

Explanation

Question 8 of 30

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Which of the following does not accurately describe communication?

Select one of the following:

  • Communication is collaborative.

  • Communication is a process.

  • Communication is static.

  • Communication is participatory.

Explanation

Question 9 of 30

1

The set of social judgments that members of a group agree upon is the definition of which of the following terms?

Select one of the following:

  • Social reality

  • Social exchange

  • Social agreement

  • Social construction

Explanation

Question 10 of 30

1

Communication is a “we” activity in which people work jointly to create and share meaning. This best demonstrates that communication _____.

Select one of the following:

  • is a process

  • is collaborative

  • involves messages

  • is a thing

Explanation

Question 11 of 30

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Being labeled a “loser” may alter a person's perceptions and reinforce self-destructive behaviors, taking part in shaping their social reality. This best demonstrates that communication _____.

Select one of the following:

  • is collaborative

  • involves messages

  • is creative

  • is participatory

Explanation

Question 12 of 30

1

The ancient Greeks referred to the ways that communication can be used as an instrument to accomplish things as _____ and the ways that communication creates things as _____.

Select one of the following:

  • poiesis; praxis

  • pathos; poiesis

  • praxis; poiesis

  • protos; praxis

Explanation

Question 13 of 30

1

If Bethany calls her mother on the phone and shares her day's experience, this an example of which type of communication context?

Select one of the following:

  • Face-to-face

  • Mediated

  • Distance

  • Cognitive

Explanation

Question 14 of 30

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Which of the following situations is an example of interpersonal communication?

Select one of the following:

  • Mary gives a presentation to a large meeting.

  • Simon listens to a radio show about his favorite hip-hop group.

  • Liz responds to a friend's Facebook status.

  • James talks to himself while he goes grocery shopping.

Explanation

Question 15 of 30

1

Complex computer data-mining operations use all of your online activities (ranging from site visits, to purchase histories, to group memberships) to compile highly specific profiles of you that advertisers can use to customize, or _____, their advertisements to you.

Select one of the following:

  • broadcast

  • narrowcast

  • personalize

  • target

Explanation

Question 16 of 30

1

Which communication metaphor describes communication as a linear, one-way transfer of information?

Select one of the following:

  • Transmission

  • Interaction

  • Transacion

  • Constructivism

Explanation

Question 17 of 30

1

In the transactional model of communication, every message has two dimensions: _____, or its surface level meaning; and _____, or how a message is said.

Select one of the following:

  • content; delivery

  • primary purpose; secondary purpose

  • content; relationship

  • construct; meaning

Explanation

Question 18 of 30

1

Which model of communication expands the role of communicators beyond sender-receivers to joint creators of social reality

Select one of the following:

  • Interaction

  • Transaction

  • Constructivism

  • Social Constructionism

Explanation

Question 19 of 30

1

According to the communication philosopher and ethicist Jürgen Habermas, ethical communication is that which promotes _____ and _____.

Select one of the following:

  • dependence; freedom

  • autonomy; responsibility

  • freedom; exemption

  • groupthink; empowerment

Explanation

Question 20 of 30

1

Viewing communication as a process of social construction requires an appreciation of both _____ (the power and freedom to use communication to create the social realities we desire) and _____ (the limitations inherent in our social realities).

Select one of the following:

  • agency; constraint

  • democracy; law

  • possibility; danger

  • voice; control

Explanation

Question 21 of 30

1

Communication activism is known as the direct energetic action that is not in support of needed social change for individuals.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 22 of 30

1

Mediated communication is defined as a communication or messages that are transmitted through some type of medium.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 23 of 30

1

Public communication is defined as a situation in which a person delivers a message to an audience.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 24 of 30

1

According to employers, communication skills are the most valuable abilities employees can possess

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 25 of 30

1

Communication as Transmission is one of the newest models of communication based on the workings of the cell phone and the computer.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 26 of 30

1

The fact that communication involves both creation and participation demonstrates that it is fundamentally dual-natured.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 27 of 30

1

Small groups are traditionally defined as groups having between 2 and 10 members.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 28 of 30

1

According to the constructivist perspective, communication is both a shaper of our individual understandings and shaped by those understandings

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 29 of 30

1

Engagement refers to the power of communication to link and relate us to people, groups, communities, social institutions, and cultures.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 30 of 30

1

One of the ways we can harness the power of communication for the greater good is by engaging in communication activism, or the direct energetic action in support of needed social change for individuals, groups, organizations, and communities.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

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