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51. During a conversation, when a friend nods at something you have said, what is this an example of?
  1. Feedback in personal communication
  2. Noise in personal communication
  3. Noise in mass communication
  4. Encoding
52. What was meant by Marshall McLuhan’s famous statement, “the medium is the message”?
  1. Media areable to directly control what people think about.
  2. People care more about a specific medium than about specific content.
  3. It is important to choose the right medium to convey an idea.
  4. The medium used to convey an idea is unimportant.
53. Which of the following is an example of technological determinism?
  1. Signing up for an e-mail account
  2. Getting rid of your landline and relying on a mobile phone
  3. Believing that theInternet will cause society to break down
  4. Changing your physical newspaper subscription to an online subscription
54. What was the first mass-produced form of media?
  1. Books
  2. Newspapers
  3. Records
  4. Radio
55. Which best defines literacy?
  1. The ability to read simple sentences
  2. The ability to effectively use a given medium
  3. The ability to sound out words
  4. The ability to interact with the rest of society

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