CAS 101 N - exam 3 review

What does uncertainty reduction theory claim about uncertainty?

• Uncertainty is exciting and can initiate communication and disclosure between people

• Uncertainty is complex and can only be reduced via communication

• Uncertainty requires deliberatively revealing information about oneself to others

• Uncertainty is uncomfortable and we don’t like it, so we seek information about people in order to reduce uncertainty

__________ is defined as sharing a wide variety of personal information with someone; information is not private, but sharing it builds the relationships in its early stages

• Interpersonal communication

• Reducing uncertainty

• Breadth of disclosure

• Depth of disclosure

True or False: Knapp's relational staircase model claims that relationships come together and come apart linearly, or in order of the steps.

• True

• False

________ is the human use of symbols to make meaning about the world and experience that, consequently, has intended and unintended effects on ourselves and others.

• Liberal arts

• Rhetoric

• Critical studies

• Symbolism

Mass media studies of training films during WWII showed how the evolving medium of film __________________.

• improved low morale by entertaining the troops

• intervened on the problem of limited personnel and illiteracy

• helped new soldiers to understand and identify wartime propaganda

• 
  became a more objective way to deliver information

Which of the following is not an example of an institution according to the critical approach to rhetoric?

• Mass media

• Communism

• Science

• Education

Christianity, democracy, Islam, communism, free-markets, American exceptionalism, and conservatism are all examples of what?

• Institutions

• Theories

• Frameworks

• Ideologies

The critical approach to rhetoric is not characterized by a single method or theory. Instead, it is made up of two general processes: ________________ and ________________.

• negative critique and positive critique

• humanist approach and scientific approach

• ideological critique and methodological critique

• symbolism approach and communicative approach

Marshal McLuhan studied the media and its impact on society. He famously said "the medium is the message." What did he mean by this?

• Within mass media studies, specific messages are the most important factor to focus on

• Radio, TV, and film media should not be trusted

• In the history of society, specific messages matter less than the systems that deliver those messages

• Media only impact society when they are delivered through specific mediums

What is the general argument of the hyperpersonal perspective in computer-mediated communication research?

• When we communicate via mediated channels, a lot of important verbal and nonverbal cues are missed, making computer-mediated communication impersonal

• Computer-mediated communication is more socially desirable than what we tend to experience in parallel face-to-face interaction

• People manage relationships across different channels in hopes of maximizing relationship satisfaction

• Computer-mediated communication and the internet benefit people with pre-existing social networks and skills