Which of the following statements about age and internet use in the United States is correct quizlet?

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Research indicates that the average U.S. adult typically watches ________ hours of television each day.

Five

Research at Microsoft Corporation concluded that the use of social media increases ________

capacity to multitask.

Research by Nancy Jo Sales involving more than 200 young women found that the use of social media encouraged these women to place greater value on their ________

physical appearance and sex appeal.

Social media and mass media have a number of functions for society as a whole. Which of the following is NOT included in the chapter as one of these functions?

Increasing the degree of political democracy

The Bechdel Test asks whether or not a film ________

presents women and their lives in a significant way.

Which of the following situations is consistent with Sherry Turkle's research involving college students?

Norms have emerged making it okay to "tune out" of face-to-face conversations to check for online information.

Which of the following statements about age and internet use in the United States is correct?

About 99 percent of young adults use the internet, as do about 60 percent of adults who have reached the age of sixty-five.

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gained public support with his "fireside chats," which made use of the ________

radio.

The fundamental difference between older mass media and newer social media is that social media ________

is interactive.

The concept "media" refers to ________

channels of communication.

The first use of the term "World Wide Web" and the creation of the first social-networking site both took place during the ________

1990s

Perhaps the most important consequence of the development of mass media and social media has been ________

expanding people's access to information.

An increasing share of U.S. employers ________

monitor the social media posted by their employees.

Worldwide, the share of people who access the internet ________

is lower in regions of the world with lower average incomes.

Research shows that about what share of U.S. teens claim that using social media makes them feel better connected to their friends?

80 percent

If you were marketing products effectively by using sociological data, you would

use older technology such as cable and satellite technology to sell to older people and newer, internet-based media to sell to younger people.

Survey research suggests that couples who make the greatest use of social media are ________

likely to have the highest levels of relational conflict.

One effective strategy to advance our capacity for media literacy is to ________

make use of multiple sources of information

Which of the following statements illustrates the concept "media consolidation"?

A larger share of media outlets are owned by a small number of people.

The first medium of mass communication was the ________

newspaper.

The theoretical approach closely linked to the ideas of Karl Marx is ________

the social-conflict approach.

In general, people using social media present ________ images of themselves.

idealized

The social movement #BlackLivesMatter emerged after the shooting death of ________

Trayvon Martin.

For the world as a whole, about what share of men and women use the internet?

51 percent of men and 45 percent of women

Which of the following people is at the highest risk to experience cyber-bullying?

A young girl

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