NOUN TMA Solutions: MAC212 - Media and Society



Q1 Wilson (1990:281-282) captures six modes of traditional communicating system and these are:


Instrumental Mode of Communication; Demonstrative Mode of Communication; Iconographic Mod e of Communication; Extra-Mundane Mode of Communication; Visual Mode of Communication; Institutional Mode of Communication,



Q2 Feedback is

the reaction or reply t o the message

Q3 Self-concept means approaching the communication endeavor with

confidence and not inferiority complex

Q4 For any meaningful communication to take place, the source would need to

create an atmosphere conducive to communicate with the receiver

Q5 All the following are examples of the print media except

Jotters

Q6 ThisDay Newspaper and AIT are respectively examples of _______ and _____ media?

Print and electronic,

Q7 Non 􀳦??verbal communication comprises all of these except:

Screa ming

Q8 Communication can be defined as all of these except

The expansion of information and ideas in geographical locations

Q9 These are the basic features of a theory except

Social,

Q10 Apart from the traditional or conventional functions of the mass media, the mass media also perform other numerous functions except

Indignation,

Q11 The following is not one of the traditional functions of the mass media

Surveillanc e

Q12 What is the first popular mass medium?

Newspa pers,

Q13 One of these is not a characteristic of trado-communication system

Its communication system is unlimited to diver s groups,

Q14 Joint government and private ownership of the media is a joint venture between the government and private businessmen and this is very common in

Canada

Q15 Herbert Altschull cited in Lamidi et al (2008) insisted that an independent press cannot exist because

the news organs are agents of the people who exercise po litical and economic control,

Q16 Some people believe that the Nigerian press was borne and nurtured

in the waters of colonialism,

Q17 In order to ensure good communication skills, a source must

have a good command of the language he chooses to communicate in

Q18 Human communication falls into two broad categories namely

Verbal and non-verbal

Q19 According to Chappel & Read (1984:1) communication is

Any means by which a though t is transferred from one person to another,

Q20 The term communication is derived from

the Latin word, 􀳦??communicare􀳦??

Q21 One of the following is not a characteristic of the mass media as identified by Weaver cited in Daramola (2000)

they are a detailed form of information dissemination

Q22 One of the first and primary functions of the mass media is Information dissemination which is to

create awareness on the part of the peo ple

Q23 The magazine type usually written in a very literary style for highly educated or sophisticated members of the society is called

Class Magazine

Q24 A newspaper in terms of format can be categorized into two namely

Standard and tabloid

Q25 The broadcast media have the ability to affect humans in all these ways but one:

Transmissi on,

Q26 The electronic media technique can be divided into these except one

Injunction,

Q27 Readers Digest is an example of

Literary magazine,

Q28 One of these is common to both traditional and modern forms of mass communication:

They can re-engineer the soc iety

Q29 The primary function of the mass media system is to

provide information to several m illions of people

Q30 The major source of information and ideas in modern society is

the mass m edia

Q31 Iconographic Mode of Communication consists of the use of floral media which is

the use of selected floral of the local vegetation for th e purpose of communicating specific meanings or ideas to members of the community

Q32 Demonstrative Mode of Communication consists of

the use of music and signal in communicating with the people

Q33 Why do we study theories?

to help us in managing r eality,

Q34 These are the basic features of a theory except

social,

Q35 Which of these is not a traditional or conventional function of the mass media?

Status Conferral,

Q36 According to Daramola (2003:99), broadcast media differ from print media in the following ways except:

Print media reaches a large number of people, while broadcast does not.

Q37 The Nigerian Press Council works through how many committees

4

Q38 All but one is the function of the Nigerian Press Council

Restrain research into contemporary press development,

Q39 The major reason for putting in place press councils is

To maintain the character of the press in accordance with th e highest professional and commercial standards,

Q40 Which of the following is not true about press freedom?

Nigeria does not have limitations to press freedom,

Q41 Communication can be defined as all of these except

The expansion of information and ideas in geographical locations

Q42 What is verbal communication

It is communication through the us e of words,

Q43 One of the following is not a characteristic of the mass media as identified by Weaver cited in Daramola (2000)

they are a detailed form of information dissemination

Q44 The Nigerian Press Council works through how many committees

4

Q45 Which of the following is not one of the purposes of media governance as outlined by McQuail (2005:234)

promoti on of press censorship and cultural inclusiveness

Q46 One of the following is not part of the contemporary class structure of Nigeria

Landers

Q47 Which Committee of the NPC undertakes training of journalists on behalf of the Council?

Research and Documentati on Committee

Q48 The office of the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Press Council, on receipt of a complaint, should make a preliminary report to the Complaints Committee within ______ hours.

48

Q49 The major feature of culture are the following except

learned,
shared,
symbol ic,
***none of th e above

Q50 i) what people ate, ii) what they talked, iii) what they did, iv) The manner they treated their dead, v) the manner they treated their environment. Which of these options is not contained in Rodney􀳦??s argument on culture?

(iii&v ),

Q51 Culture plays an important role in the

society,

Q52 The following is not part of the communication process

Elemen t,

Q53 The basic assumption of the Authoritarian Media Theory is that

the media tend to be subordinated to state power,

Q54 In the characteristics of a theory, dynamism involves ensuring that theories are

subject to change in the ligh t of new facts 

Q55 Wilbur Schramm (cited in Folarin 1998) defines theory as a 􀳦??crop-detector􀳦?􀳦 which enables us to

Separate scientific statements from unscientific ones

Q56 According to Harrold Lasswell as cited in Sambe (2004) one of the functions of the mass media is surveillance which means its ability to

inform the society by keeping watch on the activities of government

Q57 One of these is not a medium of mass communication

Remote cont rol

Q58 The print media is that which involve all the following except

Sound

Q59 Mass media can be broadly classified into

Print and electronic,

Q60 Which of these is a type of communication?

Verbal,

Q61 Iconographic Mode of Communication consists of the use of floral media which is

the use of selected floral of the local vegetation for th e purpose of communicating specific meanings or ideas to members of the community

Q62 Demonstrative Mode of Communication consists of

the use of music and signal in communicating with the people

Q63 An overview of the Nigerian press can be appreciated through the following eras except

Industrialization era,

Q64 The broadcast media have the ability to affect humans in all these ways but one:

Transmissi on,

Q65 The Nigerian Press Council works through how many committees

4

Q66 One of these is not a committee of the Nigerian Press Council:

Referral and Discipleship Committee

Q67 The major reason for putting in place press councils is

to maintain the character of the press in accordance with th e highest professional and commercial standards,

Q68 The mass media can be controlled through indirect control of the media structures. Which of these is not one of these structures?

News flo w

Q69 What is verbal communication

It is communication through the us e of words,

Q70 The contemporary class structure of Nigeria has all but one of the following

Landers

Q71 The Research and Documentation Committee undertakes on behalf of the Council an important aspect of its function in relation to journalists􀳦??

training,

Q72 Within how many hours of the receipt of the complaint should the office of the Executive Secretary make a preliminary report to the Complaints Committee?

48

Q73 Communication can be defined as all of these except

The expansion of information and ideas in geographical locations

Q74 _______means that the mass media is to inform and provide information to the society by keeping watch on the activities of government

Surveillance,

Q75 A function of the mass media as the bestowal of prestige on people is referred to as

Status conferral

Q76 The primary function of the mass media is to

Inform,

Q77 One of the following is not a characteristic of the mass media as identified by Weaver cited in Daramola (2000)

they are a detailed form of information dissemination

Q78 One of the first and primary functions of the mass media is Information dissemination which is to

create awareness on the part of the peo ple

Q79 The magazine type usually written in a very literary style for highly educated or sophisticated members of the society is called

Class Magazine

Q80 A newspaper in terms of format can be categorized into two namely

Standard and tabloid

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