A form of media criticism that examines visual and verbal symbols in media is referred to as ________ analysis.

Semiotic

Feminist

Political

Hegemonic

The recent trend in computer games is toward

Games for women

Graphic violence

MMORPGs

Casual games

The main functions of media are surveillance, entertainment, ____ and ____.

interpretation... digitalization

digitalization... regulation

regulation... socialization

socialization... interpretation

According to the Severin & Tankard article, what is the main shift in Uses & Gratifications theory?

From purposes of sender to purposes of receiver

From linear to causal reasoning

From print to broadcast media

From advertising to politics

Which of the following is one of the social functions of communications media?

advertising

surveillance

interactivity

feedback

“Doom” was the initial popular entry in which genre?

Adventure simulation

Handheld or mobile

Massively multiplayer

First-person shooter

A new technology that will "allow the game world to enter the real world" is called

virtual reality

augmented reality

cloud computing

mobile computing

When a few companies completely dominate an industry such as the broadcast media, it’s referred to as:

An oligopoly

Survival of the fittest

A monopoly

Supply and demand

Textbook editors decide which information will go into the final version of the text. In this capacity, the editors function as:

gatekeepers

opinion leaders

agenda setters

dictators

Which of the following best describes a theorist who believes that the Worldwide Web is itself shaping culture?

Feminist/postmodernist

Media economist

Technological determinist

Political economist