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| Isolates, bridges, dyads and liaisons |
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| Widespread adoption over time of a product or idea. |
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| Filtering function of the mass media which effects the amount of information received by the audience. |
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| Function of the mass media in which social reality is shaped by editors who choose and display the news. |
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| Television is this kind of medium (McLuhan) because it involves multi-sensory experience simultaneously. |
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| What is the name of McLuhan’s theory that has as its thesis: “the medium is the message”? |
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A person who connects with other people – not just one –
from another network. |
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| This theoretical approach states that media audience members are active and goal-oriented and choose from competing sources to meet their needs. |
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| Inadequate information for effective job performance. |
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| Management style characterized by low focus on task and high focus on climate (Blake & Mouton). |
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| Management style in which the manager lets the decisions rest with the employees (Likert). |
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| Characterized by rules, records hierarchy and allocation of resources. (Weber) |
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| This is the *long-range goal of virtually every organization. |
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| What are the 3 types of effects that the media may produce on individuals? (According to Ball-Rokeach & DeFleur) |
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| _________, affective and behavorial. |
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| According to two-step flow theory, these individuals receive information from the media and pass it on to their peers; this is a role distributed across groups. |
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| Gerbner’s theory which focuses on the socio-cultural outcomes of mass communication; concerned with the totality of the pattern communicated by television rather than any particular content or specific effect; says TV shapes the viewer’s conception of social reality. |
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| What are the 3 types of authority according to Weber? |
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Traditional
Bureaucratic
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| What are the 4 phases of Fisher's interact process? |
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1.) Orientation-getting acquainted/clarifying the task.
2.) Conflict-tension and disagreement.
3.) Emergence-cooperation, bargaining and negotiation.
4. Reinforcement-unity and commitment to a final solution. |
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| View of workers as lazy, irresponsible and in need of monitoring and possibly coercion in order to accomplish tasks. |
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| Provides important information to managers but may increase worker vulnerability. |
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| In contrast to the “global village” idea, cable television has contributed to this effect. |
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| The management style that has low concern for task and low concern for people. (Blake and Mouton) |
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| Eyeglasses, computers, cars, typewriters, etc. are all extensions of this, according to McLuhan. |
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| According to Marshall McLuhan, communication is best defined as information ------------------. |
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| In balanced and consistent situations, the media effect on people is usually to simply serve as ---------------. |
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| The invention of the printing press in the Middle Ages produced what major cultural effect? |
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| The belief acquired by massive exposure to violent media fare causing people to fear violent crime. |
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| -------------- Communication |
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| This type of communication is important for inter-department exchanges, problem-solving and coordination but may lack control |
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| The condition in which too much cohesiveness among members results in poor decision-making and an illusion of invulnerability. |
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| According to Kurt Lewin’s field theory of groups, this term refers to a person’s conception of important goals and barriers as well as the requirements necessary to attain goals. |
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| Social influence theory maintains that people behave aggressively even when social norms and pressures frown on aggression because of the complex relationship between ------------ and aggression |
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| A personal goal, unknown to other members of a group, and usually destructive or counter-productive. |
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| What are the 2 major components of conflict behavior? |
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| What are the 4 phases of Fisher's interact process? |
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Orientation
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Emergence
Reinforcement |
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| Group achievement depends on the definition and achievement of what? |
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| Groups become more centralized as group membership does what? |
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| One symptom of groupthink is an illusion of what? |
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Invulnerability.
*Groupthink results from too much cohesiveness* |
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| Another symptom of groupthink is an unquestionable belief in the group’s what? |
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| This results for groups that do not critically examine majority opinion or seek expert opinions. |
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| After comparison, a person who sees no other group alternatives will stay in a ------------- group |
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| Affects centrality, satisfaction and efficiency |
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| As group membership increases, groups become more what? |
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| A future state of affairs desired by enough members to work for its achievement. |
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| Includes member qualities, group size and compatibility. |
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| What kind of leader is a symptom of groupthink? |
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| What kind of efforts to rationalize are a symptom of groupthink? |
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| What are 4 symptoms of groupthink? |
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| *What theory tells us why people stay in groups? |
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| Behavior that is represented by friendliness, tension, and dramatizing |
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| According to Bales Interaction, what are the main roles in a group and their respective opposites? |
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Dominant/Submissive
Friendly/Unfriendly
Instrumental/Emotional |
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