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  1. What's the most embarrassing communication breakdown that's happened to you? Analyze why it happened. Was it due to semantic noise? Environmental noise? Mechanical noise?

  2. Keep a media diary for a day. Tabulate how much of your time is spent in interpersonal, machine-assisted interpersonal, or mass communication. What conclusions can you draw?

  3. What are some of the shortcomings of the communication model in Figure 1-2? Are there some elements that are missing?

  4. Find additional examples of the seven trends that characterize modern mass media. Are there some media that will be less affected by these trends? Do you think these trends are positive or negative developments?






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