Read each question carefully and select the best answer.
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1 |  |  The shaping power of technology is called: |
|  | A) | influential communication |
|  | B) | the locus of control |
|  | C) | the bias of communication |
|  | D) | forcifying communication |
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2 |  |  When McLuhan noted that we live in a global village, he meant that: |
|  | A) | humans can no longer live in isolation |
|  | B) | humans are linked in an evolutionary manner |
|  | C) | we are all linked through race and ethnicity |
|  | D) | we cannot escape the importance of education in our lives |
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3 |  |  Which era in McLuhan's media history is concerned with hearing? |
|  | A) | tribal |
|  | B) | literate |
|  | C) | print |
|  | D) | aggregate |
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4 |  |  Which era in McLuhan's media history is concerned with seeing? |
|  | A) | tribal |
|  | B) | literate |
|  | C) | aggregate |
|  | D) | protogenic |
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5 |  |  Which of the following is an example of hot media? |
|  | A) | cartoons |
|  | B) | television |
|  | C) | seminars |
|  | D) | movies |
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6 |  |  Which of the following is an example of cool media? |
|  | A) | cartoons |
|  | B) | movies |
|  | C) | lectures |
|  | D) | radio |
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7 |  |  What are the "laws of media" as defined by McLuhan? |
|  | A) | enhancement, obsolescence, retrieval, reaction |
|  | B) | enhancement, obsolescence, reaction, response |
|  | C) | enhancement, observation, reaction, response |
|  | D) | enhancement, obsolescence, retrieval, reversal |
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8 |  |  Neil Postman believes that we live in a society dominated by technology. His word for this perspective is: |
|  | A) | techno-trip |
|  | B) | technopoly |
|  | C) | techno-trap |
|  | D) | techno-time |
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9 |  |  Joshua Meyrowitz contends that McLuhan's research can be understood by looking at: |
|  | A) | race and class |
|  | B) | time and geographic distance |
|  | C) | gender and sexual identity |
|  | D) | relationship intimacy |
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10 |  |  The organizing concept used by McLuhan and his son, Eric, to describe the effects of media is called the: |
|  | A) | matrix |
|  | B) | tetrad |
|  | C) | helix |
|  | D) | staff |
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