Chapter 6
Chapter 7 & 8
Chapter 9 & 10
Stand Up and Cheer!
Still Very Random!
100

This is when the media defines important issues through its choices of what to present.

What is Agenda Setting?

100

This theory is when the media determines the way news is presented

What is framing?

100

This is when media consumers believe celebrities are more like friends than strangers

What is parasocial interaction?

100

This WKU-based group rang up a hit song in the 1950's called "P.S. I love You".

Who are the Hilltoppers?

100

This legendary singer/pianist scored a hit with Dua Lipa in 2021, with the song "Cold Heart".

Who is Elton John?

200

A person’s behavior, a person’s cognitive abilities, and environmental events influence each other bidirectionally as part of this

What is the Cognitive Paradigm?

200

People simplify their perceptions of social reality by making judgments about what causes others to act.

What Attribution Theory?

200

This is the predisposition to evaluate others favorably or unfavorably

What is attitude?

200

This 9th president of WKU helped to create our beloved mascot, Big Red.

Who is Gary Ransdell?

200

I'm pretty sure you all suffer from this unfortunate fear. This is the fear of being without your phone!

What is nomophobia?

300

This is the control over flow of news information by media professionals.

What is gatekeeping?

300

Over time, heavy television viewers develop world views similar to what is seen on television (mean world syndrome) is called this. 

What is Cultivation Theory?

300

Persuasion depends on a person’s likelihood to pay attention to and think very carefully about a message

What is Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM)?

300

This former residence hall near the valley has been many things over the years. But its first iteration was as a hotel.

What is Florence Schneider Hall?

300

This popular candy used to be named M&M Fruit chews.

What is Starbursts?

400

Emphasizing or calling attention to certain characteristics of political candidates (like Biden's age and slowness or Trump's tone and looks) influences consumer perceptions is called this?

What is priming?

400

This is a dominant set of attitudes and values is repetitively presented on TV

What is mainstreaming?

400

The probability that an attitude has a particular attribute or that a behavior outcome has consequence

What is expectancy?

400

This WKU alum and Emmy winner played Lena Dunham's mother on the show "Girls" and Ted Lasso's mom.

Who is Becky Ann Baker?

400

This is a head-scratcher! This Artic animal's hair is not white — it's colorless.

What is a polar bear?

500

This belief says that news is merely a reflection of reality and therefore can be distorted.

What is the pseudo-environment?

500

This is the micro-level studies of individuals

What is Psychological Roots?

500

This researcher looked heavily at World War 2 and discovered the 5 variables that affect persuasive power, which is affected by: credibility, type of appeal, the argument, audience identification, and audience personality



Who is Carl Hovland?

500

WKU shares its fight song with this northern university, that's colors are green and white.

What is Ohio University?

500

This is the only food that can never spoil or go bad.

What is honey?