LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
B.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMMUNICATION
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FIFTH SEMESTER – April 2009
VC 5512 – MASS COMMUNICATION THEORIES
Date & Time: 29/04/2009 / 9:00 – 12:00 Dept. No. Max. : 100 Marks
PART A
- Answer ALL the questions (10 X 2 = 20)
- Feedback
- Gate Keepers
- Stimulus – Response
- Dominant paradigm
- Diffusion of Innovation
- Popular Culture
- Consumerist Society
- Media Culture
- Audience Positioning
- Spiral of Silence
PART B
- Answer ANY FIVE (5 X 7 = 35)
- Illustrate the Osgood & Schramm’s models of Communication.
- Explain Hypodermic Needle model .
- Elaborate on “Selection” as one of the significant corrupt in Media Rhetoric.
- Explain Uses & Gratification approach and its implications.
- Write short note on Social Learning Theory.
- Discuss the importance of Lazerfeld’s two step flow model of communication.
- Elaborate on the Theory of Public Opinion with adequate examples.
PART C
- Answer ANY THREE (3 X 15 = 45)
- What is Communication? Describe with key elements involved in a Linear Communication process?
- Elaborate on the Alternative Traditions of Analysis.
- Discuss the Early Perspectives on Media and Society.
- What are Media Determinants? Explain some of the significant determinants in main stream media.
- Elaborate on Cultivation Theory and its effect especially towards children.
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