Chapter 7: Work, Leisure, and Media Flashcards
During the past two decades, there has been an explosion in adolescents’ use of __________.
new media
More than ___% of American teens go online daily, and nearly _________- use one or more social media sites.
93, three-quarters
About ___________ of all adolescents have their own smartphone, but they spend more time texting or accessing social media.
three-fourths
Texting increases between ______ and ______ adolescence, then declines.
early, middle
The average teenager sends about ____ text messages each day.
50
Adolescents ______________ - the amount of time they spend each day using one of the mass media - is extremely high.
total media exposure
The average adolescents spends nearly ____ hours each day using different media simultaneously.
9
The ___________ theory refers to a perspective on media use that emphasizes the impact media exposure has on individuals.
cultivation theory
The ___________ approach is a perspective on media use that emphasizes the active role users play in selecting the media to which they are exposed.
uses and gratification
The ___________ model has a perspective on media use that emphasizes the fact that adolescents not only choose what media they are exposed to, but also interpret the media in ways that shape their impact.
media practice
___________ is the relationship in which the correlation between two things is due not to the first thing causing the second, but to the second causing the first.
reverse causation
_____________ is a relationship in which the correlation between two things is due to the fact that each of them is correlated with some third factor.
spurious causation
How is new media typically accessed?
computers and cellphones
Which type of media use has decline in the past decade?
reading
A study of 120,000 English adolescents found that their mental health was NOT negatively affected by ____ to ____ hours of screen time a day.
1-3
