When we classify the content of television messages according to the programmer’s intention to entertain us, to inform us, or to persuade us, we use which of the following skills?

Using his new approach to analyzing and predicting results Nate Silver accomplished all of the following EXCEPT

A) accurately forecasting which stock prices would drop the most during the recession. B) correctly predicting the outcomes of U.S. Senate elections in 49 of the 50 states in 2008. C) developing an amazing system for tracking and projecting the performance of baseball players. D) inspiring the blockbuster film Moneyball..

In a culture with a collectivist orientation

A) high importance is placed on the individual person. B) high importance is placed on the group. C) communicators rely heavily on the explicit meanings of the words used. D) communicators are highly materialistic.