MCQ Bank
Which of the following era refers to the dominance of ‘modernization’ paradigm?
- A) 1975-1985
- B) 1935-1945
- C) 1965-1975
- D) 1945-1965
Where the concept of development journalism is caught up in the historical evolution of the theory of development communication?
- A) In Pakistan
- B) In India
- C) In Africa
- D) In America
Which phrase stands for HDI in the field of communication development?
- A) Health development indicator
- B) Hours distance ingestion
- C) Human development index
- D) House development intimation
The model of modernization of traditional society is characterized by all of the given mechanisms Except:
- A) Institutional
- B) Technological
- C) Psycho-sociological
- D) Engineering
One of the most powerful critiques of modernization/diffusion theories came from the _____________.
- A) Development paradigm
- B) Devices paradigm
- C) Dominant paradigm
- D) Dependency paradigm
Which of the given approach to development communication (and therefore development journalism) is associated with the elevation of the aspirations of the newly independent nations of the third world?
- A) Modernization paradigm
- B) Dependency-dissociation paradigm
- C) Development paradigm
- D) Dominant paradigm
A diversity of theoretical and empirical traditions has converged in the field of development communication since ___________.
- A) 1950s
- B) 1960s
- C) 1970s
- D) 1980s
Which of the following defined development communication as "A process of dialogue, information sharing, mutual understanding and agreement, and collective action"?
- A) World development Foundation
- B) Mckee Foundation
- C) Rockefeller Foundation
- D) National book Foundation
The effects of __________ cause the city to become 2 to 10o F warmer than surrounding landscapes.
- A) Urbanization
- B) Industrialization
- C) Globalization
- D) Modernization
The City of Chicago, Illinois is an example of the early American grid system of_____________.
- A) Urbanization
- B) Change
- C) Modernization
- D) Development
Social mobilization is a term used by the _____________ to describe a comprehensive planning approach that emphasizes political coalition building and community action.
- A) UNICEF
- B) WTO
- C) IMF
- D) UNESCO
Media advocacy adopts a ______________ that emphasizes the need of communities to gain control and power to transform their environments.
- A) Diffusion approach
- B) Tool-kit approach
- C) Innovation approach
- D) Participatory approach
In _____________ McKee states that social mobilization programs require that government agencies, NGOs
- A) 2005
- B) 1992
- C) 1995
- D) 1999
Advocacy consists of a large number of activities based on:
- A) Progression
- B) Information
- C) Evolution
- D) Development
_______________ is not information-centered but aims to incorporate social themes in entertainment content in order to influence public agendas.
- A) Media advocacy
- B) Social marketing
- C) Social mobilization
- D) Social advocacy
Which of the given is one of the main resources in implementing behavior change?
- A) Community empowerment
- B) Community advocacy
- C) Community mobilization
- D) Community participation
In ___________ there were technology and capital, which substituted for labor.
- A) Industrialization
- B) Westernization
- C) Urbanization
- D) Modernization
Which of the following is a process through which community members become aware of a problem, identify the problem as a high priority for community action, and decide steps to take action?
- A) Enlistment
- B) Re establishment
- C) Marketing
- D) Mobilization
The goal of ______________ is to make the innovation a political or national priority that cannot be swept aside with a change in government.
- A) Authoritarian Approach
- B) Media Imperialism
- C) Advocacy
- D) Social Marketing
Advocacy requires the _____________ of resources and groups in support of certain issues and policies.
- A) Mobilization
- B) Marketing
- C) Media
- D) Empowerment