Some of the threats to efficient communication for the community as a whole…
2023
Some of the threats to efficient communication for the community as a whole relate to the values of
A. Oppression
B. Power
C. Wealth
D. Respect
E. Conflict
Choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:
Answer: B. B, C and D only — CONCEPTIn a functional view of social communication, institutions distribute recognized values and communication can be distorted when those values become…
- A.
A, B and C only
- B.
B, C and D only
- C.
C, D and E only
- D.
A, D and E only
Show answer & explanation
Correct answer: B
CONCEPT
In a functional view of social communication, institutions distribute recognized values and communication can be distorted when those values become concentrated or self-protective.
Lasswell identifies power, wealth, and respect as value domains that can produce serious community-wide communication threats: ideological control, rigid economic interest, and class-limited perspective.
APPLICATION
In the stem’s value list, Power is B, Wealth is C, and Respect is D. Therefore the corresponding set is B, C and D only.
CONTRAST
Oppression describes coercive treatment or an outcome of misused power; it is not the value label used in Lasswell’s three-part statement.
Power can distort communication when message content is adjusted to serve an ideology or counter-ideology.
Wealth can distort communication through attempts to influence markets or through rigid conceptions of economic interest.
Respect, in the sense of social status, can distort perspective when people communicate only within their own class stratum.
Conflict can disrupt interaction, but it is not one of the three value labels in the cited statement.
CROSS-CHECK
The source’s three examples map independently to ideological control (power), economic interest (wealth), and social-class isolation (respect). This confirms the set B, C and D only.
RESULT
The answer is B, C and D only.