Which of the following statements is true? Select one:
a. The narcotizing dysfunction of the media was identified in the 1980s after the deluge of cable news programming.
b. Massive amounts of information tend to excite audiences.
c. The numbing effect of the narcotizing dysfunction may prevent people from taking action in response to compelling issues.
d. The term narcotizing dysfunction was created by feminist scholars.

According to the federal regulations, which of the following studies meets the definition of research with human subjects? a researcher conducts a comparison of the comments made in a publicly available blog and the blogger's comments on a similar topic in a weekly magazine. undergraduate students in a field methods class are assigned a research question and asked to interview another classmate, to be followed by a class discussion on interview techniques. a cognitive psychologist enrolls undergraduate students for a computer-based study about the effect of mood on problem-solving behaviors. a researcher sets up a meeting with the superintendent of a large and diverse public school system to get data about the ethnic composition of the school system and the number of students receiving free lunches.