Part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog: This program is built — 1,014 original practice questions covering the full scope of a mass communication course, organized chapter by chapter — and it opens soon. Join the notify list and we will email you the day it launches.
This program is part of the expanding PassProfessor catalog — join the notify list and we’ll email you when enrollment opens.
PassProfessor’s Mass Communication program is a chapter-simulation program for students taking a mass communication course. You pick the course, then pick the textbook and edition your class uses, and the program builds chapter-based simulation exams optimized for that book’s chapter order — so the practice you do this week matches the chapter your instructor is teaching this week. The bank holds 1,014 original questions across 10 chapters plus three Mass Communication in Depth sets spanning the course’s industries and theories, plus applied and synthesis sets, covering the mass communication process, models, and media literacy, media industries, history, economics, and convergence, print media, audio media and streaming, film and television, digital and social media and games, news, gatekeeping, and journalism in a democracy, advertising and public relations, media effects theories, and media law, ethics, and global media. There is no licensing exam at the end of a mass communication course — there is your instructor’s exam, chapter by chapter — and this program is built to rehearse exactly that.
PassProfessor’s Mass Communication program is a chapter-simulation program for the undergraduate mass communication and media studies course: 1,014 original practice questions across 10 chapters plus three Mass Communication in Depth sets, an applied set, and a synthesis set, organized by textbook and edition so chapter drills and timed simulation exams match the chapter your instructor is teaching. It rehearses your instructor’s chapter tests and finals — there is no licensing exam for a college course — with results reported by chapter.
What this program is — and what it is not
It is a simulation of your course, not a licensing product. Licensing-exam prep rehearses one fixed, official exam. A college course works differently: your instructor chooses the textbook, sets the chapter order, and writes the exams. This program is designed around that reality. The textbook-and-edition selector aligns the simulations to the chapter sequence of the book your course actually uses, and chapter drills let you practice one chapter at a time, at the point in the semester when you need it.
It is not published, sponsored, or endorsed by any textbook publisher or author. PassProfessor is an independent study provider. The program is never branded or titled under a textbook’s name, and nothing in it reproduces textbook text, textbook figures, or a publisher’s test bank. Selecting your textbook only tells the program which chapter order to organize your practice around.
Every question is original. The bank was built from the published structure of a mass communication course — the standard chapter sequence and topic scope the discipline itself uses — and every stem, scenario, and answer option was written from scratch and checked against verified disciplinary facts. Sources supplied facts and course structure only; the questions are ours.
What’s included
1,014 questions, organized the way your course is organized. The bank follows a 10-chapter structure that mirrors the standard mass communication course, from foundations of mass communication — process, models, and media literacy through media law, ethics, and global media, plus three Mass Communication in Depth sets spanning the course’s industries and theories, plus applied and synthesis sets. The full chapter-by-chapter breakdown is in the coverage table below.
Chapter drills. Practice a single chapter — only that chapter — until the misses stop repeating. Finished the effects lectures? Drill that chapter until each theory’s prediction feels automatic. News test in ten days? Work the journalism chapter in sequence, the way your course presents it.
Chapter-based simulation exams. When a chapter test or a unit exam approaches, sit a timed simulation built from the chapters it covers, in the proportions your selected textbook’s organization suggests. Simulations draw questions you have not seen first, so a second or third run at the same chapter is a fresh test, not a memory exercise.
A textbook-and-edition selector. Different textbooks divide the same material into chapters differently — one book’s single chapter is another book’s two. When you select the textbook and edition your course uses, the program maps its bank onto that book’s chapter organization, so the chapter number in your practice means the same chapter in your syllabus.
Results broken down by chapter and topic. Your practice results report by chapter, so a weak area — say, media effects theories, or gatekeeping — shows up in your data while there is still time to fix it, not for the first time on a graded exam.
A note on editions and course versions. Instructors adopt different textbooks and different editions of the same textbook, and departments periodically revise the course itself. The bank’s organization follows the discipline’s standard chapter structure — the sequence the field itself teaches — and the selector maps that structure onto your edition’s numbering, so a chapter that your book splits in two, or merges into one, still lines up with the practice built for it. Where an instructor reorders chapters, chapter drills can be assembled in your course’s order; the practice follows the syllabus, not the other way around.
The course at a glance
Mass Communication has no single official exam, so there is no official exam-facts table to publish — your instructor’s syllabus is the authority for your course’s test dates, formats, and grading. What is standard is the scope of the discipline itself, summarized here as course background. For the full picture of what a mass communication course covers and how to study it, see our Mass Communication study guide.
| Undergraduate mass communication — the course this program simulates | |
|---|---|
| Course type | Undergraduate college course (the standard introductory mass communication / media studies survey; commonly required for communication, journalism, and media majors and widely taken as a general-education course) |
| Standard scope | Foundations of mass communication — process, models, and media literacy; media industries — history, economics, and convergence; print media — books, newspapers, and magazines; audio media — radio, recorded music, and streaming; moving images — film and television; digital media — the internet, social media, and video games; news and journalism — gatekeeping and the press in a democracy; persuasive media — advertising and public relations; media effects — theories of what media do; media law, ethics, and global media |
| How the course is assessed | Instructor-set chapter tests, unit exams, and a final — formats and weights vary by instructor and institution |
| This program’s bank | 1,014 original questions across 10 chapters + Mass Communication in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets |
| Program format | Chapter drills and chapter-based simulation exams, organized by your selected textbook/edition |
How the practice maps to the course
Every question in the bank carries the chapter it belongs to. Counts below are the bank itself, counted question by question from the delivered file — they sum to 1,014.
| Chapter | Practice questions |
|---|---|
| 1. Foundations of Mass Communication: Process, Models, and Media Literacy | 45 |
| 2. Media Industries: History, Economics, and Convergence | 51 |
| 3. Print Media: Books, Newspapers, and Magazines | 51 |
| 4. Audio Media: Radio, Recorded Music, and Streaming | 51 |
| 5. Moving Images: Film and Television | 51 |
| 6. Digital Media: The Internet, Social Media, and Video Games | 51 |
| 7. News and Journalism: Gatekeeping and the Press in a Democracy | 51 |
| 8. Persuasive Media: Advertising and Public Relations | 51 |
| 9. Media Effects: Theories of What Media Do | 51 |
| 10. Media Law, Ethics, and Global Media | 51 |
| Mass Communication in Depth I | 102 |
| Mass Communication in Depth II | 102 |
| Mass Communication in Depth III | 102 |
| Applied Analysis | 102 |
| Synthesis and Integration | 102 |
| Total | 1,014 |
Depth follows the bank’s own structure: the three Mass Communication in Depth sets (102 questions each), the applied set (102 questions), and the synthesis set (102 questions) together carry half the bank’s weight — the course is graded on reasoning across industries, theories, and rules in combination, and the bank’s layers drill combination at that depth.
How to use it
- Join the notify list today. When the program opens, set up your course first: select Mass Communication, then select the textbook and edition your syllabus names.
- Drill the chapter you are in. After each lecture block, drill that chapter while the material is current. Short, chapter-matched practice beats a single long session the night before the test.
- Watch your chapter breakdown. Your results show which chapters are costing you. Return to the weakest chapter’s drill before moving on — mass communication builds circuit on circuit — the industries chapter’s business models explain the news chapter’s pressures, gatekeeping frames the effects chapter’s questions, and the law and ethics chapter grades the whole circuit at once, so an early gap resurfaces wherever the course turns.
- Simulate before each graded test. In the days before a chapter test or unit exam, sit a timed simulation over exactly the chapters it covers. Practice the pacing and the question style, not just the facts.
- Use the integrated set before midterms and finals. The cross-chapter questions combine chapters the way cumulative exams do. They are the closest rehearsal for a final that reaches back to the start of the term.
Frequently asked questions
Is this a licensing exam prep program? No. Mass communication is a college course, not a licensed credential, and there is no official media exam at the end of it. This is a chapter-simulation program: it rehearses the tests your own instructor gives, chapter by chapter, using original questions built to the standard scope of the undergraduate course.
How many practice questions are in the program? The bank holds 1,014 original questions: the 10 chapters of the standard course, three Mass Communication in Depth sets, an applied-analysis set, and a synthesis set. Every question is tagged to its chapter, so drills and simulations can be built over exactly the chapters your test covers.
Which textbook does the program follow? The program is organized around the standard chapter structure of the mass communication course, and the textbook-and-edition selector maps the bank onto your book’s chapter order when you set up your course. No textbook is named, branded, or reproduced — the selector only aligns chapter numbering.
Is this the same course as media studies? At most institutions the introductory survey travels under both names — mass communication and media studies — with emphasis varying by instructor: some sections weight industries and journalism, others theory and culture. The bank’s chapter structure covers the shared core both names describe, and drills are built over the chapters your syllabus assigns.
Does the program cover social media and streaming, or only older media? Both, as the course does: print, radio, and film are taught as living industries under digital pressure, and a full chapter covers the internet, social media, and games, with streaming running through the audio and television chapters. The historical material is there because the course uses it to explain the present business models, not as nostalgia.
What are the Mass Communication in Depth, applied, and synthesis sets? Second-pass material. The in-depth sets revisit the course’s industries and theories in three layered sets at finer distinction; the applied set presents compact scenarios such as an outlet choosing a revenue model or an editor facing a gatekeeping call; the synthesis set combines chapters the way cumulative finals do — economics driving news values, law constraining business models.
Can I practice just one chapter? Yes — that is the core of the design. Chapter drills draw only from the chapter you select, and simulation exams can be built over any set of chapters, so your practice can match a single chapter test, a unit exam, or a cumulative final.
Is this a journalism skills course? No. This program serves the survey course — industries, audiences, effects, law, and ethics analyzed at survey depth. News writing, reporting, and production skills belong to skills courses with their own instruction and practice; the survey explains the institution those skills serve.
How current is the media material? The bank teaches the settled structures the course itself teaches — business models, industry organization, the effects canon, the legal framework — which change more slowly than headlines. Your instructor’s syllabus and lectures govern current developments and examples your exam expects, and the program’s scenarios are written to the structural layer, not to this month’s news.
When can I start using the Mass Communication program? Soon — the 1,014-question bank is complete and quality-checked, and the program is in final preparation. Join the notify list on this page and we will email you the day it opens.
Disclaimer
PassProfessor is an independent exam-preparation and study provider, based in Salt Lake City, UT and operating entirely online. This program is study preparation only: it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by any textbook publisher, textbook author, college, university, or instructor, and it reproduces no textbook content. Practice questions are original, written to the published structure and standard scope of a mass communication course; they are not questions from any instructor’s exam or any publisher’s test bank. Your course syllabus is the authority for your course’s schedule, formats, and grading.