Respected individuals in the community who review and evaluate media messages and then pass the information to friends and acquaintances are called
a. sociologists.
c. opinion leaders.
b. lobbyists.
d. gatekeepers.

Respected individuals in the community who review and evaluate media messages and then pass the information to friends and acquaintances are called opinion leader. Option C is correct.

Opinion leaders were previously known as insiders or decision-makers. Now they are known as  "opinion leaders" or even "influencers." An opinion leader is a person who is active in a community, either an online community or a physical community like a city or town. It's somebody who speaks out and gets asked for advice a lot.

- "about the claims : -

making a claim is just a fancy way of saying that you're stating your main point.' claims are not just opinions. a claim tells what you think is true about a topic based on your knowledge .

about the country claims : -

a counterclaim is just the opposite of a claim. counterclaims are also provable and supportable by reasons and evidence. not just, 'because i said so.' when you're planning an argument, you need to know what the counterclaim might be so that you can make sure that you disprove it with your reasons and evidence your research." - (catherineroberts)

the answer is c

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