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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In order to become media literate in interactive media & what do we need to establish?






2. What is the natural ability to distinguish the signal and the noise in any message?






3. Many media effects are...






4. People with the ___________________ learn the most from the media






5. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






6. After regularly consuming media & if you believe that the world is a mean place & you are experiencing what type of effect?






7. Playing interactive video games & particularly MMORPGs...






8. when does immediate effects occur?






9. What is our personal locus made up of?






10. What are the three states of personal factors in fluctuation?






11. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






12. When people 'blame the media' for causing a tragic event & they are not taking into account all the factors that influence behavior and are not making...






13. Unintentional effects often occur when we are in a state of...






14. Who does marketing target?






15. Explain localism






16. Example: Jacob played a video game of crime life. He then joined a gang and pulled a knife on a police officer. What is this an example of?






17. Long-term effects are ________ to notice than immediate effects.






18. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?

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19. It is clear that the media is completely controlled by what?






20. on television & three-quarters of all characters are between the ages of 20 and 50. which age group is the most imbalanced in terms of representation on television?






21. When did megamergers become popular?






22. What are the two types of factors in fluctuation?






23. What best reflects the effects the media has on us?






24. Consumers use the formula to do what?






25. What age is more represented on tv?






26. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






27. In order to appeal to audiences & most stories begin with what?






28. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






29. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






30. What is the most prevalent media effect?






31. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






32. What is telescoping?






33. What government organization monitors tv and radio programming to determine if it is obscene or not?






34. What are the two main components in the demographics pattern?






35. What is a mystery?






36. Describe product claims?






37. What was the first form of media games?






38. What are the two major effects from the telecommunications competition & deregulation act of 1996?






39. What are the three parts of efficiency?






40. When does a digital game player get deeply immersed in the game and loses all track of time and place?






41. When creating a new tv series & producers must work around various constraints. What are some constraints?






42. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






43. People who have a ________________ have more awareness of the effects process






44. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






45. What are the four controversial content elements?






46. Media ownership has big impact on...






47. What are some examples of where advertisements can be found?






48. What are characteristics that have shaped the development of interactive media?






49. What are stereotypes on tv?






50. what 2 major effects did the telecommunications competition and deregulation act of 1996 have?