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Media Literacy

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1. ______ are the influences we experience constantly from our exposure to media messages?






2. 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...






3. 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?






4. Television programmers are essentially ____________ and fearful of offending viewers & so they present content that they believe reflects mainstream American values






5. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






7. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






8. What are the two types of process effects?






9. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






10. What is the process of flow?






11. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






12. 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?






13. interactive media games are In what stage of development?






14. when one media company buys smaller companies of the same type & what type of concentration is this?






15. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






16. What is the natural ability to distinguish the singal and the noise in any message?






17. What are the two types of thinking?






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






19. What was the biggest deal between any two media companies?






20. What does the personal locus do?

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21. The pattern of the population of television characters is ______ the pattern of people in the real world






22. What is the long-term emotional effect?






23. ________ are beneficial because they allow for the creation of collective knowledge






24. Many media effects are...






25. Name the two types of process effects?






26. What do interactive games have the power to do?






27. When did the innovation stage for interactive media games begin?






28. What are the two types of thinking?






29. What is subliminal advertising






30. Example: after Dennis went to see a movie about The Holocaust & he became very sad about how inhumane man can be. What is this an example of?






31. The intended effects of ads include what?






32. what types of audiences have marketers of digital games identified as?






33. What are the two types of intelligence?






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






35. if you ever watch a newscast and come away with helpful information & you are experiencing what type of effect?






36. _______________ frequently occur when you are in a state of automaticity.






37. according to the textbook & _____ are more likely to be represented in the television world than the real world.






38. What is the most prevalent media effect?






39. What are the two types of intelligence?






40. What is Web 2.0?






41. Like other media & the internet is now mature enough to suffer from...






42. What are the two competing values?






43. What is puffery?






44. What are the three elements to a general story formula?






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






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






47. What gender is more popular on tv?






48. What are examples of baseline factors?






49. What are the two types of media effects?






50. Explain localism