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Media Literacy

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1. What was the first form of media games?






2. Example: Chris read a book about an incredible romance. the characters were beautiful & they never fought & and the weather was always perfect. after reading the book & chris's romantic relationship seemed lousy. What is this an example of?






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






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






5. Example: Chris read a book about an incredible romance. the characters were beautiful & they never fought & and the weather was always perfect. after reading the book & chris's romantic relationship seemed lousy. What is this an example of?






6. When a media company buys a combination of other media or non media businesses & This is what type of concentration?






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






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






9. ________________ are used in entertainment content because it is a way for audience members to access information quickly when introduced to a character






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






11. Many media effects are...






12. What are the two types of thinking?






13. What are the two types of intelligence?






14. There is a trend of ______________ of ownership in the media






15. According to the _______________ is the most challenging medium for telling stories






16. Describe fluctuation effects.






17. What are the two types of process effects?






18. What do megamergers result in?






19. When a digital game has been designed well & it delivers an experience to players through what?






20. 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?






21. The media can have long and short term effects on what?






22. What is telescoping?






23. What happens in the media deregulation?






24. Values that are reflected in entertainment messages include what?






25. What are the three parts of efficiency?






26. What two types of information is cognitive made up of?






27. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






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






29. What is a baseline effect?






30. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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31. Like media programming companies & advertising agencies are also...






32. the two most dominant genres in prime-time television from the 1970s-1990s were what?






33. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






34. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






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






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






37. _______________ are societal changes that occur over a long period of time.






38. Which type of violence is most prevalent on television?






39. Describe product claims?






40. What is the ability to be creative?






41. Describe manifest effects?






42. What are the two long-term attitudinal effects?






43. What percent of a typical newspaper is advertising?






44. Which type of violence is most prevalent on television?






45. Explain localism






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






47. what type of health patterns are there?






48. What was the first form of media games?






49. What age is more represented on tv?






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