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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the most prevalent media effect?






2. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






3. What gender is more popular on tv?






4. when does immediate effects occur?






5. Explain localism






6. What is one of the characteristics that differentiate mass media games or video games from other mass media?






7. What occupation is more represented on tv?






8. the rationale for regulation in broadcasting is based on what?






9. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






10. What is Web 2.0?






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






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






13. What is fluctuation effect?






14. What is telescoping?






15. What is WOW?






16. What does MMORPG stand for?






17. What are the four cognitive abilities?






18. 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?






19. What are stereotypes on tv?






20. What are stereotypes on tv?






21. example: when Ryan listened to patriotic music & he got shivers up his spine. This is an example of what?






22. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






23. The intended effects of ads include what?






24. Although African Americans are represented on television & portrayals rarely include....






25. What is a wiki?






26. What is telescoping?






27. What is a belief that control of important institutions should be in the hands of many through decentralization?






28. What does a cognitive-effect means?






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






30. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






31. what three forces shape the development of interactive media?






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






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






34. What is the ability to memorize facts?






35. What gender is more popular on tv?






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






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






38. What are the three parts of efficiency?






39. Media ownership has big impact on...






40. What is the way people group and classify things?






41. In order to become media literate in interactive media & what do we need to establish?






42. to end up at the top of a Google search & a website must what?






43. What occupation is more represented on tv?






44. the rationale for regulation in broadcasting is based on what?






45. What does localism serve the needs of?






46. What is it called when a digital game player is focused on steps in a process to a greater accomplishment?






47. What is a mystery?






48. when does immediate effects occur?






49. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






50. Creators use the formula to do what?