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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Long-term effects are ________ to notice than immediate effects.






2. What does localism serve the needs of?






3. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






4. The intended effects of ads include what?






5. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






7. What is tragedy used for?






8. What are the three types of concentration?






9. 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?






10. according to the textbook & which occupation is the most prevalent in the television world?






11. What age is more represented on tv?






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






13. Who does marketing target?






14. Where does the term wiki come from?






15. What is the ability to memorize facts?






16. Describe manifest effects?






17. What is telescoping?






18. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






19. What eliminated the legal barrier to competition across markets?






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






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






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






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






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






25. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






26. What does MMORPG stand for?






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






28. Creators use the formula to do what?






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






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






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






32. What occupation is more represented on tv?






33. What are the two types of process effects?






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






35. Describe fluctuation effects.






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






37. 'Bad' language in the media is what?






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






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






40. What is action/horror?






41. What marital status is more represented on tv?






42. What gender is more popular on tv?






43. what happens in the media concentration?






44. What does MMORPG stand for?






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






46. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






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






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






50. Explain localism