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Media Literacy

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1. What are the two types of process effects?






2. What is baseline effects?






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






4. 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?






5. What are the three types of concentration?






6. What is the most prevalent media effect?






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






8. The business trend to consolidate has grown stronger than the government's impulse to...






9. What is telescoping?






10. according to the textbook & fewer than one in every _____ television shows that present sexual content will have any mention of risks or responsibilities of unprotected sex.






11. Over time & the government has been _______________ with regard to who controls the media






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. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






14. What are the four types of niche audiences?






15. Your _______ when you consume media content can alter your perception of and reaction to the content?






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






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






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






19. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






20. You are asked to serve on a jury for a civil trial. because you have been watching CSI for years & you are thrilled to get to be a part of the trial. during the trial & there is no DNA evidence & like you expected there to be that convinces you of th






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






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






23. What does localism serve the needs of?






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






25. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






26. What are examples of baseline factors?






27. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






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






29. What must happen during television before commercial break?






30. What are the four controversial content elements?






31. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






32. What are the two types of responsibilites in advertising?






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






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






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






36. What are the two types of thinking?






37. What is telescoping?






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






39. What are the four genres in the formula?






40. What is action/horror?






41. The business trend to consolidate has grown stronger than the government's impulse to...






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






43. what happens in the media concentration?






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






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






46. What are the three types of concentration?






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






48. What is efficiency?

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






50. The video industry has 'a good deal of vertical integration'. What does this mean?