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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Over time & the government has been _______________ with regard to who controls the media






2. What is localism?






3. What are the two types of media effects?






4. What are examples of baseline factors?






5. What is the long-term behavioral effect?






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






7. What are the two types of process effects?






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






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






10. What do media exposure habits focus its attention on?






11. As advertising agencies become more concentrated & they become more interested in working with a ______ variety of companies and products






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






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






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






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






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






17. Where does the term wiki come from?






18. If you watch an action packed movie and your heart races & you are experiencing what type of emotion?






19. What are the two types of process effects?






20. What is tragedy used for?






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






22. The internet is considered a viral spiral because it _________ innovation due to its network structure






23. What happens in the media deregulation?






24. What marital status is more represented on tv?






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






26. Consumers use the formula to do what?






27. What happens in the media deregulation?






28. What is our personal locus made up of?






29. What is telescoping?






30. Name the two types of process effects?






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






32. What is the ability to be creative?






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






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






35. What are the four cognitive abilities?






36. What are the three parts of efficiency?






37. What are the two types of thinking?






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






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






40. 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?






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






42. Describe product claims?






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






44. What is the most prevalent media effect?






45. What are the four cognitive abilities?






46. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






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






48. What was the first form of media games?






49. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






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