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Media Literacy

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






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






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






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






5. People with the ___________________ learn the most from the media






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






7. Where does the term wiki come from?






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






9. Media ownership has big impact on...






10. What is a baseline effect?






11. What is the long-term emotional effect?






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






13. When does visible stereotyping occur?






14. Describe baseline effects.






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






16. What is flow?






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






18. Describe manifest effects?






19. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






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






21. 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?






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






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






24. What is the ability to be creative?






25. What is efficiency?

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26. What are the four types of niche audiences?






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






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






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






30. What is a wiki?






31. What is telescoping?






32. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






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






34. 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.






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






36. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






37. What are stereotypes on tv?






38. What age is more represented on tv?






39. When one media company buys companies that are buyers or suppliers to create integration in the production and distribution of messages & what type of concentration is this?






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






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






42. What is a baseline effect?






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






44. What is fluctuation effect?






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






46. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






47. What do megamergers result in?






48. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






49. What is tragedy used for?






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