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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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?






2. The intended effects of ads include what?






3. What are the two types of media effects?






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






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






6. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






8. What are the two types of intelligence?






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






10. what type of health patterns are there?






11. Describe fluctuation effects.






12. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






13. What is flow?






14. Where does the term wiki come from?






15. What is subliminal advertising






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






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






18. What do megamergers result in?






19. What is the long-term emotional effect?






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






21. What does a cognitive-effect means?






22. What are examples of baseline factors?






23. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






24. What is flow?






25. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






26. What are some fluctuation factors?






27. What is puffery?






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






29. What is telescoping?






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






31. Media ___________ in the same way other institutions do & such as parents & friends & education & or religion.






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






33. Describe manifest effects?






34. What is a baseline effect?






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






36. 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?






37. 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.






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






39. What is efficiency?

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40. The three forces that have shaped the development of the interactive mass media






41. 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?






42. The intended effects of ads include what?






43. When does visible stereotyping occur?






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






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






46. What is a physiological effect?






47. 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?






48. What are the two types of media effects?






49. What are the four types of niche audiences?






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