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Media Literacy

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1. What is the ability to be creative?






2. What occupation is more represented on tv?






3. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






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






6. What are the two types of intelligence?






7. The intended effects of ads include what?






8. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






9. What are the three parts of efficiency?






10. What are the two competing values?






11. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?

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12. Describe baseline effects.






13. What is the process of flow?






14. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






16. 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






17. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






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






19. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






20. What is action/horror?






21. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






22. What does attitudinal effects create and shape?






23. What are the three types of concentration?






24. 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?






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






26. What is subliminal advertising






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






28. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






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






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






31. what type of health patterns are there?






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






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






34. What is a physiological effect?






35. Give an example of the content of messages






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






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






38. the two most dominant genres in prime-time television from the 1970s-1990s were what?






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






40. What is efficiency?

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41. What are the two types of process effects?






42. In tv & gays are what?






43. What are the two types of thinking?






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






45. What are the two types of thinking?






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






47. What are examples of baseline factors?






48. What are some fluctuation factors?






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






50. Explain localism