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Media Literacy

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1. What are the three types of concentration?






2. Describe product claims?






3. The media can have long and short term effects on what?






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






5. What is the way people group and classify things?






6. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






7. What are the two types of thinking?






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






9. Media ownership has big impact on...






10. In tv & gays are what?






11. interactive media games are In what stage of development?






12. What does MMORPG stand for?






13. What are the four types of niche audiences?






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






15. If you cry during a film & you are experiencing what type of effect?






16. What is telescoping?






17. What are the two types of intelligence?






18. Every day & our baseline of media effects what?






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






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






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






22. What is the ability to memorize facts?






23. what happens in the media concentration?






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






25. What does localism serve the needs of?






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






27. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






28. In the formula & What are the 2 constraints?






29. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






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






31. What are the two types of process effects?






32. What two types of information is cognitive made up of?






33. What is telescoping?






34. In order to appeal to audiences & most stories begin with what?






35. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






36. In tv & gays are what?






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






38. What two types of information is cognitive made up of?






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






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






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






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






43. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






44. Where does the term wiki come from?






45. Example: after Dennis went to see a movie about The Holocaust & he became very sad about how inhumane man can be. What is this an example of?






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






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






48. What does a cognitive-effect means?






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






50. Like media programming companies & advertising agencies are also...