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Media Literacy

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1. What are examples of baseline factors?






2. What was the first form of media games?






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






4. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






5. on television & three-quarters of all characters are between the ages of 20 and 50. which age group is the most imbalanced in terms of representation on television?






6. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






7. 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






8. Describe product claims?






9. What is our personal locus made up of?






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






11. what happens in the media concentration?






12. What are the four types of niche audiences?






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






14. When people 'blame the media' for causing a tragic event & they are not taking into account all the factors that influence behavior and are not making...






15. People who have a ________________ have more awareness of the effects process






16. In what way (s) does advertising make us too materialistic?






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






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






19. what types of audiences have marketers of digital games identified as?






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






21. when one media company buys smaller companies of the same type & what type of concentration is this?






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






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






24. What do interactive games have the power to do?






25. Media ownership has big impact on...






26. What is fluctuation effect?






27. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






28. What is the long-term emotional effect?






29. It is clear that the media is completely controlled by what?






30. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?

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






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






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






34. When people 'blame the media' for causing a tragic event & they are not taking into account all the factors that influence behavior and are not making...






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






36. Describe manifest effects?






37. What are the two types of intelligence?






38. What is the process of flow?






39. 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?






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






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






42. What does a cognitive-effect means?






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






44. What is an effect that happens during exposure to the media messages?






45. What do interactive games have the power to do?






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






47. What occupation is more represented on tv?






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






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






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