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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What does the personal locus do?

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2. What was the first form of media games?






3. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






4. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






6. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






7. What is efficiency?

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8. What does attitudinal effects create and shape?






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






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






11. What marital status is more represented on tv?






12. What are the four cognitive abilities?






13. What is telescoping?






14. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






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






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






17. 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?






18. What are the four controversial content elements?






19. What are the two types of thinking?






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






21. 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?






22. ________________ are used in entertainment content because it is a way for audience members to access information quickly when introduced to a character






23. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






24. Media ownership has big impact on...






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






26. What does the personal locus do?

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27. What was the biggest deal between any two media companies?






28. What are some fluctuation factors?






29. When does visible stereotyping occur?






30. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






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






32. The intended effects of ads include what?






33. A macro-type media effect refers to what?






34. What is the process of flow?






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






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






37. Give an example of the content of messages






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






39. Describe fluctuation effects.






40. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






41. What are the two types of intelligence?






42. what happens in the media concentration?






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






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






45. Creators use the formula to do what?






46. Describe fluctuation effects.






47. What are the two types of thinking?






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






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






50. What is the ability to memorize facts?