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Media Literacy

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1. What does a cognitive-effect means?






2. What are the two types of process effects?






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






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






5. 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...






6. What is fluctuation effect?






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






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






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






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






11. 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?






12. What is Web 2.0?






13. What are the two types of intelligence?






14. Describe product claims?






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






16. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






17. Media ownership has big impact on...






18. Name the two types of process effects?






19. 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






20. Many media effects are...






21. Describe fluctuation effects.






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






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






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






25. What is our personal locus made up of?






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






27. what happens in the media concentration?






28. when does immediate effects occur?






29. what type of health patterns are there?






30. Over time & the government has been _______________ with regard to who controls the media






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






32. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






33. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






34. 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?






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






36. What are the three parts of efficiency?






37. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






38. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






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






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






41. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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42. 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?






43. What are the four genres in the formula?






44. What do media exposure habits focus its attention on?






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






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






47. Where does the term wiki come from?






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






49. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






50. What is WOW?