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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






2. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






3. Creators use the formula to do what?






4. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






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






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






7. What is baseline effects?






8. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






10. what type of health patterns are there?






11. What does the term telescoping refer to?


12. 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?






13. What are the three types of concentration?






14. What occupation is more represented on tv?






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






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






17. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






18. What are the three elements to a general story formula?






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






20. What is action/horror?






21. What is telescoping?






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






23. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






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






25. Give an example of the content of messages






26. 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






27. What is a physiological effect?






28. What is action/horror?






29. What marital status is more represented on tv?






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






31. what happens in the media concentration?






32. What are some fluctuation factors?






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






34. When does visible stereotyping occur?






35. What do megamergers result in?






36. 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?






37. When a media company buys a combination of other media or non media businesses & This is what type of concentration?






38. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






39. What are the three types of concentration?






40. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?


41. What is telescoping?






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






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






44. What is the long-term behavioral effect?






45. What is a physiological effect?






46. What is Web 2.0?






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






48. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






49. The video industry has 'a good deal of vertical integration'. What does this mean?






50. Many media effects are...