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Media Literacy

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






2. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






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






4. 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






5. What does MMORPG stand for?






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






7. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






8. What is telescoping?






9. What is a physiological effect?






10. What are the four cognitive abilities?






11. what happens in the media concentration?






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






13. 'Bad' language in the media is what?






14. What does localism serve the needs of?






15. What is our personal locus made up of?






16. Where does the term wiki come from?






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






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






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






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






21. What is the ability to be creative?






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






23. What does attitudinal effects create and shape?






24. What is the most prevalent media effect?






25. Consumers use the formula to do what?






26. What are stereotypes on tv?






27. What is fluctuation effect?






28. What government organization monitors tv and radio programming to determine if it is obscene or not?






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






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






31. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






33. What are the three types of concentration?






34. when does immediate effects occur?






35. What age is more represented on tv?






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






37. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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






39. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






40. Describe baseline effects.






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






42. What is WOW?






43. What percent of a typical newspaper is advertising?






44. Name the two types of process effects?






45. What is Web 2.0?






46. What is action/horror?






47. What are the three parts of efficiency?






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






49. What is the natural ability to distinguish the singal and the noise in any message?






50. When did the innovation stage for interactive media games begin?