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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Media ___________ in the same way other institutions do & such as parents & friends & education & or religion.






2. What are the two types of intelligence?






3. The intended effects of ads include what?






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






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






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






7. 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?






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






9. What is efficiency?

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






11. What is the middleware market?






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






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






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






15. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






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






17. When did megamergers become popular?






18. example: when Ryan listened to patriotic music & he got shivers up his spine. This is an example of what?






19. What does the personal locus do?

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






21. In the formula & What are the 2 constraints?






22. If you cry during a film & you are experiencing what type of effect?






23. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






24. According to the _______________ is the most challenging medium for telling stories






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






26. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






27. Where does the term wiki come from?






28. Describe manifest effects?






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






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






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






32. What was the first form of media games?






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






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






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






36. The pattern of the population of television characters is ______ the pattern of people in the real world






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






38. What are the four cognitive abilities?






39. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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40. What is puffery?






41. What are the two types of intelligence?






42. Many media effects are...






43. What is a mystery?






44. What are stereotypes on tv?






45. What are the two timing factors?






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






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






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






49. What is fluctuation effect?






50. When does invisible stereotyping occur?