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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






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






3. according to the textbook & fewer than one in every _____ television shows that present sexual content will have any mention of risks or responsibilities of unprotected sex.






4. What are the three types of concentration?






5. What marital status is more represented on tv?






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






7. What age is more represented on tv?






8. Long-term effects are ________ to notice than immediate effects.






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






10. What are the two types of thinking?






11. What is a baseline effect?






12. What are the two types of media effects?






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






14. What is baseline effects?






15. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






16. What does the term telescoping refer to?


17. What is the ability to memorize facts?






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






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






20. What does the term telescoping refer to?


21. what happens in the media concentration?






22. What does a cognitive-effect means?






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






24. What is Web 2.0?






25. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






26. What is a physiological effect?






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






28. Describe baseline effects.






29. The internet is considered a viral spiral because it _________ innovation due to its network structure






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






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






32. What do interactive games have the power to do?






33. What are the three states of personal factors in fluctuation?






34. Playing interactive video games & particularly MMORPGs...






35. What is a mystery?






36. What is action/horror?






37. What are the three types of concentration?






38. 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?






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






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






41. What are stereotypes on tv?






42. What age is more represented on tv?






43. What are some examples of where advertisements can be found?






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






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






46. What are the two types of intelligence?






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






48. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






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






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