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Media Literacy

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1. The business trend to consolidate has grown stronger than the government's impulse to...






2. When did megamergers become popular?






3. Name the two types of process effects?






4. What are the two types of process effects?






5. the two most dominant genres in prime-time television from the 1970s-1990s were what?






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






7. What is the most prevalent media effect?






8. What is fluctuation effect?






9. Consumers use the formula to do what?






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






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






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






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






15. What is subliminal advertising






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






17. 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?






18. What is fluctuation effect?






19. What does localism serve the needs of?






20. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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21. What is a baseline effect?






22. What is the middleware market?






23. What are the two types of media effects?






24. What does a cognitive-effect means?






25. Consumers use the formula to do what?






26. What is the middleware market?






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






28. What is Web 2.0?






29. 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






30. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






32. 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?






33. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






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






36. What does a cognitive-effect means?






37. Example: Chris read a book about an incredible romance. the characters were beautiful & they never fought & and the weather was always perfect. after reading the book & chris's romantic relationship seemed lousy. What is this an example of?






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






39. What is a wiki?






40. What are some fluctuation factors?






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






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






43. In tv & gays are what?






44. What is WOW?






45. What are the two types of thinking?






46. Explain localism






47. Creators use the formula to do what?






48. What is puffery?






49. What is telescoping?






50. What age is more represented on tv?