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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What best reflects the effects the media has on us?






2. 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.






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






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






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






6. 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?






7. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






8. What is our personal locus made up of?






9. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






11. 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?






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






13. What percent of a typical newspaper is advertising?






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






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






16. Media ownership has big impact on...






17. what happens in the media concentration?






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






19. What are the four cognitive abilities?






20. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






22. Where does the term wiki come from?






23. What are the two types of factors in fluctuation?






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






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






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






27. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






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






29. When did megamergers become popular?






30. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






31. What eliminated the legal barrier to competition across markets?






32. when does immediate effects occur?






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






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






35. What are the three parts of efficiency?






36. What age is more represented on tv?






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






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






39. What occupation is more represented on tv?






40. What are the two types of factors in fluctuation?






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






42. What is a baseline effect?






43. What is the ability to memorize facts?






44. What are the four controversial content elements?






45. what happens in the media concentration?






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






47. Give an example of the content of messages






48. What are the four types of niche audiences?






49. What is flow?






50. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?