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Media Literacy

Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What is a belief that control of important institutions should be in the hands of many through decentralization?






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






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






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






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






6. What are the four types of niche audiences?






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






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






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






10. What are the two types of thinking?






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






12. What best reflects the effects the media has on us?






13. ______ are the influences we experience constantly from our exposure to media messages?






14. Concentration & consolidation & and centralization challenges and potentially retrains the ethnic of...






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






16. After regularly consuming media & if you believe that the world is a mean place & you are experiencing what type of effect?






17. It is clear that the media is completely controlled by what?






18. according to the textbook & _____ are more likely to be represented in the television world than the real world.






19. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






20. What gender is more popular on tv?






21. What is the process of flow?






22. What is a wiki?






23. _______________ frequently occur when you are in a state of automaticity.






24. Values that are reflected in entertainment messages include what?






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






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






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






28. 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.






29. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






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






31. Many media effects are...






32. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






33. _______________ frequently occur when you are in a state of automaticity.






34. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






35. Describe baseline effects.






36. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






37. What are the two types of intelligence?






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






39. What are the three types of concentration?






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






41. What does the personal locus do?


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






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






44. What occupation is more represented on tv?






45. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






46. When did megamergers become popular?






47. What gender is more popular on tv?






48. What are the two types of media effects?






49. what 2 major effects did the telecommunications competition and deregulation act of 1996 have?






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