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Media Literacy

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1. What is a wiki?






2. What is telescoping?






3. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






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






5. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






6. When a media company buys a combination of other media or non media businesses & This is what type of concentration?






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 the long-term behavioral effect?






9. What are the four genres in the formula?






10. Describe fluctuation effects.






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






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






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






14. What is telescoping?






15. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






16. The intended effects of ads include what?






17. what happens in the media concentration?






18. What is the process of flow?






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






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






21. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






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






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






24. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






25. What marital status is more represented on tv?






26. What marital status is more represented on tv?






27. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






29. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






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






31. Consumers use the formula to do what?






32. Name the two types of process effects?






33. What occupation is more represented on tv?






34. What is a physiological effect?






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






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






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






38. What age is more represented on tv?






39. Give an example of the content of messages






40. What are the four cognitive abilities?






41. What is tragedy used for?






42. Media ownership has big impact on...






43. What is the middleware market?






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






45. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






46. 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






47. What are the three parts of efficiency?






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






49. Television programmers are essentially ____________ and fearful of offending viewers & so they present content that they believe reflects mainstream American values






50. What is the long-term behavioral effect?