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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What must happen during television before commercial break?






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






3. What are the two timing factors?






4. ________ are beneficial because they allow for the creation of collective knowledge






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






6. What government organization monitors tv and radio programming to determine if it is obscene or not?






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






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






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






10. What are the four types of niche audiences?






11. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






12. What are the two competing values?






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






14. when does immediate effects occur?






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






16. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






17. What is the most prevalent media effect?






18. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






20. What is action/horror?






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






22. What is the way people group and classify things?






23. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






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






26. What is our personal locus made up of?






27. What are the two types of process effects?






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






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






30. What is telescoping?






31. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






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






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






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






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






36. The media can have long and short term effects on what?






37. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?


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






39. What is WOW?






40. What is a physiological effect?






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






42. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






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






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






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






46. What are the three types of concentration?






47. What is one of the characteristics that differentiate mass media games or video games from other mass media?






48. What are the four types of niche audiences?






49. Although African Americans are represented on television & portrayals rarely include....






50. What age is more represented on tv?