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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






2. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






3. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






4. 'Bad' language in the media is what?






5. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






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






8. Describe fluctuation effects.






9. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






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






11. Every day & our baseline of media effects what?






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






13. What occupation is more represented on tv?






14. What are characteristics that have shaped the development of interactive media?






15. What are the four controversial content elements?






16. What do megamergers result in?






17. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






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






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






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






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






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






23. Every day & our baseline of media effects what?






24. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






25. 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.






26. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






27. What is the long-term behavioral effect?






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






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






30. 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






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






32. What is Web 2.0?






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






34. When did megamergers become popular?






35. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






36. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






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






38. What is the ability to memorize facts?






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






40. What occupation is more represented on tv?






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






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






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






44. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






45. What is the natural ability to distinguish the singal and the noise in any message?






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






47. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






48. What is puffery?






49. The three forces that have shaped the development of the interactive mass media






50. What are the three elements to a general story formula?