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Media Literacy

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1. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






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






3. What are the four cognitive abilities?






4. What are the three parts of efficiency?






5. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






6. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






7. Example: Jacob played a video game of crime life. He then joined a gang and pulled a knife on a police officer. What is this an example of?






8. In the formula & What are the 2 constraints?






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






10. What does localism serve the needs of?






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






12. Media ownership has big impact on...






13. 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?






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






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






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






17. What is a baseline effect?






18. What was the first form of media games?






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






20. When people 'blame the media' for causing a tragic event & they are not taking into account all the factors that influence behavior and are not making...






21. In tv & gays are what?






22. What gender is more popular on tv?






23. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






24. the two most dominant genres in prime-time television from the 1970s-1990s were what?






25. What was the first form of media games?






26. Describe fluctuation effects.






27. What does localism serve the needs of?






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






29. Consumers use the formula to do what?






30. What is subliminal advertising






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






32. What does MMORPG stand for?






33. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






34. Give an example of the content of messages






35. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






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






37. What is the long-term emotional effect?






38. In what way (s) does advertising make us too materialistic?






39. Describe product claims?






40. Describe baseline effects.






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






42. What is action/horror?






43. The intended effects of ads include what?






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






45. What is the middleware market?






46. Describe product claims?






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






48. According to the _______________ is the most challenging medium for telling stories






49. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






50. What are the four cognitive abilities?