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Media Literacy

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1. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






3. What is a physiological effect?






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






5. What are the four cognitive abilities?






6. The video industry has 'a good deal of vertical integration'. What does this mean?






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






8. 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






9. What gender is more popular on tv?






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






11. The intended effects of ads include what?






12. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






13. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






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






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






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






17. The number of ads for _______________ increases each year






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






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






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






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






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






23. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






24. what happens in the media concentration?






25. Playing interactive video games & particularly MMORPGs...






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






27. The video industry has 'a good deal of vertical integration'. What does this mean?






28. What are examples of baseline factors?






29. What are the 3 media factors in fluctuation?






30. What are the two competing values?






31. Describe manifest effects?






32. What does MMORPG stand for?






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






34. Describe fluctuation effects.






35. What is our personal locus made up of?






36. A macro-type media effect refers to what?






37. What is fluctuation effect?






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






39. What does localism serve the needs of?






40. What are the two competing values?






41. Describe fluctuation effects.






42. What are the two types of media effects?






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






44. What is fluctuation effect?






45. What is the long-term emotional effect?






46. What are the two types of process effects?






47. What are the two main components in the demographics pattern?






48. The intended effects of ads include what?






49. When does a digital game player get deeply immersed in the game and loses all track of time and place?






50. What is Web 2.0?