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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the process of flow?






2. What is baseline effects?






3. What are the four cognitive abilities?






4. What age is more represented on tv?






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






6. Media ___________ in the same way other institutions do & such as parents & friends & education & or religion.






7. What is a baseline effect?






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






9. what three forces shape the development of interactive media?






10. Many media effects are...






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






12. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






13. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






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






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






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






17. What is WOW?






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






19. according to the textbook & _____ are more likely to be represented in the television world than the real world.






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






21. 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.






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






23. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






24. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






25. when one media company buys smaller companies of the same type & what type of concentration is this?






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






27. What is fluctuation effect?






28. What is a mystery?






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






30. when does immediate effects occur?






31. What are the two types of responsibilites in advertising?






32. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






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






35. What is our personal locus made up of?






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






37. according to the textbook & _____ are more likely to be represented in the television world than the real world.






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






39. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






40. What does localism serve the needs of?






41. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






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






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






44. What must happen during television before commercial break?






45. When does visible stereotyping occur?






46. What is the long-term emotional effect?






47. Where does the term wiki come from?






48. In order to appeal to audiences & most stories begin with what?






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






50. 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?