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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. when one media company buys smaller companies of the same type & what type of concentration is this?






2. What is the ability to memorize facts?






3. Like other media & the internet is now mature enough to suffer from...






4. What are the four controversial content elements?






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






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






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






8. on television & three-quarters of all characters are between the ages of 20 and 50. which age group is the most imbalanced in terms of representation on television?






9. What is puffery?






10. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?


11. What percent of a typical newspaper is advertising?






12. 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...






13. What age is more represented on tv?






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






15. Values that are reflected in entertainment messages include what?






16. Describe product claims?






17. Many media effects are...






18. What are the two types of thinking?






19. What are the four cognitive abilities?






20. What does the personal locus do?


21. What is the long-term behavioral effect?






22. What is tragedy used for?






23. Example: after Dennis went to see a movie about The Holocaust & he became very sad about how inhumane man can be. What is this an example of?






24. What are the two timing factors?






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






26. What does a cognitive-effect means?






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






28. What percentage of video games earn a profit?






29. When one media company buys companies that are buyers or suppliers to create integration in the production and distribution of messages & what type of concentration is this?






30. Creators use the formula to do what?






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






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






33. What is subliminal advertising






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






35. What was the first form of media games?






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






37. When did megamergers become popular?






38. What is telescoping?






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






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






41. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






42. Describe fluctuation effects.






43. What marital status is more represented on tv?






44. to end up at the top of a Google search & a website must what?






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






46. What is tragedy used for?






47. When did megamergers become popular?






48. What is the process of flow?






49. Explain localism






50. If you watch an action packed movie and your heart races & you are experiencing what type of emotion?