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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. ________ are beneficial because they allow for the creation of collective knowledge






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






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






4. What is fluctuation effect?






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






6. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






7. What is a wiki?






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






9. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?

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






11. In what 6 ways is advertising deceptive?






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






13. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






14. 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?






15. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






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






18. What is Web 2.0?






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






20. What is a baseline effect?






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






22. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






23. What is telescoping?






24. What does a cognitive-effect means?






25. What is the process of flow?






26. 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...






27. What is the ability to be creative?






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






29. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






30. What is WOW?






31. What are the two timing factors?






32. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






33. What is localism?






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






35. What is efficiency?

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36. In tv & gays are what?






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






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






39. What is flow?






40. What are the 3 developmental maturities?






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






42. Media ownership has big impact on...






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






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






45. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






46. The intended effects of ads include what?






47. What are the three types of concentration?






48. What is the process of flow?






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






50. Give an example of the content of messages