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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






2. Television programmers are essentially ____________ and fearful of offending viewers & so they present content that they believe reflects mainstream American values






3. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?

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4. Many media effects are...






5. Give an example of the content of messages






6. What is a wiki?






7. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






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






9. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






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






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






12. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






13. What is telescoping?






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






15. according to the textbook & which occupation is the most prevalent in the television world?






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






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






18. What is the long-term behavioral effect?






19. Consumers use the formula to do what?






20. Media ownership has big impact on...






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






22. What does attitudinal effects create and shape?






23. what happens in the media concentration?






24. What are the two types of process effects?






25. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






26. What is Web 2.0?






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






28. What happens in the media deregulation?






29. What percent of a typical newspaper is advertising?






30. What is a wiki?






31. 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






32. What are the two major effects from the telecommunications competition & deregulation act of 1996?






33. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






34. The intended effects of ads include what?






35. What is Web 2.0?






36. What are the two types of intelligence?






37. What are characteristics that have shaped the development of interactive media?






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






39. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






40. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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






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






43. What does MMORPG stand for?






44. Consumers use the formula to do what?






45. What do interactive games have the power to do?






46. What is an effect that happens during exposure to the media messages?






47. 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?






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






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






50. What is action/horror?