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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. When does visible stereotyping occur?






3. What is WOW?






4. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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5. What are some examples of where advertisements can be found?






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






7. What is puffery?






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 are the two types of intelligence?






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






11. What do media exposure habits focus its attention on?






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






13. What ethnicity is overrepresented on tv?






14. What are the three elements to a general story formula?






15. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?

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






17. What is the process of flow?






18. What is the natural ability to distinguish the singal and the noise in any message?






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






20. What was the biggest deal between any two media companies?






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






22. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






24. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?

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25. What are the two competing values?






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






27. What is it called when a digital game player is focused on steps in a process to a greater accomplishment?






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






29. What is a mystery?






30. What are the three elements to a general story formula?






31. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?

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32. What government organization monitors tv and radio programming to determine if it is obscene or not?






33. 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?






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






35. What is efficiency?

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36. What socioeconomic status is more represented?






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






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






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






40. what force competes against the ethnic of localism?






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






42. What are the six main criticisms of advertising?






43. Media ownership has big impact on...






44. What is telescoping?






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






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






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






48. What occupation is more represented on tv?






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






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