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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Explain localism






2. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






3. After regularly consuming media & if you believe that the world is a mean place & you are experiencing what type of effect?






4. What was the first form of media games?






5. What are the four cognitive abilities?






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






7. When did the innovation stage for interactive media games begin?






8. What gender is more popular on tv?






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






10. What are stereotypes on tv?






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






12. What happens in the media deregulation?






13. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






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






15. What is telescoping?






16. What are the two types of process effects?






17. What is a wiki?






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






19. 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?






20. What is Web 2.0?






21. What occupation is more represented on tv?






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






23. What eliminated the legal barrier to competition across markets?






24. What are the three personal factors of fluctuation?






25. What are the three parts of efficiency?






26. What are the four genres in the formula?






27. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






28. 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.






29. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?






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






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






32. interactive media games are In what stage of development?






33. What is a baseline effect?






34. What is flow?






35. What are the two types of media effects?






36. What must happen during television before commercial break?






37. What does localism serve the needs of?






38. What is the long-term emotional effect?






39. What is a baseline effect?






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






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






42. What is baseline effects?






43. What is a wiki?






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






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






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






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






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






49. ________________ are used in entertainment content because it is a way for audience members to access information quickly when introduced to a character






50. What marital status is more represented on tv?