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Media Literacy

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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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






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






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






4. What are some fluctuation factors?






5. What does the term telescoping refer to?

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6. What was significant about the Communications Act 1934?

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7. Example: Chris read a book about an incredible romance. the characters were beautiful & they never fought & and the weather was always perfect. after reading the book & chris's romantic relationship seemed lousy. What is this an example of?






8. What is action/horror?






9. What happens in the media deregulation?






10. The intended effects of ads include what?






11. When does visible stereotyping occur?






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






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






14. What is the most prevalent media effect?






15. 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...






16. Popular criticism about advertising includes what?

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17. The pattern of the population of television characters is ______ the pattern of people in the real world






18. Where does the term wiki come from?






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






20. What did the Communications Act of 1934 require?






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






22. What are the two types of responsibilites in advertising?






23. Describe baseline effects.






24. what type of health patterns are there?






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






26. What are the two types of process effects?






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






28. What is tragedy used for?






29. 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?






30. What was it when ownership rules were relaxed?






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






32. When does invisible stereotyping occur?






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






34. What is telescoping?






35. What are the two timing factors?






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






37. What are the six baseline influencing factors?






38. 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?






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






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






41. 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?






42. What are some fluctuation factors?






43. What are the two main components in the demographics pattern?






44. Describe fluctuation effects.






45. What does MMORPG stand for?






46. What are the two main forms of stereotyping?






47. Issues of concern regarding merger activity includes what?






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






49. Give an example of the cognitive complexity of content






50. What are the 3 subgenres of drama?