Crash Course: Media Literacy

Question 1

The more we acknowledge our ____________, the better we can go through them to find the truth.

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biases and thought patterns

Question 2

_____ has helped break this cycle by uplifting diverse voices and challenging traditional media

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Social media

Question 3

Protectionism in which the effects of sex, violence, & consumerism are the biggest concern.

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moral defensiveness

Question 4

This is information distributed with the direct purpose of promoting a certain point of view

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propaganda

Question 5

Protectionism where the people must be protected from false beliefs and ideologies.

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political defensiveness

Question 6

______ made ads stronger, following you around the web and reporting back on your habits.

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Web cookies

Question 7

Always double check the _____________, lest we become victims of disinformation.

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reliability of information and sources

Question 8

McLuhan theorized that _________ is more important than what we communicate.

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the way we communicate

Question 9

What questions do media literacy advocates ask?

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How can we help empower media users from a young age?, How do media help audiences make decisions?, When do consumers become creators?

Question 10

Propaganda is often

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misleading, biased, and used to promote political viewpoints

Question 11

Your cognitive load is defined as

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the amount of time and attention needed to finish a task

Question 12

Confirmation bias is defined as

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hunting for information we already believe to be true

Question 13

Which is NOT one of the 5 things you should ask when making a media choice?

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What is the most entertaining thing?

Question 14

This is a public notice promoting a product, event, or service

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Question 15

Without ______, ISPs have the power to cut off or speed up certain content.

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net neutrality

Question 16

______ gives creators of media the exclusive rights to their creations.

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Copyright

Question 17

What is NOT one of the 4 things you should look for when determining credibility?

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entertainment

Question 18

Since media creation costs money, it is most often created by

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the chosen few, mostly the rich

Question 19

Narrowing demographic buckets for advertising is known as

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addressable advertising, behaviorial targeting

Question 20

That factors that determine fair use are

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purpose and character of the work, nature of the copyrighted work, amount of the piece used, effect of the use on the market

Question 21

_______ laws exist to try and prevent monopolies

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Anti-trust

Question 22

Breaking up monopolies leads to new innovation because of _________.

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outbreaks of competition

Question 23

This is unintentionally inaccurate information, such as accidents or mistakes in reporting.

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misinformation

Question 24

The reaction of the public to a perceived threat to social norms is known as

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moral panic

Question 25

Yellow Journalism prioritized __________ over professionalism and journalistic ethics.

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sensationalism

Question 26

Examples of things that persuade us are:

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authority, likeability, consistency

Question 27

This is the management of the relationship between the public and a brand

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public relations

Question 28

Media is comprised of multiple mediums, which are

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a method in which something is communicated

Question 29

Disinformation is best at

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confusing the facts of an issue, excusing or dismissing bad actions or behaviors, dispersing the attention of the masses

Question 30

This is information about the world that is stores in a specific format.

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data

Question 31

Sociologist Stuart Hall wrote that before a message is distributed, it is ____ by its creator.

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encoded

Question 32

Coordinated propaganda is most commonly produced by

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governments

Question 33

The way media presents topics: race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, is

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media representation

Question 34

It is much easier to ______ a memory than to change one, known as false memory.

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create

Question 35

This law, enacted in 1998, causes infringing content claims on YouTube.

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1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Question 36

The influences and consequences on audiences are

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media effects

Question 37

_____ is considered a low-key ad placed alongside or within the creator's original content.

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sponsored content

Question 38

Since newspapers were also about making money, they valued ________ over truth.

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profit

Question 39

Monopolies can overcharge customers or under deliver services because there's ________.

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no competition

Question 40

Adding logic and context to our media reactions is known as

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skepticism

Question 41

With ___ the public can exercise 1st amendment rights by using others work without permission.

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Fair Use

Question 42

This is a set of instructions or calculations for a computer or program to run on.

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algorithm

Question 43

Digital literacy is defined as

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the set of skills required to use digital media

Question 44

______ between media companies affect our ______ with media.

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Relationships

Question 45

The values and ideas that are promoted by the media, the things that get put into them, are

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media messages

Question 46

Protectionism in which certain types of media are said to have less cultural value than others.

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cultural defensiveness

Question 47

Messages are _____ by applying knowledge and experience to decipher meaning.

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decoded

Question 48

Media literacy became important with the world's first mass media, _______.

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the newspaper

Question 49

The average US adult spends upwards of _______ on media.

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10 hr/day

Question 50

Planned systematic efforts to intentionally persuade us of beliefs or to act a certain way.

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campaigns

Question 51

This is a media world we create where we only see and interact with things we already like.

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filter bubble

Question 52

The root of media literacy concerns is really ______, learning to read and write.

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literacy

Question 53

The pillars of intellectual property are

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public domain, copyright, fair use

Question 54

Media literacy is the ability to __________ using all forms of communication.

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access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act

Question 55

Preventing different voices from creating different media keeps cultural power in the hands of

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the few

Question 56

Entertain, inform, and persuade are examples of a media's

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purpose

Question 57

Knowing that information you see online is one portion, created for you, of the big picture.

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algorithmic literacy

Crash Course: Media Literacy

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Crash Course: Media Literacy

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