Exam 2: Media Literacy Approach

If we understand that a characteristic of higher media literacy is the ability to transform information into knowledge structures, we can avoid which faulty belief about the media?

The more perspectives you have from which to experience the media, the more critical you will be of the media.

The three building blocks of media literacy include

Assessing the knowledge structures about media effects refers to

Some people overestimate and other people underestimate the effect the mass media have on them. These are examples of faulty uses of

The breaking down of a message into meaningful elements is called

State and explain the proactive definition of media literacy.

Name and discuss the three key components of media literacy.

Media literacy is a continuum.

Critical thinking refers to

Synthesis is

In public opinion polls, 1 in 6 people thinks that there is a crime problem in their community, but 5 in 6 people think that there is a crime problem in society. This difference in opinion is an example of a faulty use of

Being media literate requires that your personal locus is constantly engaged.

Information is piecemeal, whereas knowledge is

Assessing your knowledge structures about the media includes reflecting on mass media industries, audiences, content, and effects.

To build our knowledge structures, we need

You just watched the latest episode of "American Idol." Your roommate missed the show and you explain to her what happened and who got eliminated. You are using the skill of

Television viewing always hurts a child's academic performance.

Media literacy is

Discuss the questions we need to address to better understand media content.