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What is perception primarily concerned with?

  • Physical and chemical stimulation of the sensory system
  • Passive receipt of sensory signals
  • Transmission of signals through the nervous system
  • Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information (correct)

What is an essential component of perception?

  • Physical and chemical stimulation of the sensory system
  • Passive receipt of sensory signals
  • Transmission of signals through the nervous system
  • Learning, memory, expectation, and attention (correct)

What does sensory input transform low-level information into?

  • Higher-level information (correct)
  • Transmission of signals through the nervous system
  • Physical and chemical stimulation of the sensory system
  • Learning, memory, expectation, and attention

What influences perception according to the text?

<p>Learning, memory, expectation, and attention (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does vision primarily involve?

<p>Light striking the retina of the eye (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does media ethics encompass?

<p>Broadcast media, film, theatre, print media, and the internet (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What values does media ethics promote and defend?

<p>Universal respect for life and the rule of law and legality (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

When did research and publications in the field of information ethics start?

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What did Robert Hauptman focus his work on?

<p>Censorship, privacy, access to information, balance in collection development (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What complicates the idea for a universal code of media ethics?

<p>Scarcity of literature regarding the ways in which the Internet impacts media ethics in journalism online (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Flashcards

What is perception?

Organization, identification, and interpretation of sensory information.

What influences perception?

Learning, memory, expectation, and attention.

Sensory input transforms low-level information into?

Higher-level information.

What does vision primarily involve?

Light striking the retina of the eye.

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What does media ethics encompass?

Broadcast media, film, theatre, print media, and the internet.

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What values does media ethics promote?

Universal respect for life and the rule of law and legality.

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When did information ethics research begin?

1980s.

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What did Robert Hauptman focus on?

Censorship, privacy, access to information, balance in collection development.

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Challenge for universal media ethics code?

Scarcity of literature regarding the ways in which the Internet impacts media ethics in journalism online.

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Study Notes

Perception

  • Primarily concerned with understanding how we interpret and organize sensory information from the environment
  • Essential component: past experiences, expectations, and learning

Information Processing

  • Sensory input transforms low-level information into meaningful representations

Influences on Perception

  • Context, expectations, past experiences, and attention

Vision

  • Primarily involves the process of interpreting visual information from the environment

Media Ethics

  • Encompasses moral principles and values that guide the development and dissemination of media content
  • Promotes and defends values such as truth, accuracy, and fairness

Information Ethics

  • Research and publications started in the 1980s
  • Robert Hauptman focused his work on information ethics in libraries
  • Complicated by cultural, social, and political variations that make a universal code difficult to establish

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