Understanding Media Messages

<p>The motivations of those who use it</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To illustrate examples of media messages</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Accusations of political bias</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Persuasion</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A Better Pencil: Readers, Writers, and the Digital Revolution</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Philly.com article by Jim Timpane</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Propaganda and persuasion have long been a key part of the interactions between media and culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It shows how media content can migrate across geographic and cultural boundaries, growing on both corporate and grassroots media platforms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The long-term cultural consequences cannot yet be assessed, but the development is undeniably a novel one.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>New digital media forms have encouraged greater personal participation in media as a whole, but they have not replaced traditional media.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text indicates that most studies on media and behavior do not establish direct links between the two, but do reveal important correlations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text indicates that celebrities can represent important cultural values and tendencies when portrayed in the media, but their representation can vary depending on the media form.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To illustrate how new digital media forms have encouraged greater personal participation in media consumption.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The development of new digital media forms.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The text indicates that propaganda and persuasion have long been a key part of the interactions between media and culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>New digital media forms have encouraged greater personal participation in media consumption, but have not simply replaced traditional media.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Cyberbalkanization</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>News outlets respond rapidly to breaking stories.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both a and b</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Literacy will change qualitatively, with a potential shift towards simplicity and directness.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both a and b</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>A self-produced video on YouTube that gains popularity and receives news coverage.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>It leads to increased political division and a loss of civic discourse.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They can either reinforce or challenge cultural stereotypes and values, depending on their portrayal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Internet has created anguish and concerns about digital literacy and other issues accompanying social change.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They have created upheavals and changed the standards of literacy and communication, which is a positive development.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The ready availability of information through search engines may contribute to information being shared without its original context.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The portrayal of Mickey Rooney's character, Mr. Yunioshi, in Breakfast at Tiffany's.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Both B and C.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Communication revolutions, including the rise of new media, have caused upheavals and changes in cultural values and literacy standards.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The literacy rate was well below 10%.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Writing and spoken word are equally reliable and ambiguous.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Legal texts</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The mass media is comparatively unregulated, making it a readily available tool for public persuasion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Violent people are drawn to violent video games, but playing these games does not cause violence.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>They glorified the sacrifices at Lexington and Concord and trumpeted the victories of George Washington's army.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Individuals prone to violent acts are drawn to violent media, and by keeping these individuals at home, violent media has reduced the incidence of violent social acts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Corporations adapted World War I propaganda techniques to sell products and create an advertising boom in the 1920s.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The impact of violent media on behavior remains unknown, as the research is inconclusive.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The penny press made newspapers accessible to a mass audience and became a force for social cohesion.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Propaganda was used by governments during World War I to motivate the citizenry to go to war.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Emotional reactions to media messages account for the intense power of media in our culture.</p> Signup and view all the answers