JMC 101 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is mass communications? - answers - communication from one person or group of
persons through a transmitting device (a medium) to large audiences or markets
What is media literacy? - answers - the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create
media
How do you do a close analysis? - answers - visuals. After the first viewing, write down
everything you can remember about the visuals-- lighting, camera angles, how the
pictures are edited together. ...
Sounds. Replay again with the picture off. ...
Apply key questions. ...
Review your insights
How do you critically read a news story? - answers - author bias. Do a background
check on the author of the material. ...
Authority and expertise of author. ...
Publication ideology. ...
Assess the quality of the explanation, if the article is explanatory
What are the foundations of american free expression? - answers - the first amendment
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- freedom of petition
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of religion
What legal principles affect free expression? - answers - the first amendment
How does music provide a venue for free expression? - answers - - shapes our
identities
- allows for artistic innovation
- expresses cultural diversity
- provides political & social commentary
- contributes to social change
How has written expression been censored and banned? - answers - saying things that
affect people
How are college campuses responding to free expression challenges? - answers -
enforcing policies and targeting situations
, Narrative - answers - - story with a beginning-middle-end structure
- a problem is introduced and solved
- narratives have meaning
Communication - answers - - creation of symbol systems (gestures, visuals, emojis) that
convey info and meaning
- message -> receiver -> feedback -> sender ->
Culture - answers - how a group of people expresses its values and articulates daily life
Media literacy - answers - the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a
variety of forms
Selective exposure - answers - we seek media that reinforce our cultural beliefs
Mass communication - answers - - delivering message to a large audience that may be
distant and diverse
- previously a privelege of expensive & elite media
Close analysis - answers - the interpretation of a piece of text which looks closely at the
language, structure and themes used.
Medium - answers - the materials and tools that writers, speakers knowledge makers
use to compose, archive, and convey messages.
Homogeneous audience - answers - an audience whose members possess similar
characteristics such as age, attitude, value, and knowledge similarity
Codex - answers - an ancient manuscript text in book form.
Libel - answers - a written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or
property rights.
Intensive reading - answers - reading to focus on how language is used in a text.
Extensive reading - answers - reading long pieces of text, such as stories or
newspapers.
Genres - answers - major categories of media content
Popular culture - answers - culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares
certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
ANSWERS
What is mass communications? - answers - communication from one person or group of
persons through a transmitting device (a medium) to large audiences or markets
What is media literacy? - answers - the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create
media
How do you do a close analysis? - answers - visuals. After the first viewing, write down
everything you can remember about the visuals-- lighting, camera angles, how the
pictures are edited together. ...
Sounds. Replay again with the picture off. ...
Apply key questions. ...
Review your insights
How do you critically read a news story? - answers - author bias. Do a background
check on the author of the material. ...
Authority and expertise of author. ...
Publication ideology. ...
Assess the quality of the explanation, if the article is explanatory
What are the foundations of american free expression? - answers - the first amendment
- freedom of speech
- freedom of the press
- freedom of petition
- freedom of assembly
- freedom of religion
What legal principles affect free expression? - answers - the first amendment
How does music provide a venue for free expression? - answers - - shapes our
identities
- allows for artistic innovation
- expresses cultural diversity
- provides political & social commentary
- contributes to social change
How has written expression been censored and banned? - answers - saying things that
affect people
How are college campuses responding to free expression challenges? - answers -
enforcing policies and targeting situations
, Narrative - answers - - story with a beginning-middle-end structure
- a problem is introduced and solved
- narratives have meaning
Communication - answers - - creation of symbol systems (gestures, visuals, emojis) that
convey info and meaning
- message -> receiver -> feedback -> sender ->
Culture - answers - how a group of people expresses its values and articulates daily life
Media literacy - answers - the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a
variety of forms
Selective exposure - answers - we seek media that reinforce our cultural beliefs
Mass communication - answers - - delivering message to a large audience that may be
distant and diverse
- previously a privelege of expensive & elite media
Close analysis - answers - the interpretation of a piece of text which looks closely at the
language, structure and themes used.
Medium - answers - the materials and tools that writers, speakers knowledge makers
use to compose, archive, and convey messages.
Homogeneous audience - answers - an audience whose members possess similar
characteristics such as age, attitude, value, and knowledge similarity
Codex - answers - an ancient manuscript text in book form.
Libel - answers - a written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or
property rights.
Intensive reading - answers - reading to focus on how language is used in a text.
Extensive reading - answers - reading long pieces of text, such as stories or
newspapers.
Genres - answers - major categories of media content
Popular culture - answers - culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares
certain habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
