Media industries affect how we perceive: - Answers Other people, other cultures, other nations, our
culture, and ourselves.
True or False: Media outlets have a direct influence on how we perceive reality - Answers True
Some of the consequences of global media are: - Answers Excessive information, globalized dominant
cultures, and free labor to generate media content
Global media content is generally controlled by: - Answers The economic, political, cultural, and social
elites
What media channels were used to spark the Egyptian revolution in 2011 - Answers YouTube, Facebook,
Twitter, Blogs, TV, and cellphones
Martin Luther was: - Answers A German priest who in the 1500s used the printing press to fight against
the excessive power of the Catholic church
True or False: Globalization has affected people in different ways, some of them positive, some of them
negative - Answers True
Some specific positive outcomes of global media technologies are: - Answers People can achieve better
cultural understanding, the world has "shrunk" thanks to media technologies, people who were
historically marginalized have more opportunities nowadays
What is "the global village"? - Answers A phrase coined by Marshall McLuhan to describe the world that
has been "shrunk" by modern advances in media technologies
Who was Marshall McLuhan? - Answers A Canadian scholar who was able to predict the current state of
media in the 1960s
Has our concept of time and space been redefined by media technologies? - Answers Yes
The medium is the message" means: - Answers It is the form of media, rather than its specific content,
that has the power to structure relations and human action
The main elements protected by the U.S. First Amendment are: - Answers Freedom of religion, freedom
of speech, freedom of the press, right to peacefully assemble
Some examples of censorship are: - Answers Corporate censorship, social censorship, self-censorship,
official censorship
What is the freedom of the press in practice limited by? - Answers economic, political, and social
circumstances