answered graded A+
Media literacy - correct answer ✔✔the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in
a variety of forms
Functions of media - correct answer ✔✔1. presenting entertainment
2. disseminating news & info
3. aiding commerce
4. transmitting culture
5. acting as a watchdog
6. providing relaxation & companionship
7. connection to others
Presenting entertainment - correct answer ✔✔a function of media ; 75% of tv, most of
radio/internet is entertainment; people have more control on what they consume;
entertainment used to be passive, but more active now
Disseminating news &info - correct answer ✔✔function of the media; general - radio/tv, specific
- online; bias/skewed info & avoid other side all together; CNN effect (24 hours of content)
Aiding commerce - correct answer ✔✔function of media; advertising is central; tailored online -
facebook; grown and adapted to technology
Transmitting culture - correct answer ✔✔function of media; media promote cultural values, but
perpetuate stereotypes
, Acting as a watchdog - correct answer ✔✔function of media; journalists hold entities & people;
media holds gov't responsible
Connection to others - correct answer ✔✔function of media; audience is fragmented, but
popular media still thrives online
Convergence - correct answer ✔✔the coming together of various media to form new media
Proliferation - correct answer ✔✔The wide array of distribution platforms available
Resilience - correct answer ✔✔Media's ability to adapt & continue to thrive
Moral panic about media - correct answer ✔✔New technology = the prediction of the social
collapse
Historical stages of mass media - correct answer ✔✔1. oral
2. written
3. print
4. electronic
5. digital
Oral era - correct answer ✔✔A historical stage of mass media; info & knowledge exchanged
orally, story telling
Written era - correct answer ✔✔A historical stage of mass media; overshadowed oral
communication, especially for rich/powerful