CTVA 362 Final Exam Study Guide
questions n answers graded A+
What we need to do to ensure media play a public service function - correct answer ✔✔-
control media consolidation
- challenge the idea that the media gives us what we want
- question objectivity
- pay attention to internet policy
Main ideas of media reform - correct answer ✔✔- media performs essential political, social,
economical, and cultural function in modern society
- media origanization is patterns of ownership, management, regulation, and subsidy-- a central
determinant of media content
Telecomm Act of 1996 - correct answer ✔✔- signed by Bill Clinton (oof)
- relaxed ownership restrictions; deregulated media by expanding ownership caps
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 - correct answer ✔✔- created CPB (Corporation for Public
Broadcasting), which created NPR and PBS to provide alternatives to commercial broadcasting
- mass medium has a responsibility to educate the public
Objectivity - correct answer ✔✔- treating facts without influence from personal feelings or
prejudices
Fake News—what is it and what can we do? - correct answer ✔✔- false/misleading information
presented as news (attacks opponents, activates emotions, etc.)
, - understand propoganda techniques and don't ignore nontraditional sources; assess events
with a wide variety of sources
Pros and Cons of social media/digital life (crash course) - correct answer ✔✔- pros: share info
w/o gatekeepers, people have a voice who may have not had it before, finding communities
- cons: cyberbullying, catfishing, scams, disinformation, targeted advertising, algorithms
- follow different viewpoints, turn off best or top features, turn off data tracking, etc.
Digital blackface - correct answer ✔✔- practice where white people co-opt online expressions
of slang, catchphrases, culture, images, etc. of black culture
American Meme (featured influencers) - correct answer ✔✔- Paris Hilton
- Josh Ostrovsky
- Brittany Furlan
- Kirill Bichutsky
Guest Lecturer: Daniel Zamilpa - correct answer ✔✔- social media manager of Octavia Spencer
- also hires influencers to work with Disney
The Counterspeech Doctrine, assumption and critiques - correct answer ✔✔- ideas are free to
circulate and the logic that is truthful speech will overcome false speech
- assumptions: individuals are capable of distinguishing true and false information/news
- critiques: selected exposure, bias,, etc. contribute to acceptance of false news; hate speech is
resistant to counterspeech, marginalized groups lack resources to reach same people exposed
to hate speech, etc...
Parasitic Journalism - correct answer ✔✔- news stories that are originally reported and
produced by another media outlet; make the stories their own
questions n answers graded A+
What we need to do to ensure media play a public service function - correct answer ✔✔-
control media consolidation
- challenge the idea that the media gives us what we want
- question objectivity
- pay attention to internet policy
Main ideas of media reform - correct answer ✔✔- media performs essential political, social,
economical, and cultural function in modern society
- media origanization is patterns of ownership, management, regulation, and subsidy-- a central
determinant of media content
Telecomm Act of 1996 - correct answer ✔✔- signed by Bill Clinton (oof)
- relaxed ownership restrictions; deregulated media by expanding ownership caps
Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 - correct answer ✔✔- created CPB (Corporation for Public
Broadcasting), which created NPR and PBS to provide alternatives to commercial broadcasting
- mass medium has a responsibility to educate the public
Objectivity - correct answer ✔✔- treating facts without influence from personal feelings or
prejudices
Fake News—what is it and what can we do? - correct answer ✔✔- false/misleading information
presented as news (attacks opponents, activates emotions, etc.)
, - understand propoganda techniques and don't ignore nontraditional sources; assess events
with a wide variety of sources
Pros and Cons of social media/digital life (crash course) - correct answer ✔✔- pros: share info
w/o gatekeepers, people have a voice who may have not had it before, finding communities
- cons: cyberbullying, catfishing, scams, disinformation, targeted advertising, algorithms
- follow different viewpoints, turn off best or top features, turn off data tracking, etc.
Digital blackface - correct answer ✔✔- practice where white people co-opt online expressions
of slang, catchphrases, culture, images, etc. of black culture
American Meme (featured influencers) - correct answer ✔✔- Paris Hilton
- Josh Ostrovsky
- Brittany Furlan
- Kirill Bichutsky
Guest Lecturer: Daniel Zamilpa - correct answer ✔✔- social media manager of Octavia Spencer
- also hires influencers to work with Disney
The Counterspeech Doctrine, assumption and critiques - correct answer ✔✔- ideas are free to
circulate and the logic that is truthful speech will overcome false speech
- assumptions: individuals are capable of distinguishing true and false information/news
- critiques: selected exposure, bias,, etc. contribute to acceptance of false news; hate speech is
resistant to counterspeech, marginalized groups lack resources to reach same people exposed
to hate speech, etc...
Parasitic Journalism - correct answer ✔✔- news stories that are originally reported and
produced by another media outlet; make the stories their own
