Media Literacy

What is the definition of 'Medium' in the context of media?

• The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication

• The substance or method used to communicate a message

• The message intended to be received by the audience of media

• The result that occurs when media is absorbed by the public

What does 'Media Literacy' refer to?

• The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication

• The substance or method used to communicate a message

• The message intended to be received by the audience of media

• The result that occurs when media is absorbed by the public

What is meant by 'Media Messages (Encoding)'?

• The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication

• The substance or method used to communicate a message

• The message intended to be received by the audience of media

• The result that occurs when media is absorbed by the public

What are 'Media Effects (Decoding)'?

• The ability to access, analyze, evaluate, create, and act using all forms of communication

• The substance or method used to communicate a message

• The message intended to be received by the audience of media

• The result that occurs when media is absorbed by the public

What is one of the skills mentioned for being media savvy?

• Learning to code software

• Recognizing biases and fallacies within media

• Writing news articles

• Creating advertisements

Which of the following is NOT a skill listed under media savvy?

• Reading media to see Encoding and likely Decoding of messages

• Learning to determine the reach, goals, and accuracy of media consumed

• Learning to create media content

• Recognizing biases and fallacies within media

What does being media savvy help you determine about media consumed?

• The cost of media production

• The reach, goals, and accuracy of media

• The popularity of media

• The design of media

What is the Law of Closure?

• The tendency to see incomplete shapes as finished.

• The need for the human mind to find patterns in chaos.

• The desire for narrative to make sense of the world.

• The ability to recognize faces in random objects.

Why do humans desire narrative according to the text?

• To create confusion and disorder.

• To make sense of the world around them.

• To avoid recognizing patterns.

• To see incomplete shapes as finished.

What does the need for the human mind to find patterns in chaos refer to?

• Law of Closure

• Apophenia

• Narrative creation

• Visual perception