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MEDIA LITERACY

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Websites, magazines, news, games, tv shows, and advertisements are all types of
a)
Illustrations
b)
Social Networks
c)
Media
d)
Technology
2.
Who is the target audience?
a)
Women
b)
Men
c)
Kids
d)
Teenagers
3.

What is the definition for media?

a)

The newspaper and books.

b)

Facebook, twitter, instagram.

c)

Means of communication or ways that people communicate.

d)

something that is in the middle.

4.

Which is NOT a digital media?

a)

ESPN TV

b)

Twitter

c)

TIME Magazine

d)

Google

5.

True or false: Media can persuade you to do something?

a)

True

b)

False

6.
If you find it online, it must be true.
a)
True
b)
False
7.
What is the purpose of Media Literacy?
a)
To read more books.
b)
To persuade, inform and entertain your target audience with different media.
c)
To watch more videos on the internet.
d)
Watch TV interviews.
8.

Types of print media include all the following except:

a)

Email

b)

Books

c)

Advertisement booklets

d)

Newspapers

9.

Which is NOT a digital media?

a)

ESPN TV

b)

Twitter

c)

TIME Magazine

d)

Google

10.

What is the definition for media?

a)

The newspaper and books.

b)

Facebook, twitter, instagram.

c)

Means of communication or ways that people communicate.

d)

something that is in the middle.

11.

True or False: Media can be both Digital and Print?

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Aldo was so excited to tell his friends that the yearbook he bought is _____________.

a)

Digital Media

b)

Print Media

c)

Print & Digital Media

d)

None of the above

13.

Jacobs favorite Superbowl commercial is the Doritos commercial because it is funny, this is ____________ media.

a)

cool

b)

digital

c)

print

d)

funny

14.

Diary of a Wimpy kid is a book but now it is also a movie.

a)

movie=print and book=print

b)

movie=digital and book=digital

c)

movie=digital and book=print

d)

movie=print and book=digital

15.

Why do writers use formal language in newspapers?

a)

To get the reader to not understand.

b)

So people have to use dictionaries.

c)

It has to be professional and educated language to be a reliable source.

d)

So people think its funny.

16.

There is an email address listed on the website, so it must be a credible source.

a)

true

b)

false

17.

If a website looks professional/official, the information it offers must be true.

a)

true

b)

false

18.

If I can find it online, it must be true

a)

true

b)

false

19.

If a website has lots of graphs and statistics, it's more likely to be true.

a)

true

b)

false

20.

If a website has contact information and seems up-to-date, I can trust the information on it.

a)

true

b)

false

21.

It's smart to compare the information I find on a website with at least another two sources.

a)

true

b)

false

22.

It's wise to be skeptical of media. Skeptical means:

a)

trying to deceive

b)

anxious

c)

mistrustful

d)

open-minded

23.

A story on a media source may be:

a)

informational

b)

an advertisement

c)

a satire

d)

analysis

e)

All of the above

24.

Deliberately constructed lies, in the form of news articles, meant to mislead the public is:

a)

Satire

b)

Click bait

c)

Fake News

d)

Credible

25.
Url extension:  .edu  means...
a)
Government website
b)
Organization website
c)
Network website
d)
Educational website