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Media Literacy Everything Quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The creator of the telegraph was

a)

Johannes Gutenberg

b)

Samuel Morse

c)

Joseph Pulitzer

2.

The pioneers of motion picture technology in 1890s France were the _______ Brothers.

a)

Lumiere

b)

Lyon

c)

Dijonaisse

d)

Seydoux

3.

The short films of newsworthy events that played before movies in movie theaters before there were TVs were called:

(a)  

4.

Tim Berners-Lee created the ______ in 1989.

a)

Cell phone

b)

World Wide Web

c)

Nintendo Gameboy

5.

_________________ was a time of great corruption where investigative journalism thrived as a way to keep corporate power in check.

a)

The Subscription Wars

b)

The Yellow Journalism

c)

The Progressive Era

d)

The Antebellum Era

6.

The CBS journalist who stood up to Senator McCarthy was

a)

Paley

b)

Murrow

c)

Cronkite

d)

Attenborough

7.

Massive media corporations made up of several other companies are called:

(a)  

8.

Media organizations that are funded largely from listener / viewer donations are called:

a)

public media

b)

state media

c)

non-conglomerates

9.

(a)   is the use of shocking or exciting language, stories, or techniques, regardless of accuracy, to get people to tune in to your show.

10.

The rhetorical appeal that uses trust in the person delivering the message is called

a)

ethos

b)

logos

c)

pathos

11.

The rhetorical appeal that speakers and advertisers use to create emotion is called (a)  

12.

The characteristics of audiences or groups of people such as age, gender, income, etc. are called...

a)

psychographics

b)

marketing labels

c)

demographics

d)

character targets

13.

The organization that is the dominant producer of PSAs is called

a)

The PSA Place

b)

AdCouncil

c)

Persuade Inc.

d)

Public Good

14.

All the information you post or that is posted about you is called your _______

a)

social tracks

b)

digital domain

c)

digital footprint

d)

cyber stalker

15.

Edward Snowden was a contractor for _______ when he found classified files about the government's spying programs.

a)

FBI

b)

CIA

c)

NSA

d)

SVSD

16.

__________ are colors that are across from each other on the color wheel and are generally said to work well together in design.

a)

saturated colors

b)

complementary colors

c)

triads

d)

contrast pairs

17.

We are said to be in a "______" society, where facts are viewed as irrelevant or less important than personal beliefs and opinions, and emotional appeals are used to influence public opinion.

a)

post truth

b)

corporate media

c)

technocratic

d)

fake news

18.

This conspiracy theory, to which two congresspeople subscribe, talks about a baby-eating group of democrats and Hollywood actors and "the Great Storm."

a)

The Oath Keepers

b)

Qanon

c)

The Proud Boys

d)

The Tiki Torch Prophecy

19.

_______ is the fear or distrust of someone or something that is foreign or unknown

a)

foreign aversion

b)

alien distrust

c)

xenophobia

d)

myophobia

20.

What is an environment where a person seeks out only beliefs or opinions that coincide with their own?

a)

An echo chamber

b)

A news box

c)

A chatterbox

d)

An opinion box

21.

The _______ sought to cover controversial issues of public importance, accurately, and reflect opposing views due to the power of TV, but it was ended in 1987.

a)

The Media Trust Act

b)

The FCC Pact

c)

The Fairness Doctrine

d)

The Murrow View