Worksheetschapter 2
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
According to the book, media literacy refers to the ability to access and process ______.
a)
newspapers, magazines, radio, and television
b)
fictional books and academic books
c)
video games and social media content
d)
all of the above
2.
______ refers to the ability to process two-dimensional pictures of the three-dimensional world.
a)
Media
b)
Visual Literacy
c)
Story
d)
Computer
3.
Media literacy ______.
a)
stimulates us to adapt to our changing world
b)
makes us ignore changes to the world
c)
encourages us to deny that changes to the world are happening
d)
causes us to ignore media messages
4.
The skill of evaluation refers to ______.
a)
breaking down a message into meaningful elements
b)
determining which elements are alike in some way
c)
judging the value of an element
d)
using general principles to explain particulars
5.
You are given an assignment to read a piece of long-form journalism and write a paragraph summarizing its key points. Which skill does this exemplify?
a)
grouping
b)
abstraction
c)
evaluation
d)
deduction
6.
The breaking down of a message into meaningful elements is called ______.
a)
analysis
b)
evaluation
c)
grouping
d)
deduction
7.
Padma is studying to be a vet. She reads a story about a dog who is supposedly learning to “talk” using buttons with English words on them. While the dog is cute, the idea of the dog “talking” in this way does not match what Padma knows about animal behavior and communication. She doesn’t share the article with her friends. Padma is demonstrating the skill of ______.
a)
deduction
b)
evaluation
c)
grouping
d)
analysis
8.
Using deductive reasoning, complete the following syllogism, All birds have wings. Chickens are a kind of bird. Therefore, ______.
a)
chickens can fly
b)
chickens have wings
c)
birds are chickens
d)
birds can’t fly
9.
You just watched the entire series of “The Queen’s Gambit.” Your friend is interested in the show, but asks you for a summary before they decide to watch it. You are using the skill of ______.
a)
analysis
b)
grouping
c)
abstracting
d)
induction
10.
Your personal locus is composed of your ______.
a)
knowledge of the media
b)
opinions about the media
c)
goals and drives
d)
social influences
11.
______ is a set of perspectives that we actively use to expose ourselves to the mass media and interpret the meaning of messages we encounter.
a)
Critical thinking
b)
Media literacy
c)
Socialization
d)
Language acquisition
12.
Ming Na is 6 years old and has begun questioning about what she sees in the media. She asked if a toy helicopter really worked as well as the ad claimed, and she pointed out that superheroes could probably help poor people instead of fighting villains. What stage of development is Ming Na in?
a)
developing skepticism
b)
experiential exploring
c)
language acquisition
d)
narrative acquisition
13.
One advantage of greater media literacy is ______ your appetite for media messages.
a)
broadening
b)
erasing
c)
narrowing
d)
redirecting
14.
Synthesis involves breaking down a message into meaningful elements.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
If you looked at the Earth as a person standing on the space station, you would have the most complete perspective of the Earth.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
With increases in media literacy, you are less able to break away from media that does not align with your goals and values.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Name and discuss the three key components of media literacy.
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