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Short Answer.

1. Define "media literacy."

2. Explain the difference between Filtering, Meaning Matching and Meaning Construction as it applies to the Three Tasks of Information Processing. Give an EXAMPLE of each.

3. What was the significance of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "fireside chats" of the 1930's?

4. Name at least THREE ways in which the broadcast industry or U.S. government has attempted to protect children from negative broadcast content.

5. Media industries have followed a life cycle pattern of development by going through FIVE stages. Name these five stages and explain briefly what each means.

6. Explain how Amazon and Google work efficiently - and have a great deal of control - over consumer habits. Be specific.

7. There are FOUR types of players in the media economic game. Name them and briefly explain what each brings to the game.

8. Describe how children's cognitive skills develop. Give at least THREE examples of things children learn at certain ages.

9. Explain how today's media landscape is like a giant supermarket.

10. Explain the difference between "attention" and "exposure" in today's media world.