1. The information delivered by the media that does not need any interpretation is called ____________________________.
a. Real message b. social information c. knowledge d. factual information
2. When you use your personal experience about a particular situation in order to understand the bigger picture of a topic, you are using the skill of _________________________.
a. induction b. deduction c. abstracting d. synthesis
3. How do the media shape culture and society?
a. by influencing the people on what to do and what to think.
b. by influencing people to keep buying products that they don’t need.
c. by teaching them how to be wise citizens.
d. by allowing the people to participate in the creation of media messages.
4. When we want to evaluate a media message for its truthfulness, we can do this by ___________________________.
a. breaking down the message and checking whether the information is complete
b. putting the good information together and the bad information together
c. making a summary of the media message and creating a new idea
d. examining the facts and comparing opinions of different people
5. Which of the statements is TRUE?
a. All media messages can tell the whole truth.
b. All media messages contain information that we need in our life.
c. All media messages are used to make us believe or do something.
d. All media messages are created by big media companies.
TRUE OR FALSE
6. Media messages carry information, attitude, culture and ideas that can make us believe or persuade us to do something.
7. The media will easily program and control the behavior of a person with a weak personal locus.
8. People who want to be media literate only need to have very good media knowledge.
9. When people are exposed to the same media message, they will have the same interpretation of that message.
10. In order to avoid the bad effects of the media, it is better to avoid exposing yourself to the media.