Media and Information Literacy Summative -Review

It refers to the exchange of information and the expression of feeling that can result in understanding.

(a)  

In what form is information usually communicated?

• textual

• images

• nonverbal

• all of the above

News, entertainment, education, data, or promotional messages are disseminated through this communication component which means to bridge or connect.

• channel

• exchange

• feedback

• noise

The librarian cannot understand the directions you are asking because she needs to answer a telephone call. In the communication parts, the telephone call can also be referred to as:

• source

• noise

• feedback

• effect

A type of fallacy that misrepresent someone's argument to make it easier to attach.

• Ad hominem

• Strawman

• loaded question

• begging the question

A type of fallacy where two alternative state are presented as the only possibilities, when in fact more possibilities exist.

• Black-or-white

• Strawman

• loaded question

• Ad hominem

A type of fallacy asserting that if we allow A to happen, then Z will consequently happen too, therefore A should not happen.

• Ad hominem

• loaded question

• slippery slope

• begging the question

A type of fallacy that appeals to popularity or the fact that many people do something as an attempted form of validation.

• Bandwagon

• begging the question

• loaded question

• burden of proof

A type of fallacy that manipulates an emotional response in place of a valid or compelling argument.

• appeal to emotion

• Strawman

• loaded question

• burden of proof

A Media effect where a person or event gets media attention and it influences the way the person acts or the way the event functions.

• Reciprocal Effect

• Boomerang Effect

• Cultivation Theory

• Third - party Theory