Media Literacy - Middle School

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  1. advertise
    make publicity for; try to sell
  2. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
  3. art form
    a form of artistic expression
  4. assumption
    a statement that is held to be true
  5. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  6. bandwagon
    a popular trend that attracts growing support
  7. blog
    an online journal where people post about their experiences
  8. broadcast
    message that is transmitted by radio or television
  9. camera angle
    the point of view of a camera
  10. campaign
    a series of actions tending toward a particular end
  11. commercial
    an ad on radio or television sponsored by a business
  12. communications
    the discipline that studies transmitting information
  13. connotation
    an idea that is implied or suggested
  14. consumer
    a person who uses goods or services
  15. coverage
    the extent to which something is included or discussed
  16. credibility
    the quality of being believable or trustworthy
  17. critique
    appraise or judge in an analytical way
  18. data
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  19. deconstruct
    interpret by carefully examining a work's ideas and language
  20. design
    the act of working out the form of something
  21. documentary
    a film presenting the facts about a person or event
  22. editing
    putting something into acceptable form
  23. editorial
    an article giving opinions or perspectives
  24. effectiveness
    power to be effective
  25. endorse
    give support or one's approval to
  26. entertainment
    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
  27. explicit
    precisely and clearly expressed or readily observable
  28. factual
    relating to or characterized by verified information
  29. film
    a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  30. formal
    adhering to traditional standards of correctness
  31. format
    the general appearance of a publication
  32. graphics
    photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  33. image
    the general impression that something presents to the public
  34. impact
    a strong influence
  35. implicit
    suggested though not directly expressed
  36. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  37. inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  38. informal
    having the simple or familiar structure of everyday language
  39. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  40. informative
    providing or conveying a message
  41. innuendo
    an indirect and usually malicious implication
  42. internet
    a worldwide network of computer networks
  43. investigate
    conduct an inquiry of
  44. journalism
    the profession of reporting or editing news stories
  45. layout
    a plan or design of something that is laid out
  46. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  47. logo
    a company emblem or device
  48. medium
    a technology that publicly transmits to a large audience
  49. message
    what a communication that is about something is about
  50. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  51. multimedia
    the use of many types of communication simultaneously
  52. name calling
    verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument
  53. negative
    characterized by denial or opposition or resistance
  54. network
    a communication system consisting of broadcasting stations
  55. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  56. perception
    a way of conceiving something
  57. periodical
    a publication that appears at fixed intervals
  58. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  59. persuasion
    communication intended to induce belief or action
  60. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  61. podcast
    a digital audio file made available on the internet
  62. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  63. prestige
    a high standing achieved through success or influence
  64. print media
    a medium that disseminates printed matter
  65. production
    presentation for the stage or screen or radio or television
  66. profit
    excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time
  67. publication
    a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
  68. public opinion
    a belief or sentiment shared by most people
  69. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  70. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  71. radio
    a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
  72. search engine
    a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
  73. slant
    a biased way of looking at or presenting something
  74. slanted
    favoring one person or side over another
  75. sound effect
    an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play
  76. source
    a document from which information is obtained
  77. special effect
    an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film)
  78. spokesperson
    an advocate who represents someone else's policy or purpose
  79. subject matter
    what a communication that is about something is about
  80. subliminal
    below the threshold of conscious perception
  81. symbol
    something visible that represents something invisible
  82. televise
    broadcast via a system that transmits images over distance
  83. testimonial
    praise of a person or thing as worthy or desirable
  84. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  85. trend
    a general direction in which something tends to move
  86. typeface
    a specific size and style of type within a type family
  87. value
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
  88. values
    beliefs of a group in which they have emotional investment
  89. video
    broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
  90. viewer
    a close observer; someone who looks at something
  91. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  92. visual
    relating to or using sight
  93. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
Created on Thu Jan 19 13:52:51 EST 2017 (updated Wed Mar 29 15:42:55 EDT 2017)

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