Exam 1: Fall 2025 (Eris RIndt) JMC 101 |Questions and
Answers
Right to be forgotten - -An argument that asks "Do people have the right to remove
damaging information about themselves on the Internet so the information can be
forgotten?"
-What is mass communication? - -Delivering a message to a large audience that also
maybe distant and diverse.
-What is media literacy? - -the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media
-How do you do a close analysis of media? - -Analysis of images, characters objects, and
the setting. Look for patterns, interpret the patters, and make an evaluation.
-How do you critically read a news story? - -Expecting it to inform and serve the public
good. Doesn't prop up its own brand. Values and seeks the facts.
-What are the foundations of American free expression? - -1. Colonial Culture (John, John
& James)
2. Philosophical & political thinkers
3. Evolving legal ideas about authority
-What legal principles affect free expression? - -The first amendment
-How does music provide a venue for free expression? - -1. Shapes our identities
2. Allows for artistic innovation
3. Expresses cultural diversity
4. Provides political and social commentary.
5. Contributes to social change (shapes identity)
-How has written expression been censored and banned? - -Parental Advisory/Explicit
content warning
-(Might be on the Test)
How are college campuses responding to free expression challenges? - -(WAIT FOR
TUESDAYS LECTURE)
-Narrative - -The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
-Culture - -Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
-Media literacy - -the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of
forms...
, -Selective exposure - -The process through which people consciously choose to get the
news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own.
-Mass communication - -the communication of a concept or message to large sometimes
diverse audience
-Close Analysis - -The interpretation of a piece of text that looks closely at the language,
structure, and patterns that is being used by a company.
-Medium - -The channel or system of communication to transmit a message between
sender (journalist) and the receiver (audience)
-homogeneous audience - -an audience whose members possess similar characteristics
such as age, attitude, value, and knowledge similarity.
-Codex - -a manuscript book
-Libel - -A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property
rights. Will always be false information.
-intensive reading - -reading to focus on how language is used in a text.
-extensive reading - -reading long pieces of text, such as stories or newspapers to find the
meaning or gain knowledge.
-Genres - -different categories of media content
-Popular culture - -Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain
habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
-Copyright - -a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or
artistic work.
-Trademark - -the exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand
-The blues - -A genre of music that was whitewashed in the early 80s.
-Censorship - -restricting access to ideas and information
-Empiricism - -the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation
-Payloa - -The illegal and historically widespread practice of offering money or other
inducements to a radio station or DJ in order to ensure the prominent airplay of a
particular recording.
-John Milton (1608-1674) - -Author of Paradise Lost.
Answers
Right to be forgotten - -An argument that asks "Do people have the right to remove
damaging information about themselves on the Internet so the information can be
forgotten?"
-What is mass communication? - -Delivering a message to a large audience that also
maybe distant and diverse.
-What is media literacy? - -the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media
-How do you do a close analysis of media? - -Analysis of images, characters objects, and
the setting. Look for patterns, interpret the patters, and make an evaluation.
-How do you critically read a news story? - -Expecting it to inform and serve the public
good. Doesn't prop up its own brand. Values and seeks the facts.
-What are the foundations of American free expression? - -1. Colonial Culture (John, John
& James)
2. Philosophical & political thinkers
3. Evolving legal ideas about authority
-What legal principles affect free expression? - -The first amendment
-How does music provide a venue for free expression? - -1. Shapes our identities
2. Allows for artistic innovation
3. Expresses cultural diversity
4. Provides political and social commentary.
5. Contributes to social change (shapes identity)
-How has written expression been censored and banned? - -Parental Advisory/Explicit
content warning
-(Might be on the Test)
How are college campuses responding to free expression challenges? - -(WAIT FOR
TUESDAYS LECTURE)
-Narrative - -The telling of a story or an account of an event or series of events.
-Culture - -Beliefs, customs, and traditions of a specific group of people.
-Media literacy - -the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in a variety of
forms...
, -Selective exposure - -The process through which people consciously choose to get the
news from information sources that have viewpoints compatible with their own.
-Mass communication - -the communication of a concept or message to large sometimes
diverse audience
-Close Analysis - -The interpretation of a piece of text that looks closely at the language,
structure, and patterns that is being used by a company.
-Medium - -The channel or system of communication to transmit a message between
sender (journalist) and the receiver (audience)
-homogeneous audience - -an audience whose members possess similar characteristics
such as age, attitude, value, and knowledge similarity.
-Codex - -a manuscript book
-Libel - -A written defamation of a person's character, reputation, business, or property
rights. Will always be false information.
-intensive reading - -reading to focus on how language is used in a text.
-extensive reading - -reading long pieces of text, such as stories or newspapers to find the
meaning or gain knowledge.
-Genres - -different categories of media content
-Popular culture - -Culture found in a large, heterogeneous society that shares certain
habits despite differences in other personal characteristics.
-Copyright - -a document granting exclusive right to publish and sell literary or musical or
artistic work.
-Trademark - -the exclusive right to use a brand or part of a brand
-The blues - -A genre of music that was whitewashed in the early 80s.
-Censorship - -restricting access to ideas and information
-Empiricism - -the belief that accurate knowledge can be acquired through observation
-Payloa - -The illegal and historically widespread practice of offering money or other
inducements to a radio station or DJ in order to ensure the prominent airplay of a
particular recording.
-John Milton (1608-1674) - -Author of Paradise Lost.
