Media Literacy - Introductory

Breaking news! You need to be media savvy in today's world — so study these words and improve your media literacy. This list covers the most common media formats, from newspapers and magazines to blogs and websites. You'll also learn about journalism, advertising, and more. If you want to stay informed, be sure to master this essential vocabulary.
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  1. advertise
    make publicity for; try to sell
  2. advertisement
    a public promotion of some product or service
  3. article
    nonfictional prose forming a part of a publication
  4. assumption
    a statement that is held to be true
  5. audience
    the part of the general public interested in something
  6. audio
    a transmitted signal you can hear
  7. blog
    an online journal where people post about their experiences
  8. closeup
    a photograph or video that is zoomed in on its subject
  9. commercial
    an ad on radio or television sponsored by a business
  10. consumer
    a person who uses goods or services
  11. deconstruct
    interpret by carefully examining a work's ideas and language
  12. design
    the act of working out the form of something
  13. documentary
    a film presenting the facts about a person or event
  14. effectiveness
    power to be effective
  15. e-mail
    (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in
  16. endorse
    give support or one's approval to
  17. entertain
    provide amusement for
  18. entertainment
    an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention
  19. factual
    relating to or characterized by verified information
  20. film
    a medium that disseminates moving pictures
  21. formal
    adhering to traditional standards of correctness
  22. format
    the general appearance of a publication
  23. graphics
    photographs or other visual representations in a printed publication
  24. image
    the general impression that something presents to the public
  25. impact
    a strong influence
  26. influence
    a power to affect persons or events
  27. inform
    impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to
  28. informal
    having the simple or familiar structure of everyday language
  29. information
    a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn
  30. informational
    relating to or conveying facts and knowledge
  31. internet
    a worldwide network of computer networks
  32. investigate
    conduct an inquiry of
  33. journalism
    the profession of reporting or editing news stories
  34. layout
    a plan or design of something that is laid out
  35. lighting
    apparatus for supplying artificial light effects for the stage or a film
  36. magazine
    a periodic publication containing articles and pictures
  37. medium
    a technology that publicly transmits to a large audience
  38. message
    what a communication that is about something is about
  39. motive
    the reason that arouses action toward a desired goal
  40. moving
    arousing or capable of arousing deep emotion
  41. negative
    characterized by denial or opposition or resistance
  42. news
    information about recent and important events
  43. news article
    an article reporting news
  44. newspaper
    a daily or weekly publication with articles and advertisements
  45. online
    connected to a computer network or accessible by computer
  46. opinion
    a personal belief or judgment
  47. oral
    using speech rather than writing
  48. pace
    the relative speed of progress or change
  49. persuade
    cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief
  50. persuasion
    communication intended to induce belief or action
  51. podcast
    a digital audio file made available on the internet
  52. point of view
    a mental position from which things are perceived
  53. positive
    characterized by or displaying affirmation or acceptance
  54. presentation
    a visual representation of something
  55. print
    the text appearing in a book, newspaper, or other printed publication
  56. publication
    a copy of a printed work offered for distribution
  57. purpose
    an anticipated outcome that guides your planned actions
  58. quantitative
    expressible as an amount that can be measured
  59. radio
    a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves
  60. search engine
    a computer program that retrieves documents or files or data from a database or from a computer network (especially from the internet)
  61. slanted
    favoring one person or side over another
  62. sound effect
    an effect that imitates a sound called for in the script of a play
  63. special effect
    an effect used to produce scenes that cannot be achieved by normal techniques (especially on film)
  64. television
    an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen
  65. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  66. topic
    the subject matter of a conversation or discussion
  67. value
    an ideal accepted by some individual or group
  68. video
    broadcasting visual images of stationary or moving objects
  69. viewer
    a close observer; someone who looks at something
  70. viewpoint
    a mental position from which things are considered
  71. visual
    relating to or using sight
  72. web
    computer network consisting of a collection of internet sites that offer text and graphics and sound and animation resources through the hypertext transfer protocol
  73. website
    a set of pages on the internet organized as a single unit
Created on Thu Jan 19 14:51:49 EST 2017 (updated Wed Mar 29 15:42:23 EDT 2017)

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