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Media and Society
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01/13/2007

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Media Literacy
Definition
Understanding that media is constructed a certain way.
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The Society that we live in
Definition
Information society
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Quantitative research
Definition
Places finding into numberical data
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Qualitative research
Definition
uncovers indepth understanding of behavior and reasoning
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Focus Groups
Definition
Relatively small groups of people who are gathered with a skilled moderator to discuss topics of interest to the researcher or organization sponsering the study
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Content Anlysis
Definition
Systematic Procedure devised to measure and examine variable found in the content of recorded information
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Surveys
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used to generalization about a population of people by addressing questions to a random sample of the population
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Surveys
Definition
used to generalization about a population of people by addressing questions to a random sample of the population
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Ethnographic Research
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used to obtain detailed information from personal observation or interviews over extended periods of time
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Experimental research
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used to study effects of media in a carefully controlled situation in which the media exposure and content can be manipulated
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