Video #4 Definitions
When you create a memory that is not true
False Memory
A nebulous group of people all doing particular jobs
Media
Our brains are basically designed to _________________.
take shortcuts
Media is _______.
Made
Always looking for the truth
Critical Thinking Skills
A person that pays for you when you don't have the money to create your media.
Patron or investor
The human brain is a __________________.
Mysterious thing
Each representation is a _________ made by each creator
Choice
When you are more likely to believe something and search for media that aligns with beliefs.
Confirmation Bias
An assumption made about a person or a group of people
Stereotype
Stories are sense making ______; they help us understand the world around us.
Media is a big collection of massive, _____________ industries.
Money making
The amount of time and attention needed to finish a task
Cognitive Load
The way media deals with and presents topics such as race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation.
Representation
Our life's worth of experiences ______________ to prefer, understand, and believe certain things.
Shape us
An advertisement's purpose is to convince the viewer to _______________.
Buy a product
A thought pattern; a way the brain understands a task, the desired outcomes of that task and the strategy for getting there.
Schema
A cultural theorist who wrote about how racist ideologies are spread through the media.
Stuart Hall
The more we acknowledge our biases and ________________, the better we get at smashing through them to _______________________.
Thought Patterns
We spend most our _________ with media, so it's crucial we understand what is created by who, how, and for what reason.