MEDIA BASICS
The name for any form of communication that reaches an audience?
Media
These decide what shows up on your feed.
What are algorithms?
This is a false or misleading news story designed to look real.
What is fake news or misinformation?
This type of photo shows a wide view of a scene.
What is a wide or establishing shot?
AI should be used as this — not a replacement for creativity.
What is a tool or assistant?
Name the 4 types of media we explored.
What are print, digital, broadcast, and interpersonal?
This term describes being surrounded mostly by ideas you already agree with.
What is an echo chamber?
Journalism ethics are based on truth, verification, and this.
What is responsibility?
Changing how a photo is framed is called this.
What is composition or cropping?
Writing detailed instructions for AI is called this.
What is prompt design?
This term refers to the set of values/beliefs a media creator builds into their creation.
What is bias?
This happens when personalization limits what information you see.
What is a filter bubble?
This means a news source revealing how a story was gathered and reported.
What is transparency?
A symbolic photo represents this.
What is an idea, feeling, or theme?
This means being honest when AI helps create something.
What is transparency or disclosure?
This is the media process that determines which stories get attention.
What is agenda-setting?
This is the main product users provide to social media companies.
What is attention/data?
The idea of what is right and wrong in journalism.
What is journalistic ethics?
This photography style tells real-life stories through images.
What is photojournalism?
This is one major ethical concern about using AI to create media images, videos, or news content.
What is the risk of misinformation or deception (deepfakes, fake images, false narratives)?
This word describes putting a message into symbols like images, audio, and words.
What is encoding?
This phrase describes endlessly scrolling without a clear goal.
What is doomscrolling?
Publishing without verifying information risks damaging this.
What is public trust?
Changing angles to alter meaning shows the power of this.
What is perspective?
The biggest risk of relying too much on AI in media is losing this.
What is originality, critical thinking, or trust?