Types of Media
This type of media includes television, movies, and YouTube videos.
What is broadcast media?
This government organization controls and regulates Canadian TV content, including the amount of violence shown.
What is the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC)?
Studies have shown that seeing too much violence on TV can cause kids to feel this way.
What is fear?
This famous Canadian TV show is about a group of kids who solve mysteries, and its main character is a girl named Nancy Drew.
What is The Kids of Degrassi Street?
This is the ability to understand and analyze media messages, including recognizing the effects of violence in media.
What is media literacy?
This media platform allows people to share thoughts, photos, and videos in real-time, like Twitter and Instagram.
What is social media?
In Canada, these symbols are used to help parents decide if a TV show is appropriate for their children.
What is a TV rating?
This is when people might copy bad actions they see in movies or video games because they think it’s okay.
What is imitation?
This Canadian show is a cartoon that follows a group of animals working together in a magical world.
What is Franklin the Turtle?
This is when someone uses media messages to promote a message that could influence people’s opinions or actions.
What is media influence?
This type of media involves newspapers, magazines, and online articles.
What is print media?
This is a Canadian law that makes it illegal to broadcast hate speech or graphic violence on TV.
What is the Broadcasting Act?
The idea that watching violent media makes children act aggressively or violently is called this.
What is the aggression theory?
This popular Canadian show features a group of teenagers attending high school and dealing with real-life issues, including peer pressure and violence.
What is Degrassi: The Next Generation?
This type of literacy helps you decide whether a piece of media is true or false.
What is critical thinking?
This is the name for violent images, sounds, or actions shown in movies or video games.
What is media violence?
This Canadian law protects children from seeing violent or inappropriate content online.
What is Canada’s Child Protection Act?
This is the term for when violence in media becomes so common that people stop reacting to it emotionally.
What is desensitization?
This Canadian movie is about a man who helps kids deal with the violence and racism they face in their everyday lives.
What is The Barbershop Chronicles?
A tool that helps you understand if a piece of media might not be appropriate for children, considering violence, language, and other factors.
What is a rating system?
This type of media involves people talking directly into microphones or microphones used in radio shows and podcasts.
What is audio media?
This term is used for content that is considered harmful to children and is often rated R or higher in Canada.
What is restricted content?
This is the term for media that shows violence but also shows the consequences of those violent actions.
What is responsible media?
This Canadian movie is about the life of a hockey player and the challenges he faces, including dealing with violent behavior in sports.
What is Goon?
This is the process of questioning who created a media message and why, to better understand its intent and effect.
What is media analysis?