Vocab
Audience
Genres
Mass Media and Popular Culture
Random
100
This term describes how media portrays people, events, or ideas.
What is representation?
100
The people who watch, read, or listen to media.
What is the audience?
100
This type of movie usually has singing and dancing.
(High School Musical, or Wicked)
What is a musical?
100
TV, radio, newspapers, and the internet are all types of what?
What is mass media?
100
This major streaming platform produces and distributes its own original series and films globally.
What is Netflix
200
This term describes Different types of media products, such as films, TV programmes, magazines, radio programmes.
What is Media Forms
200
When you watch a movie to relax and have fun, this is called what?
What is entertainment?
200
This genre often includes space, aliens, or the future.
Ex. (E.T., Aliens Vs. Predators)
What is science fiction (sci-fi)?
200
This is when lots of people around the world know and enjoy the same movies, music, or trends.
What is popular culture?
200
The music or sound you hear in the background of a movie
What is soundtrack or background music?
300
A term which has arisen to account for the various convergent combinations of old and new media, for example, Amazon, Netflix and iPlayer are internet platforms for distributing and exhibiting TV and film.
What is Media Platforms
300
When a media company wants to know who is watching their show, what do they study?
What is the target audience?
300
A movie that makes you laugh is part of this genre.
Ex.(Toy Story, Good Burger, Shrek)
What is Comedy?
300
This co-founder of Facebook and CEO of its parent company, Meta Platforms, oversaw the growth of social media into a dominant form of mass communication.
Who is Mark Zuckerberg?
300
The type of shot that shows a person’s face up close.
What is a close-up?
400
Term refers to activities of press or PR officers (aka spin doctors) employed to put a positive ‘spin’ or angle on stories about their employer or client.
What is Spin
400
A scary movie is usually made for people who enjoy this kind of feeling.
What is being scared or thrilled?
400
What genre is the following picture represent?
What is a crime or mystery genre?
400
This increasingly popular digital medium involves episodic audio content that listeners can download or stream online.
What is a podcast?
400
When news spreads very quickly online, it is said to go what?
What is viral?
500
Term refers to written or spoken text (caption or voice-over) used to control or select a reading of a visual image; also a person (anchor) who introduces news items.
What is Anchoring
500
When a media product is made to appeal to everyone, not just a small group, it’s for this kind of audience.
What is a mass audience?
500
A movie that mixes two genres together (like comedy and horror) is called what?
What is a hybrid genre?
500
Guess the Movie 
What is E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial?
500
A famous person who influences trends through social media is called what?
What is an influencer?