Media studies 1

Question 1

campaign

Answer 1

a series of planned activities that are intended to achieve a particular social, commercial or political aim

Question 2

distort

Answer 2

to twist or change facts, ideas, etc. so that they are no longer correct or true

Question 3

error-prone

Answer 3

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Question 4

manipulate

Answer 4

to control or influence somebody/something, often in a dishonest way so that they do not realize it

Question 5

misleading

Answer 5

giving the wrong idea or impression and making you believe something that is not true

Question 6

prominent

Answer 6

easily seen

Question 7

scale

Answer 7

the size or extent of something, especially when compared with something else

Question 8

skyrocket

Answer 8

to rise quickly to a very high level

Question 9

take … with a grain of salt

Answer 9

to not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true

Question 10

transformation

Answer 10

a complete change in somebody/something

Question 11

unprecedented

Answer 11

that has never happened, been done or been known before

Question 12

visualize

Answer 12

to form a picture of somebody/something in your mind