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Media IQ Quiz

  1. How many hours does the average US child spend watching TV per week?television
    8
    18
    28
    38
  2. How many acts of violence will the average child witness on television before he or she is eighteen years old?
    2000
    20,000
    200,000
    2,000,000
  3. The primary goal of most television programming is to:
    provide an audience for advertisers
    provide information
    provide entertainment
    provide education
  4. According to American Demographics magazine, advertisers believe that a child becomes a consumer at what age?
    three years
    eight years
    ten years
    sixteen years
  5. How much does it cost to air a 30-second commercial during the television show Friends?
    $10,000
    $45,700
    $100,000
    $455,700
  6. How much do US companies spend annually on advertising to kids and youth?
    $2 million
    $500,00
    $15 million
    $13 billion
  7. How many US corporations control the majority of media we consume (books, movies, television shows, cartoons, Internet, video games, etc.)?
    450
    1,000
    10
    3,500

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