Understanding the media sphere’s extensions: Testing knowledge by a quiz
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https://doi.org/10.16921/chasqui.v0i137.3397Keywords:
entertainment, evaluation, learning, game, researchAbstract
The evaluation of knowledges regarding the media sphere is a growing activity, despite little consensus about how to do it. Notwithstanding these uncertainties, surveys are regularly used. This article presents the main outcomes of a quiz about the media. The game was played by 48 youngsters and adults. This experience sought to explore what people recognize in the media sphere and how can a game help in the task of assessing it. The analysis suggests that positive answers were mostly found among visual-based questions, in contrast to the ones related to sounds. This research also suggests the existence of “universal symbols”, recognizable by (almost) everyone. As a research method, the quiz was helpful to foster engagement, particularly when it became a one-o-one challenge.References
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