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1. If the media covers terrorist attacks - it leads to more terrorist attacks






2. Sensational stories that do not serve the democratic function of journalism






3. Has the most TV audience






4. 20th Century Fox - Wall St. Journal - NY Post - MySpace - TV Guide - Harper Collins Publishing--conglomerate






5. Research that examines larger cultural effects






6. Research has already been done for you - you just collect it and put it into your paper






7. Theory that a opinion can be transferred from ONE opinion leader to opinion followers (Oprah)






8. Get lots of info in little time - but you don't know why people answer the way they do. Can be unfair






9. Placing of stories around ads






10. Suburban or regional versions of a metropolitan paper






11. The two (in order) largest newspaper chains (USA Today is owned by one)






12. aguerre and Niepce invented _________ in ____________






13. Story order emphasis that eventually shapes our world views and values of importance






14. Intellectual questioning about culture and its effect--leads to cultural theory






15. Journalists who use things like Twitter to get info out fast - but they are not professional






16. Media determines what kind of topics are brought up. The people think the things that the media covers the most are the most important.






17. ___________ published Publick Occurences in __________






18. Peeks in mid 60's






19. The Nation's largest metropolitan daily






20. Father of Social Science Research






21. Part of a survey. More then just a one word answer needed. No yes or no questions






22. Stragglers to buying technology






23. Average household has a TV set on...






24. Selection Theory: only expose ourselves to those that we will agree with already






25. Writes on a particular area of interest (crime - sports - etc)






26. Media makes the world smaller (technology)--called _____________ ____________






27. True frontrunners of our daily newspaper (local news on news sheets






28. The recent e-book battle on the Kindle is between these two...






29. The total number of readers of the print edition plus those unduplicated Web readers who access the paper only online






30. Theory that there are multiple opinion leaders that shaper our viewpoints






31. Selection Theory: selective about what we ACTUALLY listen to






32. Owning several types of related businesses across the board






33. The idea that media give children a window on the world before they have the critical and intellectual ability to judge what they see






34. Letters to the editor - non-scientific






35. Trying to buy NBC-Universal






36. The idea that viewers become more accepting of real-world violence because of its constant presence in television fare






37. The ______ is the source in which the message passes through (example: book - TV channel)






38. The integration - for a fee - of specific branded products into media content (Coke and American Idol - Sears and Extreme Makeover-HE - Macy's in Desperate Housewives)






39. A media effects research study about the impact of movies on children's behavior was called the ________ conducted in ______.






40. ABC - ESPN - Pixar - amusement parks - Muppets - Marvel--conglomerate






41. Collection of data that can be characterized and counted in a way. Type of empirical research






42. Framework for our government






43. Records what the TV set was currently set on






44. __________ - time and space - ________ components - social acceptability - _________ issues - behavior of other gatekeepers - noise - and __________ viewpoints influence the decisions of ___________ (separate by commas)






45. When one culture forces or pushes their culture on another






46. People that will buy news technologies first






47. Recently announced that it would charge for frequent access to website (newspaper)






48. In social cognitive theory - a special form of imitation by which observers do not exactly copy what they have seen but make a more generalized but related response






49. _________ was tried for libel against the British in his newspaper ___________






50. Universe. Entirety of what you are studying.







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