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Media History And Literacy

Subjects : journalism-and-media, bvat

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Answer 22 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Medium
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.

2. Who popularized 'media?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964

3. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Legislator and Law suits.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll

4. Media
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

5. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Legislator and Law suits.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

6. What are some problems with the recording industry?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.

7. What did Yellow journalism cover?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

8. What are trade books?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

9. What are paperback books?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Legislator and Law suits.

10. What are the basic elements of news?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Timelines - news judgement.

11. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
Legislator and Law suits.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.

12. What are some features of yellow journalism?
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.

13. Ways radio should be financed
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

14. What are professional books?
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Legislator and Law suits.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964

15. Who revolutionize photography?
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877

16. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Legislator and Law suits.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

17. What are some ethics issues?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.

18. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877

19. What was the result of the moveable type?
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Timelines - news judgement.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

20. What is payola?
Legislator and Law suits.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.

21. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.

22. The federal shield law does what?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Radio - television (user can be passive)