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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. Ways radio should be financed
Timelines - news judgement.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll

2. The federal shield law does what?
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

3. Medium
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Legislator and Law suits.

4. What is payola?
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.

5. Media
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Timelines - news judgement.

6. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Legislator and Law suits.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

7. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Timelines - news judgement.

8. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

9. What are professional books?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

10. What are the basic elements of news?
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Timelines - news judgement.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.

11. What are trade books?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Radio - television (user can be passive)
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)

12. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.

13. What are some features of yellow journalism?
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.

14. What are paperback books?
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

15. What are some ethics issues?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

16. What are some problems with the recording industry?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

17. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

18. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Legislator and Law suits.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.

19. Who popularized 'media?
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

20. What was the result of the moveable type?
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
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.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.

21. Who revolutionize photography?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

22. What did Yellow journalism cover?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Legislator and Law suits.