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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. What are the basic elements of news?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Timelines - news judgement.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877

2. What is payola?
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

3. Media
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.

4. What was the result of the moveable type?
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.

5. What are some ethics issues?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

6. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
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.
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

7. Ways radio should be financed
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

8. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877

9. The federal shield law does what?
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

10. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

11. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Legislator and Law suits.

12. What are paperback books?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Legislator and Law suits.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Timelines - news judgement.

13. What are professional books?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Legislator and Law suits.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

14. Who revolutionize photography?
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
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.

15. What are some problems with the recording industry?
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

16. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Radio - television (user can be passive)
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

17. Who popularized 'media?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Timelines - news judgement.

18. What did Yellow journalism cover?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Timelines - news judgement.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

19. What are some features of yellow journalism?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Timelines - news judgement.

20. Medium
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Timelines - news judgement.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

21. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Legislator and Law suits.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.

22. What are trade books?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.