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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 is the Freedom of Information Act?
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.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

2. What are some ethics issues?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

3. What did Yellow journalism cover?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

4. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

5. Who revolutionize photography?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

6. What are trade books?
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Radio - television (user can be passive)

7. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

8. Media
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll

9. What are professional books?
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.

10. What are some problems with the recording industry?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
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.
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

11. Ways radio should be financed
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Timelines - news judgement.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

12. What are paperback books?
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

13. The federal shield law does what?
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
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.
Radio - television (user can be passive)

14. What are the basic elements of news?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Timelines - news judgement.
Radio - television (user can be passive)

15. What are some features of yellow journalism?
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

16. What was the result of the moveable type?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal 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.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

17. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

18. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

19. Medium
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

20. Who popularized 'media?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

21. What is payola?
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
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

22. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
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.
Legislator and Law suits.