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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
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.

2. Ways radio should be financed
Timelines - news judgement.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964

3. What are some features of yellow journalism?
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Timelines - news judgement.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

4. What are the basic elements of news?
Timelines - news judgement.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

5. Who popularized 'media?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Timelines - news judgement.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.

6. Who revolutionize photography?
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.

7. What is payola?
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

8. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
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.
Timelines - news judgement.

9. The federal shield law does what?
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
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.

10. What are some problems with the recording industry?
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Timelines - news judgement.
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.

11. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

12. What are professional books?
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.

13. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Legislator and Law suits.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

14. What are trade books?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Radio - television (user can be passive)

15. What did Yellow journalism cover?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

16. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Radio - television (user can be passive)

17. What are paperback books?
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

18. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Timelines - news judgement.
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.

19. What are some ethics issues?
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.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

20. Media
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Timelines - news judgement.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

21. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

22. What was the result of the moveable type?
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.
Timelines - news judgement.
Legislator and Law suits.