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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 did Yellow journalism cover?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Advertiser influence - Fairness/balance - Reporter bias - Objectivity - Conflict of interest - Privacy
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

2. What are the basic elements of news?
Timelines - news judgement.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll

3. Who popularized 'media?
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

4. What are the 2 ways media laws have developed?
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Legislator and Law suits.
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.

5. Medium
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.

6. Who started publishing books in the mid 1400's ?
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Radio - television (user can be passive)

7. Who revolutionize photography?
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

8. Media
A means of mass communication - as newspapers - magazines or television.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Legislator and Law suits.
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.

9. What is the 'hot' of the 'hot-cool model'?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Legislator and Law suits.
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll

10. The federal shield law does what?
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Canadian scholar Marshall McLuhan in 1964

11. Ways radio should be financed
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

12. What is the 'cool' of the 'hot-cool model'?
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Legislator and Law suits.
Something occupying a position or having a condition midway between extremes.

13. What are some ethics issues?
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Legislator and Law suits.
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

14. What are professional books?
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Books for professional people (normally for work) Types include technical - science - medical and business.
Timelines - news judgement.

15. What are paperback books?
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.

16. What is the Freedom of Information Act?
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.
Allow for full or partial release of US government documents.

17. What are trade books?
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
General Public- bookstores - and libraries. Hardbound or Paperbound.
Radio - television (user can be passive)
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.

18. What are some features of yellow journalism?
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
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.

19. What is payola?
Johannes Gutenberg - with moveable metal type.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Paying disc jockeys to get their records played

20. What was the result of the moveable type?
Wide spread circulation of the written word. Amount of people that could actually read.
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
Scare headlines - sensational pictures - stunts - crusades for less fortunate - fakes stories - lurid stories.
Books - newspapers - and magazines (high degree of thinking)

21. What is Government in the Sunshine state?
Requires most Government meeting to be help in public.
1. Philanthropy 2. Tax on receivers 3. Advertising 4. Toll
Crime - divorce - scandal - sex - sports - gossip - disaster.
Legislator and Law suits.

22. What are some problems with the recording industry?
George Eastman - invented the wet plates in 1877
Label owned by media - artist list control of music - indie music musicians not harassed by producers - chain ownership of radio station.
Protects journalists at the state level (passed in house - NOT senate)
Defined on where they are sold. Newsstand - chain store - supermarket.