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| Public Broadcasting service, non commercial channel offered as an alternative to commercial channels, National Public Radio- same reason |
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| Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CFB) |
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| a private nonprofit corporation created by congress in 1967 to funnel federal funds to nonprofit radio and public television. |
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| Direct Broadcast Satellites (DBS) |
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| a satellite based service that for a monthly fee downlinks hundreds of satellite channels and services. |
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| an independent us gov. agency charged with regulating interstate and international communications by radio, tv, wire, sat, and cable. |
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| an understanding of the mass communication process through the development of critical thinking tools description, analysis, interpretation, evaluation, or engagement |
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| cultural industries, channels of communication-produce and distribute songs, novels, movies, etc. |
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| editors, producers, and other media managers who function as filters, making decisions about what types of messages get out to the public |
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| fifteenth century invention, first form of mass production, reduced size and cost of books, made them the first mass medium affordable to less affluent people. |
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| in an attempt to restore order to the airwaves, it stated that licensees did not own their channels but could license them as long as they operated in order to serve public interest |
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| invented in the 1840’s, it sent electrical impulses through a cable from a transmitter to a reception point, transmitting morse code. |
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| repealed in 1987, this FCC rule required broadcast stations to both air and engage in controversial issue programs that affected their communities and to provide competing points of view |
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| responses from receivers to the senders of messages |
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| rules established by the fcc requiring all cable operators to assign channels to and carry all local programming on their systems, ensuing that local network affiliates, stations, and public channels would benefit from a clearer reception. |
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| Public Broadcasting Act of 1967 |
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| the act by the US congress that established the corporation for public broadcasting which over sees PBS and NPR |
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| Federal Communication Act of 1934 |
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| the far reaching act that established the FCC and the federal regulatory structure for us broadcasting. |
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| the first radio legislation passed by congress, it addressed the problem of amateur radio operators increasingly cramming in the airwaves. |
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| the phenomenon whereby audiences seek messages and meanings that correspond to their pre existing beliefs and values |
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| the process whereby old and new media are available via the integration of personal computers and high speed satellite based phone or cable |
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| 1996 Telecommunications Act |
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| the sweeping update of telecommunications law that led to a wave of media consolidation |
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| what journalists use to determine which events should become news reports, including timeliness, proximity, conflict, prominence, human interest, consequence, usefulness, novelty, and defiance |
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| when reporters don’t stay neutral on the topic |
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| when reporters strive to remain neutral toward the issue or event they cover. |
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