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JOUR 201 Media and Society
Final Exam
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Journalism
Undergraduate 2
12/16/2010

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Public Relations
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the total communication strategy conducted by a person, a government, or an organization attempting to reach and persuade its audiences to adopt a point of view
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Press Agent
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PR Agent; Publicist works on behalf of client
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PT Barnum
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Herald of Freedom; Circus guy
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Edward Bernays
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engineering of consent; torches of freedom campaign (cigs); He wrote the first PR textbook Crystallizing Public Opinion; father of PR
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Propaganda
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strategically placed communication to gain support for a policy, issue or program
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Press Release
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Written as if they are news stories; direct attention to a story to make it seem like it has news value
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VNR
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Video News Release; video made to look like news story to give it more news value
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PSA
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Public Service Announcement
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Pseudo-Event
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Event designed to attract media coverage; Boorstin
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Lobbying
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Trying to influence lawmakers in favor of a client
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Astroturf Lobbying
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Lobbying effort by one person or a small group where they make it seem asthough it is a large group
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Exxon Valdez
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Oil Spill in Alaska; poor PR
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Tylenol
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Cyanide; good PR
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Flack
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Slang term for a Press Agent
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PRSA
Definition
Public Relations Society of America
1) Responsible Advocacy
2) Honesty
3) Expertise
4) Opinion
5) Independence
6) Loyalty
7) Fairness
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Product Placement (Product Integration)
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occurs when a product or service is embedded in an entertainment venue such as a TV show or movie
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Volney Palmer
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Worked with newspapers to create the first Ad Agency; He went to clients offering ads
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NW Ayer & Son
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First modern Ad Agency; Let clients come to them, then went around and advertised for them
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Ad Council
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Advertiser for government and non profit organizations; In charge of PSA's
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Patent Medicines
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Questionable medication sold under a variety of names and labels
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Subliminal Advertising
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Advertising that appeals to the subconscious (Symbolic/Embedded)
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Mega-Agencies
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Large ad agencies formed when smaller agencies merged. They typically have regional offices around the world
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Mega-Agencies
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Large ad agencies formed when smaller agencies merged. They typically have regional offices around the world
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Boutique Agencies
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Small ad agencies that provide services for a select number of clients
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Market Research
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Determines the attitudes and behaviors of consumers toward a product or service
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Focus Groups
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Small groups that are interviewed as part of research
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VALS
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Values and Lifestyles Strategy; uses the results of questionnaires to categorize consumers into groups such as thinkers, achievers and experiencers
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Media Buyers
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Responsible for selecting the types of media for a client’s ads
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Account Executives
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Responsible for bringing in new clients and, sometimes, taking care of established clients
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Famous-Person Testimonial
Definition
Famous person talks of use of product to advertise
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Plain-Folks Pitch
Definition
Uses everyday language to try and advertise a product
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Snob-Appeal Approach
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Uses the sense of higher class and luxury to try and advertise
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Bandwagon Effect
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When people do or like something just because other people are
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Hidden-Fear Appeal
Definition
Advertising that appeals to one's insecurities
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Irritation Advertising
Definition
Advertising that is redundant and annoying to try and get people to remember the product
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Association Principle
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Advertising based on the fact that people relate certain products to certain things
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Dissociation Corollary
Definition
major corporations present selves as smaller ones
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Myth Analysis
Definition
Small stories play out over the course of a commercial
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Fourth Estate
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Another slang term for the press (think numbers)
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John Milton
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marketplace of ideas theory (people print what they want and people choose what to believe)
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Sedition Act
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Can't badmouth government; 1918-20
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Prior Restraint
Definition
government acts to prevent speech before it occurs
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Libel
Definition
written defamation
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Slander
Definition
Verbal Defamation
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Actual Malice
Definition
Intent that must be proved by public figures in order to win a libel/slander case
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Qualified Privilege
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The concept that people of higher authority have more authority to say things to the press that others couldn't (CEO can talk about bankruptcy, janitor can't)
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Fair Comment
Definition
Legal right to report what you believe as long as it is not ill willed
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Obscenity
Definition
Illegal to have on television or radio due to moral concerns
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Invasion of Privacy
Definition
1) publication of embarrassing private facts
2) false light
3) intrusion (can be taped)
4) appropriation (using someone’s likeness)
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Shield Laws
Definition
Laws that provide some protection for journalists who are required by courts to reveal anonymous sources
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Movie Regulation
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Jack Valenti; MPAA Movie Ratings system
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Miracle Case
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Burstyn v Wilson; movie censorship cut down
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FCC
Definition
Federal Communications Commission
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Section 315
Definition
Ensured that all politicians were given equal rights to advertising opportunities; Equal Time Rule
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Fairness Doctrine
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Companies must be given fair advertising opportunities
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