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Mass Communication Cummalative Final
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Communication
Undergraduate 2
12/14/2009

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The average magazine contains about 50 percent ad copy and 50 percent editorial activity. T/F
Definition
True
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According to most researchers, small nondaily papers in the US are consensus oriented rather than conflict oriented T/F
Definition
True
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Once strongly influenced by books, television and film now look elsewhere for most of their story ideas. T/F
Definition
False
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The computer was the first electronic medium. T/F
Definition
False
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The most influential magazines of the 19th century were targeted at women. T/F
Definition
True
Term
The number of new book titles produced has steadily decline since the advent of the internet. T/F
Definition
False
Term
With the advent of the printing press, the printed newspaper became the first mass-marketed product in history. T/F
Definition
False
Term
Literary journalism uses the devices of fiction to construct a portrait of the real world using nonfictional experiences. T/F
Definition
True
Term
The mass media passes through 5 historical stages..
Definition
Oral, Written, Print, Electronic, Digital
Term
Penny press newspaper favored _______ stories
Definition
human interest
Term
Split run editions are..
Definition
when ads in national magazines are tailored for geographic areas
Term
The division of the book industry that makes the most money is
Definition
trade books
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What factors had an effect on the dramatic growth in magazine circulation around the end of the 19th century?
Definition
cheaper postal rates, improved rail systems, lower cover price
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Which developments spawned the rise of interpretive journalism in the 1930s and 1940s?
Definition
The Great depressions, Nazi threat to global stability, world's increasing economy and political interconnectivity
Term
The Saturday Evening Post was the first prominent magazines to appeal directly to
Definition
middle class
Term
The ______________ is a technique of journalism that answers who, what, where, and when questions at the top of the story
Definition
inverted pyramid
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Between 80 and 90 percent of new movies lose money during their theatrical release T/F
Definition
True
Term
The telecommunications act set off an unprecedented consolidation in radio station ownership T/F
Definition
True
Term
When a studio engaged in block booking, it____________________
Definition
required exhibitors to book a large number of new or marginal pictures in order to get the movies they really wanted
Term
The paramount decision decided major film studios could no longer control which economic division of the business?
Definition
all. production, distribution, and exhibition.
Term
The act that first emphasized that broadcasters did not own their channels but were granted licenses provided they operated in the public interest, convenience, or necessity was the _________ act
Definition
Radio act of 1927
Term
What is vertical integration?
Definition
Controlling production, distribution, and exhibition of a cultural product by one company
Term
What was the originial motivation for developing the internet?
Definition
military strategy
Term
The Wireless Ship Act of 1910 played a critical role in...
Definition
the Titanic rescue
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The illegal practice of record promoters paying DJs or programmers to play particular songs is called
Definition
payola
Term
The first national electronic mass medium was
Definition
the radio
Term
What amendment changed censorship on media?
Definition
1st amendment- freedom of press, specch, religion
Term
What type of competing journalism has more analysis, rise of political column, competition from radio and tv
Definition
interpretive journalism
Term
Which type of competing models of journalism uses fiction writing techniques, and abandoned the inverted pyramid and had longer feature stories
Definition
Literacy Journalsim
Term
What type of competing models of journalism uses a journalist advocating a certain topic?
Definition
advocacy journalism
Term
What competing models of journalism uses colorful, slick, visual, and mimics broadcast news?
Definition
Contemporary Journalism
Term
Name the different types of records
Definition
Victrola, Replaced by electric records, polyvinyl plastic records
Term
Name 3 different types of television
Definition
TV magazines, cable news, variety shows
Term
Who was accused of giving up military secrets when he tried to "calm" Hitler down and is called the founder of public relations?
Definition
Ivy Lee
Term
Made green fashionable for cigerettes, and is called the father of public relations
Definition
Edward Bernays
Term
what are the 4 values that shape the news?
Definition
ethnocentrism, responsible capitalism, snall town pastorialism, indivdual ism
Term
Earliest ad agencies were
Definition
newspaper space brokers. they Bought newspaper space, sold it to merchants
Term
________ established the first “modern” U.S. ad agency.
Definition
N. W. Ayer. Worked for advertisers, product companies, not newspapers. Wrote, produced, and placed ads.
Term
single biggest triumph in advertising
Definition
Product Differentiation
Term
By the end of the 1800s half the ads were for ____________
Definition
patent medicines or department stores.
Term
Federal Food and Drug Act passed in 1906 in response to..
Definition
Many patent medicines were dangerous and/or fraudulent.
Term
Today more than __% of the space in large daily papers is consumed by ads.
Definition
60
Term
How did ads change american life?
Definition
Influenced transition from producer-directed society to consumer-driven society (stimulating demand), Promoted new technological advances that made life easier, Encouraged economic growth by increasing sales
Term
Founded in the 1940s, created important campaigns like Smokey the Bear (“Only you can prevent forest fires”)
Definition
Emphasized advertising’s power for social good. Ad Council - PSAs.
Term
Created by business community to keep tabs on deceptive advertising
Definition
Better Business Bureau - 1913
Term
Tracked advertising’s audience so publishers couldn’t lie about viewer numbers
Definition
Audit Bureau of Circulation - 1914
Term
created by government to help monitor advertising abuses
Definition
FTC – 1914
Term
Self-regulation within ad industry
Definition
American Association of Advertising Agencies (AAAA)
Term
Top four mega-agencies in 2008
Definition
Omnicom
WPP
Interpublic
Publicis
Term
Often founded by designers and graphic artists empowered by visual revolution of the 1960s
Definition
Boutique agencies
Term
Develop effective ad strategy by combining views of the client, creative team and consumers
Definition
Account planning
Term
age, race, gender, occupation, education, income
Definition
Demographics
Term
attitudes, beliefs, interests, motivations
Definition
Psychographics
Term
Writers and artists outline rough sketch of ads, storyboard.
Definition
creative development
Term
choose and purchase the types of media best suited to carry a client’s ad and reach the target audience
Definition
Media buyers
Term
responsible for bringing in new business and managing the accounts of established clients
Definition
Account executives
Term
_______ speech is protected under the First Amendment.
Definition
Political
Term
________ speech is more subject to case law.
Definition
Commercial
Term
Ads featuring gross exaggeration which no reasonable person would take literally “World’s Best” “America’s Favorite”
Definition
Puffery
Term
Mislead reasonable consumers based on statements in the ad or omissions. Requires scientific evidence to back up claims “4 out of 5 doctors agree”
Definition
Deception
Term
Deliberate
Planned
Performance
Public Interest

are parts of what?
Definition
PR
Term
___________ generates public understanding & fosters goodwill for an organization creating an environment in which the organization can thrive
Definition
public relations
Term
PR messages can be directed to ______ or _____ audiences
Definition
internal or external
Term
A media market with many producers and sellers but only a few products within a particular category
Definition
limited competition industry
Term
Different ways of collecting revenue..
Definition
direct and indirect payment
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Consumer buys media products directly (book, CD, cable service)
Definition
direct payment
Term
Products supported by advertisers
you pay later in each advertised product’s cost
Definition
indirect payment
Term
Outlawed the monopoly practices and corporate trusts that often fixed prices to force competitors out of business
Definition
Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 1890
Term
Prohibited manufacturers from selling only to dealers and contractors who agreed to reject the products of business rivals
Definition
Clayton Anti-Trust Act, 1914
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Further strengthened antitrust rules by limiting any corporate mergers and joint ventures that reduced competition
Definition
Celler-Kefauver Act, 1950
Term
_____________ lifted most restrictions on how many radio and TV stations one corporation could own.
Definition
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Term
_____________ lifted most restrictions on how many radio and TV stations one corporation could own.
Definition
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Term
Business Tendencies in Media Industries
Definition
flexible economy. (Emphasize new trends, shifts w/ market needs
Cheap labor, quick high-volume sales) and downsizing
Term
____________ the acceptance of the dominant values in a culture by those who are subordinate to those who hold economic and political power
Definition
Hegemony
Term
The promotion and sale of different versions of a media product across the various subsidiaries of a media conglomerate
Definition
Synergy
Term
Attempts to understand, explain, and predict the effects of mass media on individuals and society
Definition
Media Effects Research
Term
Only media enterprise that democracy absolutely requires

Only media practice/business that is specifically mentioned & protected by the US Constitution
Definition
Journalism
Term
Conflict
Timeliness
Proximity
Prominence
Human interest
Consequence
Usefulness
Novelty
Deviant, the bizarre
Definition
newsworthy
Term
compare absolutists to situational ethics
Definition
absolutists- black or white. ethical or not ethical.
situational- grey area. depends on situation.
Term
what is the spiral of silience?
Definition
idea that people believe their opinion is the minority, so they don't speak up
Term
Seek Truth and Report It

Minimize Harm

Act Independently

Be Accountable
Definition
Code of Ethics
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created “the founding book in American media studies," Apply principles of psychology to journalism, Emphasized data collection & numerical measurement
Definition
Walter Lippmann – Public Opinion (1922)
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Harold Lasswell: defined __________ as “the control of opinion by significant symbols, . . . by stories, rumors, reports, pictures and other forms of social communication.”
Definition
propganda
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research that measures attitude
Definition
public opinion research
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research that measures behavior
Definition
social psychology studies
Term
measures buying habits
Definition
marketing research
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Media shoots effects directly into unsuspecting victims
Sometimes called “Magic Bullet” Theory
Definition
Hypodermic-needle model
Term
Rise of empirical research techniques
Media alone cannot cause people to change behavior/attitudes
Selective exposure leads to reinforcement of existing beliefs
Definition
Minimal-effects model
Term
Contests notion of audience passivity
Why do people use media?
Focused on uses and function of media
Definition
Uses and gratifications model
Term
Hypothesis
Experimental design
Survey research
Content analysis
Definition
Most Media Research Employs Scientific Method
Term
link between violent media programs and aggressive behavior
Definition
Social learning theory
Term
The more time you spend absorbing TV’s viewpoints, the more likely your views of social reality will be “cultivated” by what you see on TV
Definition
cultivation effect
Term
food channel for cooks, golf channel for golfers
Definition
narrowcasting
Term
as long as what is being printed is true, is it legal. laid out for first amendment.
Definition
Zenger Decision
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