American Media and Journalism Midterm

Question 1

Grand Narrative

Answer 1

Large scale theories that attempt to explain the totality of human experience.

Question 2

Participatory culture

Answer 2

the way media consumers are able to annotate, comment on, remix, and talk back to culture.

Question 3

mass communication

Answer 3

information transmitted to large segments of the population

Question 4

mass media

Answer 4

means of communication used to reach a large audience (radio, television, magazines, etc)

Question 5

modernism

Answer 5

artistic movement of 19th century. questioned traditional forms of art and culture.

Question 6

watchdog journalism

Answer 6

provides the community with information of companies and businesses while e holding officials to high standards

Question 7

freedom of the press

Answer 7

1st amendment

Question 8

Copyright law

Answer 8

regulates exclusive rights given to a creator of a work

Question 9

Public domain

Answer 9

works not covered by intellectual property law or if copyright has expired are public property.

Question 10

fair use

Answer 10

aspect of copyright law. specifies ways in which someone can use a work

Question 11

propaganda

Answer 11

communication that attempt to persuade an audience.

Question 12

depth interview

Answer 12

research method where researchers conduct lengthy interviews with test subjects

Question 13

tastemaker

Answer 13

people who shape the way others think, eat, and behave (etc)

Question 14

Gate keeper

Answer 14

decides what stories are considered news worthy. promote social values

Question 15

obscenity

Answer 15

indecency that goes against public morals. corrupting influence. not supported by 1st amendment

Question 16

crowd sourcing

Answer 16

taking tasks that were originally performed individually and giving them to a group

Question 17

Free speech

Question 18

media literacy

Answer 18

skill of being able to decode and process the messages and symbols transmitted by media. ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and communicate.

Question 19

media convergence

Answer 19

previously distinct technologies come to share content, tasks, and resources

Question 20

news magazine

Question 21

picture magazine

Question 22

agenda-setting

Answer 22

theory stating that mass media determines the issues the public considers important

Question 23

stereotyping

Answer 23

an image or character that generalizes and oversimplifies a group of people

Question 24

Focus group

Answer 24

group interview that allows participants to respond to questions about a certain topic

Question 25

The uses and gratification theory

Answer 25

individuals use media to satisfy specific needs or desires

Question 26

cultivation analysis theory

Answer 26

heavy exposure to media cultivates an illusion of reality

Question 27

Beat generation

Answer 27

group of American writers who were known for literacy experimentation and nonconformity in the 1950s

Question 28

zenger trail in NY

Question 29

“yellow journalism” and yellow kid

Answer 29

uses sensationalism, misleading stories, and distorted images to boosts sales.

Question 30

telegraph

Question 31

Niche magazine:

Answer 31

newspapers designed to reach a certain audience

Question 32

vaudeville

Answer 32

singing acts, magicians, comedians, and acrobats

Question 33

publishers code of 1948

Question 34

copyright at of 1911

Question 35

Mississippi delta

Question 36

Merseybeat

Answer 36

music of bands originating in mersey area of England

Question 37

oligopoly

Answer 37

few firms dominating industry production and distribution

Question 38

the direct-to-fan business model

Answer 38

used by independent artists and labels to distribute music directly to fans without big labels.

Question 39

radio act of 1927

Question 40

federal communications commission

Question 41

publishers code of 1948

Answer 41

regulation

Question 42

the inverted pyramid

Answer 42

journalistic style where most important info is placed at the beginning and then so on

Question 43

digital rights management

Answer 43

system to protect the rights of copyright of electronic media

Question 44

Ragtime

Answer 44

jazzy style of piano music. featured syncopation and influenced by off beat dance music.

Question 45

Tin Pan Alley

Answer 45

area In Manhattan where singer songwriter teams worked in the early 20th century

Question 46

Adventures of huckleberry Fin

Question 47

woodblock printing

Question 48

printing press

Question 49

Print on demand