Chapter 2: Convergence and the Reshaping of Mass Communication Flashcards

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What is day-and-date release?

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simultaneously releasing a movie to the public in some combination of theater, video-on-demand, DVD and download

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What is a format?

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a particular form of media content

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What is a platform?

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the means of delivering a specific peice of media content

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What is media multitasking/?

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simultaneaously consuming many different kinds of media

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What is convergence?

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the erosion of traditional distinctions among media

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What is concentration of ownership?

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the ownership of different and numerous media companies contracted into fewer and fewer hands

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What is conglomeration?

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the increase in ownership of media outlets by larger, nonmedia companies

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What is economies of scale?

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the concept that relative cost declines as the size of the endeavor grows

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What is olgopoly?

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a concentration of media industries into an even smaller number of companies

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What is globalization?

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ownership of media companies by multinational corporations

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What is audience fragmentation?

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audiences for specific media content becoming smaller and increasingly homogenous

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What is narrow casting, niche marketing, or targeting?

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aiming broadcast programming at smaller more demographically homogenous audiences

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What are addressable technologies?

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technologies permitting the transmission of very specific content to eqaually specific audience members

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What are taste publics?

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groups of ppl bound by little more than an interest in a given form a media content

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What are bugs/obnoxicons?

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commercials that run across the bottom third of the television screen during a television program

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What is product placement?

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the integration , for a fee, of specific branded products into media content

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What is bran entertainment?

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When commercials are part of and essential to a piece of media content

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What is payola?

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when radio stations accept payments from record promoters to play their songs

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What are webisodes?

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Web-only television shows

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What is Wi-Fi?

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wireless internet

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What is synergy?

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the use by media congolmerates of as many channels of delivery as possible for similar content

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What is platform agnostic?

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having no preference where media content is accessed from

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What are blogs?

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regularly updated online journals that comment on just about everything

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What is cost-of-entry?

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the amount of money necessary to begin media production

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What is RSS?
really simple syndication, agregators that alow Web users to create their own content assembled from the Internet's limitless supply of material
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What is appointment consumption?
when audiences consume content at a time predetermined by the producer and distributor
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What is consumptionon-on-demand?
the ability to consume any content, anytime, anywhere