chapter 5 Flashcards
Cord-cutters
Those who have switched from cable or other connections to
Internet-delivered TV.
Cord-nevers
Those who have known only mobile or wireless Internet-delivered TV.
surveillance
Primarily the journalism function of mass communication, which
provides information about processes, issues, events, and other developments in society.
cultural transmission
The process of passing on culturally relevant knowledge, skills,
attitudes, and values from person to person or group to group.
camera obscura
A dark box or room with a small hole that allows an inverted image
of an outside scene to be shown on the opposite inner wall.
Louis Daguerre
Inventor of the daguerreotype, an early type of photography.
daguerreotype
Photograph created by exposing a
positive image on a metal plate.
Mathew B. Brady
Nineteenth-century photographer acclaimed for his Civil War images and portraits of famous people.
Thomas Alva Edison
His inventions included the electric light, the phonograph, and the Kinetoscope. Edison’s lab in Menlo Park, New Jersey, had over sixty scientists and produced as many as four hundred patent applications
a year.
Independent films
Films made by production companies separate from t he main Hollywood studios.
auteur
Director as storyteller, or author, of a film.
genres
Topical categories.
Product placement
A form of advertising in which brand -name goods or services are placed prominently within movie content t hat is otherwise devoid of advertising, demonstrating the convergence of programming with advertising content .
time shift
Recording of an audio or video
event for later listening or viewing.
place shift
Viewing video from anywhere using the Internet to access content.
