COM 102 PART 2 Flashcards
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when did the mass media take form?
1830s
benjamin day
published the new york sun
penny papers
affordable newspapers introduced in 1833 created unprecedented mass audience
business model
a design operating a business, identifying revenue sources, customer base, products and financing.
publisher
magazine or newspaper’s proprietor
news-editorial
a newspaper staff component that produces news amusement and opinion content.
editor
a manager who is responsible for news media content.
benjamin franklin
the first person to create and make money from a newspaper chain
chain newspaper
owned by a company the owns other newspapers elsewhere
william randolph hearst
publisher of the new york journal, other major dailies in the yellow period.
market penetration
sales per capita
paywall
block access to a website content unless payment is made.
william tweed
corrupt politician exposed by the New York Times
george jones
New York Times reporter who pursued the tammany hall scandal
sullivan decision
landmark libel case in which the New York Times argued for unfettered reporting of public officials.
pentagon papers
secret government generated vietnam war military documents revealed by the New York times
barney kilgore
revamped concept of wall street journal in the 1940s
daniel defoe
his 1704 weekly review established magazines as forums for ideas
highbrow slicks
magazines whose content intellectual appeal
literati
well-educated people interested in literature and cerebral issues.
muckraking
early 1990s term for investigative reporting
ida tarbell
exposed standard oil monopolistic practices in 1902 magazine series.
lincoln steffens
exposed municipal corruption
