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Mass Media Quiz 1 Flashcards

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Mathematical Songwriting

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songs written specifically to be commercial hits

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Male Gaze

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when an audience is encouraged to take a male perspective(Ex: Playboy, Sports Illustrated, Two and a Half Men, Bruno Mars - Just The Way You Are)

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Playlist

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predetermined sequence of selected records to be played by a disc jockey

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iHeartRadio

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media conglomerate for radio, major media owner for radio

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Split Run

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special versions of a given issue of a magazine in which editorial content and ads vary according to some specific demographic or regional grouping

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Advertorial

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a newspaper or magazine advertisement giving information about a product in the style of an editorial or objective journalistic article.

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Complementary Copy

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newspaper and magazine content that reinforces the advertizer’s message, or at least does not negate it

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Media Literacy

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the ability to effectively and efficiently comprehend and utilize mass communication

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Model of Mass Communications

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the process of creating shared meaning between the mass media and their audiences

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Dominant Culture

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the culture that seems to hold sway with the large majority of people that which is normative; also called mainstream culture(Ex: Taylor Swift, Super Bowl, Trump, comedy)

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Fragmentation

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audiences for specific media content becoming smaller and increasingly homogenous/audience segments are more narrowly defined than ever

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Narrowcasting

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aiming broadcast programming at smaller, more demographically homogenous audiences

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Convergence

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the erosion of traditional distinctions among media(Ex: iPhone, iPad, etc.)

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Internetization

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when old media try to incorporate elements of new media

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Mediazation

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societal structures and their routine social practices are continually altered to accommodate media/when everything tries to incorporate some element of media(Ex: Apps)

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Remediation

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when new media transform old media(Ex: Radio, Newspaper/News, TV, Books, etc.)

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Phonograph

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a device that plays back recorded sounds using a needle to follow a spiral groove on a disc or cylinder. The phonograph was invented in the 1870s and was later called a gramophone and then a record player.

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Gulielmo Marconi

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credited as the inventor of radio(American Marconi, General Electric, American Telephone and Telegraph(AT&T) and Westinghouse form Radio Corporation of America(RCA) in 1921.)

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Marshall McLuhen

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media are “extensions of ourselves”/”The medium is the message.”

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The Medium is the Message

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quote from Marshall Luhan, proposes that a communication medium itself, not the messages it carries, should be the primary focus of study

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Technological Determinism

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the idea that machines and their development drive economic and cultural change

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Acta Duma

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official notices and public records in ancient Rome that were similar to a daily newspaper. The term is Latin for “Daily Acts” or “Daily Public Records”. It was commonly carved on stone or metal and posted in public places, such as the Forum of Rome, to record official business and matters of public interest/daily public notices, posted up in public locations around Rome

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Broadsides/Broadsheets

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early colonial newspapers imported from England, single-sheet announcements or accounts of events

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Penny Press

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newspapers in the 1830s selling for one penny

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Yellow Journalism

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early 20th century journalism emphasizing sensational sex, crime, and disaster news

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Sensationalism

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the use of exciting or shocking stories or language at the expense of accuracy, in order to provoke public interest or excitement

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Muckraking

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a form of crusading journalism that primarily used magazines to agitate for change

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Investigative Journalism

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reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing

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Wire Services

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news-gathering organizations that provide content to members(Ex: Associated Press, Reuters)

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Parchment

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the skin of an animal, usually a sheep or goat, prepared as a surface on which to write or paint

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Papyrus

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thick paper-like material made from the pith of the papyrus plant, that was used for writing in ancient times

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Johannes Gutenberg

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invented the movable-type printing press

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Age of Print

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1450 to 1850, was marked by the invention of the printing press and the ability to mass-produce written materials

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Dime/Pulp Novels

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inexpensive late 19th and early 20th century books that concentrated on frontier and adventure stories

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Trade Books

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hardcover or softcover book including fiction and most nonfiction and cookbooks, biographies, art books, coffee-table books, and how-to books

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Aliteracy

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possessing the ability to read but being unwilling to do so

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Censorship

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when someone in authority limits publication or access to it

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Concentration of Ownership(aka Conglomeration)

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ownership of different and numerous media companies concentrated in fewer and fewer hands

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Oligopoly

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a media system whose operation is dominated by a few large companies/ownership by a few - small club(Ex: cable providers)

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Vertical Integration

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a system in which studios produced their own films, distributed them through their own outlets, and exhibited them in their own theaters/owning several companies at different levels of production(Movie Studio - Distribution Company - Theater Chain)

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Horizontal Integration

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owning several companies at the same level of production(Ex: ownership of multiple tv channels(Nickelodeon, MTV, etc.))

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Synergy

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

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Hyper Commercialization

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increasing the amount of advertising and mixing commercial and noncommercial media content/Increasing the amount of advertising and mixing commercial and noncommercial media content.(Ex: 1 Hour Episode - 13 minutes worth of ads v.s. nowadays more commercials than actual show
Ex: Lucas Oil Stadium, American Family Insurance Amphitheater, Lambeau Field or Gates, Donald Schneider Stadium, Gehl Mulva Science Center, etc.
Bugs and Obnoxicons - logos, ads, promotions)

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Product Placement

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the integration, for a fee, of specific branded product based on who buys the product rather than on the product itself/building something around a product(Ex: Chevy Trail Blazer in The Barbie Movie, the Super Bowl)

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Brand Entertainment

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

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Circulation

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the number of issues of a magazine or newspaper that are sold

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Passalong Readership

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measurement of publication readers who neither subscribe nor buy single copies but who borrow a copy or read one in a doctor’s office or library

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News Hole

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the amount of space available daily for news in a newspaper. The column inches reserved for newshole are usually the remaining spaces after paid advertisements are filled.

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Erosion of the Firewall

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breakdown of barrier between a newspaper’s editorial and advertising missions

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Agenda Setting

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the theory that media may not tell us what to think but do tell us what to think about

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Gannett

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Founded in 1906, owns 100+ daily papers, 1,000+ weekly papers, 47 TV stations, Biggest Property: USA Today

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