Newspapers / Magazines

Question 1

Publick Occurrences

Answer 1

first newspaper in the US (in Boston)

it failed after 1 day because the colonial government did not approve

Question 2

stamp act

Answer 2

a tax on all printed materials for american colonists (discourages free flow information and thought)

Question 3

censorship

Answer 3

blocking of choice media content

Question 4

1st Amendment

Answer 4

-establishment of religion, expression of religion, speech, press, assembly, petition

Question 5

Penny Press

Answer 5

1800s, revenue from advertisers instead of direct sales (producer saying to consumers: this only a penny but i’m selling u guys as consumers to the advertisers)

Question 6

Yellow journalism

Answer 6

late 1800s-early 1900s…..sensationalist. intended to sell well, NOT to be well-researched

Question 7

Pass-along readership

Answer 7

someone who does not buy a newspaper or magazine themselves, but reads a copy after the buyer has finished with it

Question 8

types of newspaper

Answer 8

zoned editions (regional versions of a paper), ethnic press, small-town dailies, weeklies and semi-weeklies, the alternative press, commuter papers (amNewYork)

Question 9

black press

Answer 9

newspapers owned by and intended for black people (started right after civil war and helped black people flee jim crow and migrate to the north)

Question 10

gatekeeping

Answer 10

process of filtering information and deciding what is news, how important a story is

Question 11

Galtung and Ruge’s news values

Answer 11

frequency 
threshold
unambiguity
meaningfulness
consonance
unexpectedness
continuity
composition
elite nations
elite persons
personalization
negativity