Journalism
This form of journalism is highlighted by sensationalism.
What is yellow journalism?
This concept explain the illegal downloads of digital music.
What is music piracy?
This event led to the Radio Act of 1912.
What is the result of the Titanic Disaster of 1912?
This concept explains the phenomenon of a few studios dominated the entire film industry.
What is an oligopoly?
This kind of journalism uses investigative reporting to uncover political misdeeds.
What is muckraking (watchdog reporting)?
The fact that music can create a shared identity and culture, ultimately, a sense of belonging.
What is an imagined community?
The fact that DJs bribed to play their music.
What is payola?
An example of this would be how the "big eight" controlled the film industry from production to distribution.
What is an example of vertical integration?
This form of newspaper became popular when printing technology reduced the cost of newspaper production.
What is penny press?
This market model describes the shift from the mass market to niche markets.
What is the long tail?
This episode of radio broadcasting led to the first social panic caused by mass communication.
What is the War of the Worlds?
An example of this would be Disney, owning several movie studios and TV networks.
What is a media conglomeration?
This theory explains the phenomenon that what is in the newspaper tends to be the popular topic of public discussion.
What is agenda setting?
This concept describes the process of how music genres evolve into different genres by mixing with other genres.
What is hybridization?
This policy created an equal time rule for radio stations.
What is the Fairness Doctrine?
A set of antitrust regulations established by the US government to prevent studios from owning theaters.
What is the Paramount Decree of 1948?
This theory can explain why news articles about the same topic may have different angles.
What is framing?
This theory explains that music labels can decide which and whose music gets recorded and released to the market.
What is gatekeeping?
This happened after the Telecomm Act of 1996 in the radio industry.
What is horizontal integration?
Indie films rejuvenized because of the rise of this type of technologies and companies.
What is the influence of the rise of streaming platforms?