Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
Newspapers
Media Theory/History
Media Regulation
100
An example of this is a reader writing a letter to the editor.

What is feedback?

100

This type of journalism came about in the early 2000s when news organizations sought input and interaction with their audiences.

What is citizen journalism?
100
This is a rectangular newspaper known for being more objective and telling complex stories.

What is a broadsheet newspaper?

100
This theory suggests that the media's selection of quotes and photos tells readers what to think about an issue.

What is framing?

100

This is the term for spoken defamation.

What is slander?

200

This is the term for marketing content created by news organizations that's designed to blend in.

What is native advertising/sponsored content?

200
A term to describe journalism's role and importance in American society.

What is the Fourth Estate?

200

The typical format of a news article that emphasizes the most important information first.

What is the inverted pyramid?

200

The century that newspapers were first printed.

What is the 17th century (1600s)?

200

This is what protects a photographer's economic interest in their pictures.

What is copyright protection?

300

The process of selecting and organizing a collection of related items or content.

What is curation?

300

This is the name of a theory that suggests the role of the press is to prevent the government from abusing its power.

What is watchdog theory/checking value?
300
The side of the newspaper responsible for creating journalistic content.

What is the institution/editorial side?

300

This continuous need for information developed after CNN began broadcasting in 1980.

What is the 24-hour news cycle?

300

This is the part of the U.S. Constitution that guarantees freedom of speech and the press.

What is the First Amendment?

400

This term describes the current information environment where media organizations compete to reach their audiences.

What is the attention economy?

400

Its four main components are sender, message, channel, and receiver.

What is the basic model of human communication.
400

This female American journalist is most well-known for her expose about asylums.

Who is Nellie Bly?

400

Before the internet, the institutional press engaged in this function by selecting which stories readers had access to.

What is gatekeeping?

400

This is when a newspaper owns a paper mill and its delivery trucks.

What is vertical integration?

500

The digital strategy pursued by newspapers before they knew how to monetize their websites.

What is "reach before revenue"?

500

When readers don't simply consume the news but are active participants and contributors to it.

What is mutualisation?

500

He was the owner of tabloid newspapers, the Sun and News of the World.

Who is Rupert Murdoch?

500

The century that the Guardian and other newspapers developed their presence on the internet.

What is the 21st century (2000s)?

500
These media entities are required to have licenses to operate in the United States.

What are broadcast radio and broadcast television?

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