Media Types
How is public media funded?
Through tax dollars
Why was the internet created?
The Dept. of Defense wanted to have channels for communication and stay in competition with the Soviet Union.
What are royalties?
Payments made to performers, radio execs, etc. from when their music is played for profit.
Cover music
A new performance or recording of a song by an artist who is not the original composer or performer.
What was the band that started the British invasion?
The Beatles
How did the printing press influence media?
Let to widespread ideas, less focus on the church, people becoming more free thinking
To keep you on a website longer so targeted ads can be sold to you.
What are two factors that led to the rise of rock and roll?
Migration of black southerners to Northern cities
Growth of youth culture
Increased integration.
Populism
The idea/concept that pits the working class against “elites”
Explain the difference between high and low culture.
High culture- Sophisticated, for the wealthy, classic, intellectual.
Low culture- Enjoyed by the masses/"average" person, mass-produced.
Define media.
The way ideas are communicated.
What was the ethos of the early internet?
That the internet should be a place of free and open communication that supports the sharing of ideas.
What is the British invasion and how did it change music?
Prior to 1964 music was a “one way ticket” to Europe. American music went there but their music didn’t come here. This changed with the Beatles.; It made the genre unofficially become “rock.” The Rolling Stones created gritty, chord-driven, and high volume rock. The Beatles were softer and more melodic. Artists wrote their own music vs. songwriting teams.
Deep fake
a realistic, AI-generated image, audio, or video of
someone saying or doing something they never did.
What is the difference between misinformation and disinformation?
Misinformation is when someone accidentally shares information that is not true. Disinformation is when someone intentionally tries to mislead others.
What is representation and what is its role in understanding media?
Representation is how different groups are portrayed in the media (or excluded entirely). This can impact the way people feel about different groups, especially marginalized groups.
What is data mining and how is it used?
Data mining is collecting information about users based on what they view, like, share, comment on, etc. This information is used to create algorithms.
How did rock and roll blur cultural and societal lines? Pick 2
High and low culture-
Race-
Femininity and masculinity-
North and South-
Sacred and secular.-
Varied
Primacy effect
We remember what we see first, not the details that come later.
What is net neutrality?
The idea that all websites have equal access, no matter what funding they have.
The four types of media are;
Broadcast media
Out of home media
________ media and
________ media
Print and digital
What does Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act state?
That websites cannot be held liable for content posted by users.
Explain the conflict between record companies and radio AND the compromise they made.
Radio stations were originally playing music for free. When record companies started making them pay, radio stations hired their own bands to play the songs instead.
To compromise, the radio stations could play "hit" songs for free. This would promote the album without allowing for people to listen to the entire album for free.
Narrative
Storytelling; fitting a story into a particular view
Describe the key differences between Web 1.0, 2.0 and 3.0.
Web 1.0- read-only.
Web 2.0-Became a place for read/write and interactive web.
Web 3.0-