the person who controls the flow of information, IE: a newspaper editor
What is a Gatekeeper?
100
A device used to connect computers to the internet and other online services that operate through cable, rather than telephone lines.
What is a cable modem?
100
Its purpose is to hold political power and to profit from entertainment.
What is public relations?
100
The use of material merely to shock, startle, or violate a person’s sense of decency- this usually attracts much public attention, but isn’t necessarily ethical
What is sensationalism?
100
.com; .edu; .org; .net; .gov
What are domains?
200
used to reach a large number of people like radio, newspaper, TV, and magazines
What is a mass communication?
200
how companies that provide free online services get money
What is advertising?
200
communications that deal with publics outside the organization
What is external communication?
200
News organizations, both broadcast and print, sometimes pay sources for story ideas and information
What is checkbook journalism?
200
Individual users share and download music and videos
What is piracy?
300
Governments monitor the policies of a media company to control what information people have access too.
What is media regulation or non-market system?
300
MARK ZUCKERBERG INVENTED THIS SOCIAL NETWORKING SYSTEM FOR ONLY HARVARD STUDENTS THAT TURNED INTO A WORLD-WIDE WEBSITE
What is Facebook?
300
an effort to influence the legislative and administrative activities of government
What is lobbying?
300
When government officials and others in positions of power allow their personal motives to interfere with their professional responsibilities.
What is a conflict of interest?
300
This agency regulates telecommunications
What is FCC?
400
consumer, advertising, and ideas.
What are 3 types of media markets?
400
The biggest issue with computers and the Internet
What is online privacy?
400
biased or misleading information used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view
What is propaganda?
400
The act of providing equal or nearly equal coverage of various points in a controversy.
What is journalistic balance?
400
laws allowing public viewing on governmental affairs
What are the sunshine laws?
500
Government controls media, propaganda
What is a non-market system?
500
Before the 1980s the internet was used only for these two purposes
What are military and academic purposes?
500
handles product recalls, accidents, labor disputes, and product tampering
What is crisis management?
500
The commonly agreed upon standards—accuracy, fairness, balance, and truth.
What is the Basic Ethical Standards in U.S. Media?