Origins
BIG Players
Medium X
What's Your Function?
But..why?
100
This news agency has been around since 1846 and was first to report the deaths of Abraham Lincoln and Pope John Paul, as well as the bombings of Pearl Harbour.
What is the Associated Press
100
This leader in e-journalism was created by Stanford PHd candidates and was a way for them to keep their personal interests in order.
What is Yahoo!
100
This type of journalism is a transactional relationship between news producers and news consumers, which takes place through electronic networks.
What is Internet-based journalism
100
Television news relies heavily on THESE for content support. Often, if it is not provided, very little will be said...no matter how important the story may be.
What is news agencies
100
Dependence on news agency content is not always the result of a desire for perceived high content quality at little cost, but also a function of THIS.
What is brand association
200
This London news agency was founded by a German man in 1799 with the help of an 11-year old office boy.
What is Reuters
200
This "big player" is currently the 17th most visited domain name.
What is MSN-Microsoft
200
DAILY DOUBLE! This public broadcaster said: "The World Wide web, widely thought of as an endless myriad of choice, appears to be shrinking. That is, fewer major news providers are informing more people and doing so from fewer sources."
What is the BBC
200
News agencies are guilty of using this well-known media theory (and they do so in a number of different ways).
What is agenda-setting
200
How many minutes, on average, is spent by consumers in each online news session?
What is 10 minutes
300
DAILY DOUBLE! Tim Berners-Lee invented THIS and was named one of Time Magazine's 100 Greatest Minds in this Century.
What is the Internet
300
WB, HBO, Time Inc., Turner
What is Time Warner Network
300
This information avenue has become impatient with its reporting process, and turns to another medium to break news.
What is newspapers
300
The European Journalist Centre singles out THIS American news provider for not writing the news its selects. Hint: the President and Publisher is Charlie Tillinghast.
What is MSNBC
300
According to the European Journalism Centre, major conglomerates are willing to lose THIS AMOUNT of money (U.S.) in order to dominate the Internet. CNN is doing it and reaches more people over the Internet than through broadcasting.
What is $200-300 million U.S.
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