lecture #1
What is someone who announces the news called?
Crier
Define the fourth estate
the press and news media writing though journalism.
Who was the creator of the penny paper in New York called 'The Sun'
Benjamin Day
in 1939 FDR gave a speech that was a first for what great new technology?
TV, first time a president was on TV
When did CNN release it's news app?
2011
Define a gazette
a newspaper / historical journal
Who and what invention was created in 1440 that changed the world?
The printing press invented by johannes Gutenberg
Who invented the Linotype machine?
Ottmar Mergenthaler
who was the radio broadcaster who was famous for broadcasting what was happening overseas in WWII
Edward R. Murrow
what year did the viewtron system get released?
1983
Who wrote the first weekly newspaper in the world in 1604?
Johann Carolus
Who wrote the first successful newspaper 'The Boston News Letter' in the colonies in 1704?
John Campbell
Define yellow journalism
journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
What famous muckracker credited for exposing the cutthroat savage business practices of John Rockefeller?
Ida Trabell
What was the name of the first online newspaper that was released in 1980?
The Columbus Dispatch
Name all 4 requirements that make a newspaper a newspaper.
Accessible by the common public
Published at a regular interval
Information is current
Covers variety of topics
Define propaganda
information, that’s biased or misleading, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.
What act did John Adams sign in 1798 that made it illegal to publish malicious, false, and scandalous articles about the government and its officials.
The Sedition Acts
Define Muckracking
the action of searching out and publicizing scandalous information about famous people/organizations in an exposing way
what is the date of the first tv broadcast of the news?
January 14th 1952
in 1655 the first newspaper is made in England, this paper is still in publications today. What is the name of this newspaper?
The London Gazette.
How many newspaper where there in the colonies at the time of the end of the revolutionary war in 1783?
43 newspapers
What did John B. Russwurm and Samuel Cornish don that was a first for the news industry in 1827?
They created the first African American newspaper
What company made newsreels in the 1930's for people to watch the news in movie theaters?
The March Of Times Regular
What was the name of the two young journalists that helped to uncover the Watergrate Scandal ?
Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodburn