Vocabulary
Define-Sender
Source creating and sending the message.
Who created the lightbulb
Thomas Edison
In 1939, what state had a World Fair which introduced television and plastics to the general public.
New York
First true "media Icon" president
John F. Kennedy (JFK)
What was the original color of TV being displayed
Monochrome-black and white
Define-Medium
Channel or technology used to transmit the message
Who invented the wireless telegraph
Guglielmo Marconi
1940
UCLA student whose game was fueled by television and visual media
Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jeane Mortenson)
What year was the remote control created in
A.1930
B.1940
C.1950
D.1960
Define-Listening
An active mental process of receiving, interpreting, and understanding sound.
Who invented the first television (hint-he was 14 years old)
Philo Farnsworth
The Streets of New York
David Sarnoff
First president on TV
Franklin D Roosevelt
Define-Patent
A legal contract granting exclusive rights to an inventor so that others must pay to use their original idea or design
Who improved image quality and and resolution for television in 1931
Allen Dumont
4 million
Owner and leader of CBS
William S. Paley
Define-Royalties
Financial payments made to a patent holder for using their patented invention or concept.
Who achieved the first long-distance television transmission.
Charles Francis Jenkins
11 million
Edward J. Noble
Who banned their kids from watching TV calling it "waste of time"
Philo Farnsworth