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He developed the wireless telegraph system
Who is Marconi
100
This is a ratings device that allows each family member to record viewing habits
What is People Meter
100
A ___ is a Web address
What is a URL
100
This was the first live, 24-hour-a-day all-news cable network
What is CNN
100
The original two major satellite radio companies were ______ and Sirius
What is XM
200
He is considered the "father of radio"
Who is Lee DeForest
200
Showing a program in the same time period five times a week is called this
What is strip programming
200
An example of a blog is this
What is an online journal
200
In the late 1940s, this was the dominant source of news for America
What is radio
200
____ rules are FCC regulations that require cable systems to carry all local television stations within the system's area of coverage
What is must-carry
300
During these scandals of the 1950s, record promoters paid disc jockeys to play certain records.
What is payola
300
Geostationary refers to this
What is satellite orbits
300
The term "bots" is short for this ___ which are software programs capable of carrying out automated searches
What is robots
300
This is the dominant source of news for Americans today
What is television
300
Wi-Fi refers to high-speed ______ Internet access
What is wireless
400
This branch of the U.S. government took over radio in World War I
What is the Navy
400
Cable television began as this
What is an attempt to bring TV into hard-to-reach areas
400
Ways to make money online include these
What is paid content, advertising, and e-commerce
400
This was the event that marked the beginning of eye-witness news accounts of catastrophic events while they were happening
What is the Hindenburg explosion
400
The difference between what a government says and what the public believes to be true.
What is a credibility gap
500
The Radio Act of 1912 was passed in reaction to this disaster.
What is the Titanic disaster
500
A device that allows parents to block out undesired programming is called this
What is V-chip
500
YouTube, Wikipedia, Digg are examples of Web sites with this.
What is user-generated content
500
In television news, on-camera reporters are known as this.
What is correspondents
500
The point of view that is generally purported to be anti-big business and pro social programs is called a ______ bias
What is liberal