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Radio; The Die Hard of Mass Mediums
TV Yesterday, Today and....Tomorrow?
Video Games, vintage and otherwise
"Percentages, Data and Figures, OH MY!"
A Tribute to our Mass Media Forefathers
100
this national corporation was established by the U.S. government after WWI as the first government-sanctioned monopoly, enacted to prevent a possible control by foreign (especially British) companies
What is RCA (Radio Corporation of America)?
100
The first public demonstration of television, in the form of regularly scheduled two-hour broadcasts, was presented at the 1939 World’s Fair by this station, whose logo still bares a slight resemblance to poultry.
What is NBC?
100
Classic games most often played in spurts that have become a staple on small screen devices such as cell phones are given these 'simple' titles, otherwise known as?
What are casual games?
100
According to the National Institute on Media and the Family, this percentage of underage boys have played M-rated games.
What is 87%?
100
Some people consider this man the father of radio, because he was the first person to send voices and music over the air.
Who is Lee DeForest?
200
The first commercial radio license was awarded to this Pittsburgh station in 1920.
What is KDKA?
200
As a result of the quiz show scandal, the [television] networks changed the way they accepted sponsors’ money, changing from single sponsorship for most programs to this kind of advertising.
What are spot commercial sales?
200
Introduced in the late 1980's, this handheld, gender-specific titled gaming device was dubbed to be "about the size of a piece of bread", and was one of the only non-console gaming devices of its time.
What is a Game Boy?
200
Domestic revenues from video games and their hardware is approximately this amount annually.
What is $19 billion?
200
The first mechanical scanning system for television was developed by this man.
Who is Paul Nipkow?
300
After the sinking of the Titanic, the U.S. Congress passed this act, (mandating among other things that wireless operators be licensed by the secretary of commerce and labor.)
What is the Radio Act of 1912?
300
This company has been known for many years as the primary collector and reporter of television ratings.
What is the Nielsen Company?
300
Companies that create games for existing systems are called this.
What are third-party publishers?
300
Television ratings employ this in-home device , which records what families are watching and who in those families are actually viewing.
What is a peoplemeter?
300
This Russian immigrant living near Pittsburgh, developed the iconoscope tube, the first practical television camera tube.
Who is Vladimir Zworykin?
400
Definitions of authority between federal and state governments, providing for the allocation and revocation of licenses and fines for violators, assigning frequencies for operation, and setting the hours during which a station was authorized to broadcast, was established by this Act.
What is the Radio Act of 1912?
400
The business of television is dominated by a few centralized production, distribution, and decision-making organizations, known as these.
What are the networks?
400
Games are particularly attractive to advertisers because players stay with them for long stretches at a time, categorizing them as this kind of game.
What are sticky games?
400
The average gamer spends these many hours playing a single game in a single sitting.
What are 2-4 hours?
400
The first “talking machine” or sound-recording method was developed in 1887 by this famous inventor
Who is Thomas Edison?
500
The Radio Act of 1927 ensured that the airwaves belonged to this group
Who are the public?
500
The sale of programs to local stations on a market-to-market basis is called this.
What is syndication?
500
ESRB
What is the Entertainment Software Ratings Board
500
According to ad industry research, this percentage of in-game ads is recalled after 5 months.
What is 15%?
500
This Canadian inventor developed the liquid barretter in 1903, making possible the radio reception of voices.
Who is Reginald Fessenden