Books
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What is the most significant book of the early to mid-1800s that caused many people to oppose slavery?
It was sensationalistic, but it introduced visual style and layout elements that would eventually characterize modern journalism.
What is Yellow Journalism?
These were collections of varied literary materials.
What are the first magazines printed in the USA?
This is what the Internet system most resembles.
What is the phone system?
A TV news story about a plane crash in India emphasizing the number of Americans aboard is reflecting this news value.
What is proximity?
The publication of vast quantities of paperback books.
What is how soldiers in the Civil War entertained themselves, creating a demand for these items?
This refers to the inexpensive and successful mass-appeal newspapers of the early 1830s.
What is the penny press?
The movement to uncover wrongdoing and advocate reform of corrupt or harmful practices.
What is muckraking?
They were one of the first uses of the Internet.
What are blogs?
If a scheduled story about a boating accident on Monday gets pulled from Tuesday's paper to make space for something else, that story might not run in Wednesday's paper because of this news value.
What is timeliness?
They are the most enduring of the mass media.
What is a defining feature of books?
It featured aggressive reporting and investigative stories and it brought new enthusiasm and energy to journalism.
What is Yellow Journalism?
These three types of magazines evolved: the digest, the newsmagazine, and this one.
What is the pictorial?
The cyber equivalent of junk mail.
What is spam?
The one thing that all this type of news has in common is that it tries to interest the audience.
What is soft news?
Mass market paperbacks
What are soft-bound books that have their major sales in places other than bookstores (such as supermarkets and newsstands)?
It has more features and content than the print versions.
What is an advantage of online newspapers?
Time and TV Guide are examples of this type of magazine.
What are general consumer magazines?
There is no censorship because of this.
What is the lack of gatekeepers online?
Google News is an example.
What is a news aggregator?
Determining which manuscripts to publish
What is the job the editorial department at a publishing company does?
This happens when a reporter writes a story for both the print and online editions of the newspaper or shoots/edits video to accompany her story.
What is convergence?
Hemispheres, the in-flight magazine of United Airlines, is an example of this type of magazine.
What is controlled circulation?
Wifi.
What is Wireless Fidelity?
These use non-routine information gathering methods to discover significant information about important matters.
What are investigative reports?