Sound Recording
Alan Freed's contribution to rock 'n' roll
White DJ played music by black artists for young audiences in Cleveland
"Magic lanterns"
They used light and colored images, projected onto screens, to tell stories
Radio's first practical purposes
military and commercial shipping because the telegraph was useless as a means of communication; it needed wires
Yellow journalism
reporting that exaggerates and sensationalizes facts
In the 19th century, what is the main reason working people didn't read newspapers?
they were too expensive: 6 cents a copy
Court case credited with sparking the rise of rock 'n' roll
Brown v. Board of Education
The Lumiere brothers' cinematograph
It was a camera, film developer and projection system; it also allowed more than one person at a time to watch a film
The purpose of the Telecommunications Act of 1996
Allow corporations to own more than one radio/tv station in a market
Cradle-to-grave advertising
advertising that targets young children so they will remain loyal to a brand throughout their lifetimes
Little Richard became the first African American to do what... and how did he do it?
Chart higher with his own song than a white cover artist ... he wrote and performed a song in a style that was too difficult for white artists such as Pat Boone to imitate
Emile Berliner's groundbreaking innovation
round, flat discs (records!); was able to create "masters" that could be stamped with labels and mass produced
A consensus narrative
a cultural product (such as a film) that becomes popular around the world and provides a shared cultural experience.
Essentially, it's a story that connects with people across cultures/boundaries.
The main difference between the US and other countries in its early regulation of radio
It allowed commercial interests to own and operate stations rather than allow only government control
According to the Television Code, cited in Newton Minow's speech, to whom are broadcasters responsible? And what kind of content should broadcasters seek to provide?
-The American public
-Content should advance education and culture and remind Americans of their responsibilities as citizens
What is the difference between analog and digital?
-Analog captures sound waves and stores them on record grooves or on a tape's continuous stream of magnetized particles. For TV and radio, analog signals for sound and video images (just TV) are transmitted point to point.
-Digital translates sound waves into binary on-off pulses and stores that information as numerical code
Elvis Presley's main contribution to rock 'n' roll
He helped popularize the music of Black artists and make it mainstream
The biggest threat facing the longstanding Hollywood studio system of filmmaking
Streaming companies such as Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon.
Cord-cutters are
People without cable TV aka someone who streams TV rather than pay for cable
The telegraph changed journalism because ...
It allowed for faster transmission of news and it changed HOW news was reported (stories reported information in order of importance) because the using the telegraph was expensive.
What was the Fairness Doctrine?
A former federal policy, the Fairness Doctrine required that broadcasters provide at least one contrasting perspective on controversial topics of public importance.
Three social, cultural, economic, and political factors that contributed to the growth of rock 'n' roll
Hollywood divides film into genres primarily because it allows for...
Product standardization: the creation of familiar film models so that those types of films can be imitated and easily promoted via pre-existing categories, such as "romantic comedy" or "horror"
Product differentiation: Variety of film type to appeal to viewer preferences
About what percentage of Americans over the age of 12 listen to the radio in a typical week?
90 percent
The state of media freedom around the world is ...
declining because populist leaders are limiting press freedoms and independence
Define oligopoly
organizational structure in which only a few companies/firms control most of an industry's production and distribution of resources