Film
Who were the two primary film camera inventors that vied for control on the global market?
Thomas Edison and the Lumiere Brothers
Which term describes broadcast television’s and cable’s traditional approach to content delivery, in which a show airs at a specific time?
Linear tv
The improvisational music that developed in New Orleans is known as:
Jazz
What is the first home video game system?
Odyssey
What is the Internet of Things?
When smart machines "communicate" with one another.
When is a film company vertically integrated?
Controls the production, distribution, and exhibition of films
The standard for the color television system was developed by:
RCA
Radio reached its mass medium stage in the:
1920s.
What is the role of game publishers in the game development process?
to release games to the public
What is ARPAnet?
A decentralized network system that enabled miitary and academic researchers to communicate and share and store data in a decentralized manner. It was a precursor to the Internet.
What is synergy?
Promotional tie-ins within a corporation's own companies. These are usually transmedial in scope and try to collectively enhance the performance of the franchise.
What constituted the Big Three Networks?
ABC, CBS, NBC
What are synchronization royalties?
The royalties a copyright holder gets when the song is used in other forms of media like moves, TV shows, video games, advertisements, podcasts, and more.
Who were the targets of Gamer Gate that players engaged in a mass online hate movement against?
Anita Sarkeesian and Zoe Quinn
What term is used to reflect the contrast between those with Internet service and those without?
Digital divide
Who were the Hollywood Ten?
The nine screen writers and one director who refused to discuss or identify themselves as communist sympathizers. They were symbols during the Red Scare in Hollywood revealed the ways in which Hollywood violated the rights of Hollywood employees. THey were charged for contempt in November 1947 by Congress and were sent to jail.
Which process is described as a key part of the TV industry that involves many companies serving as brokers, helping connect program producers or owners with content delivery systems?
Syndication
What did major Internet service providers agree to help the music industry do?
combat illegal downloading by redirecting users to pages about digital piracy and slowing their download speeds
What was the three major console makers in games?
Microsoft, Sony, Nintendo
What impact has the Internet had on the influence of newspaper companies, network TV managers, and other centralized gatekeepers of information?
The Internet has reduced their influence by giving everyone the ability to share information.
What was the Hollywood Star System?
A way for Hollywood studios to cultivate and exploit the star power and charisma of certain actors.
What was the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
A major overhaul of the telecommunications industry that allowed for phone companies and cable companies to enter one another's market. It allowed both types of these companies to provide access to the Internet. This allowed for the growth of multiple-system operators like Comcast and Charter to emerge as powerful Internet Service Providers.
Why did the recording and radio industries begin to cooperate with each other in the early 1950s?
Television had become popular and stolen much of radio’s programming, so radio needed recorded music to stay relevant.
A survey by the International Game Developers Association found that:
the great majority of gave developers are male.
Features on apps, such as infinite scrolling and like buttons, that are developed from research on behavior modification is known as:
addictive design