Broadcast as Organization Flashcards

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Shoemaker & Reese (1991): identify 3 different kinds of factors influencing the performance of the media worker:

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INDIVIDUAL MEDIA WORKER;
- Personal attitudes, values, & beliefs
- Social background and experience
- Professional orientations and practices

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Employment of personnel. Control of financial affairs.

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MANAGERIAL

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Supervises work of “time” salesmen who sell programs and commercial announcements

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SALES

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

The Sales department of a broadcast station is under the direction of the ______________________.

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sales manager.

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Selects, buys, and maintains all technical equipment.

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ENGINEERING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Operates the transmitter. Handles the control room activities.

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ENGINEERING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Maintenance of proper relations with the government.

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MANAGERIAL

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Planning of programs, scriptwriting, acting, announcing, production, directing, sound effects, and music.

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PROGRAMMING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Provides programs
Program Acquisition

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PROGRAMMING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Local Production
News/ Public Affairs/ Sports

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PROGRAMMING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

The Programming department of a broadcast station is headed by the ______________________.

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Program Director

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Cameramen, audio men, light men.

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ENGINEERING

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

TRUE OR FALSE

Cameramen, audio men, light men, and others under the Engineering department do not need to have license to operate.

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FALSE – They are required by law to have license to operate.

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

The Engineering department is headed by the ___________________.

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Chief Engineer

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MAJOR DEPARTMENTS OF A BROADCAST STATION

Sets direction of the business. Determines general station policies

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MANAGERIAL

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BROADCASTING STATIONS BY BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION

Broadcast facilities are used for advertising purposes and exist primarily as a business enterprise whose success is measured by the amount of profit or for some other reasons.

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COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION

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2 DISTINCT ACTIVITIES OF THE BROADCAST STATION

Includes the work of artists, writers, directors, producers, and other creative people in the station.

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Creative Origination

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2 DISTINCT ACTIVITIES OF THE BROADCAST STATION

Involves the people and agencies who pay for the materials that are aired.

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Sponsorship Origination

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2 DISTINCT ACTIVITIES OF THE BROADCAST STATION

Basically they are in charge of what we see or hear in the broadcast.

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Creative Origination

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BROADCASTING STATIONS BY BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION

They derive the nature of their broadcast activity for a reason other than the profit motive, like an advocacy - can be for education, religious, or government, etc.

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NON-COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION

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BROADCASTING STATIONS BY BUSINESS CLASSIFICATION

They don’t need profit to produce content.

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NON-COMMERCIAL BROADCAST STATION

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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS (TELEVISION - DTT/DTTB)

TELEVISION - DTT/DTTB stands for:

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Digital Terrestrial Television/ Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcast

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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS

__________________ is the delivery of television content over IP networks.

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Internet protocol TV (TELEVISION-IPTV)

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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS

Unlike downloaded media, _____ offers the ability to stream the source media continuously.

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IPTV (TELEVISION-IPTV)

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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS It is not limited to television streamed from the internet. It is also used for media delivery around corporate and private networks.
TELEVISION-IPTV
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS (TELEVISION - DTT/DTTB) NTC chose to follow ____________ ISDBT as standard for broadcasting in DTT in 2010.
Japan’s
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS (TELEVISION - DTT/DTTB) ABS-CBN is the first to launch __________ with the ABS-CBN TV Plus in 2015. GMA launches ________________ in 2020.
DTT ; Affordabox
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS (TELEVISION - DTT/DTTB) ________________ are supposed to shutdown on 2023 and all broadcasts should be on __________.
Analog broadcasts; DTT
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS _________: It is the transmission of music, news, and other information by radio wave transmission from a single source broadcast stations to a multitude of listeners.
RADIO
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS RF signals are transmitted through coaxial cables, or recently, light pulses through fiber-optic cables Subscription based
TELEVISION-CABLE
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS _____________________: Often abbreviated to CATV, originally it stood for _____________________________________.
TELEVISION-CABLE; Community Access Television or Community Antenna Television.
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2 standards for CATV:
- Analog cable - Digital cable
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS Signals are transmitted by radio waves from the terrestrial (earth based) transmitter of a television station to a TV receiver having an antenna. Begins at 54 megacycles.
TELEVISION - TERRESTRIAL
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS TV signals are line-of-sight - they do not bend around the earth as AM ground waves do. The farther you are away from the station, the higher you have to have an antenna to receive a TV signal.
TELEVISION - TERRESTRIAL
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TYPES OF BROADCASTING STATIONS (Identify and Fill-in the blank) FTA means ____________________. Aired either in NTSC or PALSECAM
TELEVISION - TERRESTRIAL; free to air
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: Frequency modulated.
RADIO-FM;
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__________________ – electromagnetic signals sent through the “air”
Radio waves
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: Amplitude modulation
RADIO-AM
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: Located between 550 - 1600 kilocycles. Long range, ground wave.
RADIO-AM
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: Has poor sound quality, but can transmit longer distances.
RADIO-AM
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: (...) & TV are on a higher frequency in the RF (radio frequency) spectrum. On 88 to 108 MHz (megahertz or million of cycles per second).
(FM) RADIO-FM
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Technical Classification of RADIOS: Stations must be 200 KHz apart. __________ are line-of-sight, and are virtually immune to any type of external interference.
RADIO-FM; FM signals
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Shoemaker and Reese identity the factors external to the media shaping media organizations, work, & what is produced:
- Media’s sources of information - Revenue Sources - Technology - Political and Legal Environment - Perceptions of what the audience wants.
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3 LEVELS OF MEDIA ORGANIZATION & WORK ____________________ are complex entities whose goals, structures, and rhythms determine the production process.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND ROUTINES; Media organizations
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3 LEVELS OF MEDIA ORGANIZATION & WORK Characterized by hierarchy, division of labor, and routinization of working operations through relatively standardized rules and procedures.
ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES AND ROUTINES