EXAM 2

Question 1

Public Occurrences

Answer 1

First paper in America

Question 2

Prominence

Answer 2

the state of being important or famous.

Question 3

Proximity

Answer 3

The location of the event. Falls into emotional proximity.

Question 4

Currency/context

Answer 4

The place that a story has in public discussion.

Question 5

Timeliness

Answer 5

How recently the event occurred.

Question 6

Conflict

Answer 6

Any kind of conflict.

Question 7

Impact

Answer 7

How many people are affected by the news.

Question 8

Odd/bizarre/unusual

Answer 8

Any weird news.

Question 9

Human Interest

Answer 9

Stories that tug at our heart strings (positive or negative)

Question 10

Publick Occurrences

Answer 10

First paper in America

Question 11

Yellow Journalism: Hearst vs. Pulitzer

Answer 11

• • Sensationalism
• • Gruesome headlines
• • Exaggerated reporting
• • Crime, sex, and violence

Question 12

Benjamin Day, The New York Sun, and The Penny Press

Answer 12

Penny Press and The New York Sun 1833

Question 13

First recording device

Answer 13

Phonograph by Thomas Edison (1877?)

Question 14

Emile Berliner

Answer 14

Gramophone (system for sound recording) by Berliner (1888)

Question 15

Major labels

Answer 15

Warner, EMI, Sony BMG, Universal

Question 16

Artist and repertoire

Answer 16

Are the people who find new artists and sign them to the label.

Question 17

Payola

Answer 17

Is basically just paying the radio money to play a certain song. It is now illegal.

Question 18

Major Studios

Answer 18

(Disney, Paramount, Sony, 21st Century Fox, Universal, Warner Bros)

Question 19

Independents

Answer 19

(United Artists, Miramax, LionsGate, DreamWorks)

Question 20

First color film

Answer 20

Was made in 1926: The Black Pirate

Question 21

First film with sound

Answer 21

Was made in 1927: Jazz Singer

Question 22

First feature length animated film

Answer 22

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)

Question 23

Disney and Mickey’s first short cartoon

Answer 23

Steamboat Willie is a 1928

Question 24

1927: Vladimir Zworykim and Philo Farnsworth

Answer 24

is credited with a patent on TV technology first

Question 25

1932: David Sarnoff

Answer 25

first commercial TV station

Question 26

Top Channels

Answer 26

NBC, ABC, CBS, Fox, CW

Question 27

Quiz show scandals

Answer 27

They we rigged

Question 28

Controversies

Answer 28

Addiction, Violence, Stereotypes, Lack of substance

Question 29

Tim Berners Lee

Answer 29

inventor of the World Wide Web

Question 30

1932: David Sarnoff

Answer 30

first commercial TV station. In the first, which began in 1932, RCA filed suit against inventor Philo Farnsworth to try to invalidate his patents on electronic television.

Question 31

Browsers

Answer 31

Mosaic to Netscape

Question 32

Behavioral Targeting

Answer 32

Facebook’s Like button

Question 33

Blogs

Answer 33

User-Generated Content

Question 34

Net Neutrality

Answer 34

the principle that Internet service providers should enable access to all content and applications regardless of the source, and without favoring or blocking particular products or websites.

Question 35

Video games as spectator sport

Answer 35

YouTube; Twitch (reports 120 million active viewers/month)

Question 36

Walled garden

Answer 36

Is a software system where the carrier or service provider has control over applications, content, and media