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edison

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kinescope, built first motion picture studio near NY, black mana” (name of studio)

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the lumiere brothers

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filters of everyday things, shot in fixed frame (camera didn’t move)
development of point and shoot/ not waiting photography
cinematography (photographed and projected action)

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muybridge

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was an english photographer

important for his pioneering work in photographic studies of motion, and early work in motion picture production

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multiplexing

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carry two or more different signals over the same channel

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news staging

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re-cration on TV news of some events that believed to happen or which could have happen (SNL)

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share

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how many people are using their TV sets to be tuned in

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networks

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broadcast process that units through share programming produced at a central location

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syndication

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sale of radio or TV content to a stations on market-by-market bias

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stripped

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broadcasting a syndicated TV show that same time 5 nights a week

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cord cutting

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viewers leaving cable all together and rely on internet TV only

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block booking

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requiring exhibits to rent unpopular groups of movies to secure popular ones
show low quality films before they could show high quality films

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kinetoscope

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means motion
is a movie viewing machine
peer show device for the exhibition of kinetographs

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nickelodeons

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first movie houses for 5 cents

were converted pawn shops, cigar stores, restaurants

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vertical integration

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systems where studios produced their own films., distributed them through their own outlets and exhibited them in their own theaters

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blockbuster mentality

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reduce risk taking, more formalistic, business concerns dominant artistic considerations

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merchandise-tie-ins

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selling non movie items to promote items

$191 billion for studios in 2008

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franchise films

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movies produced with full intentions of producing several sequels

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branding films

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films that are financed by sponsors to advance certain product line

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great train robbery

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first american made motion picture to tell a story
fist to use editing, intercutting of scenes, and mobile camera to tell sophisticated tale
first western

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a trip to the moon

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first scientific movie
one shot movie (take show them move camera) brought narrative to the medium of film (movies began to tell a story)
george meues

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birth of a nation

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had an emotional suspense and most influential silent film
ugly racist portrayed of aferican americans and sympathetic treatment of kkk (inspired protest)
used montage, expensive $3 vs. 5 cents

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hays office and MPPC

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wanted to improve the images of movies/ submit films for approval
MPPC forbids the use of profanity, limited bedroom scenes to married couples, specific clothing all enforced by a $25000 fine designed to censor films

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how movies survived the great depression

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creativity, size and power, used vertical integration (systems where studios produced their own films., distributed them through their own outlets and exhibited them in their own theaters)

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who goes to movies

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teenagers and young adults

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product placement is fair game
in california flat fee paid upfront, products appear in movies a c:commercial that lives forever" (worldwide distribution)
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alice guy blache
first female director
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weber
wrote senators and subtitles, acted, directed, edited, designed
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glyn
scenario writer ciara bow the "it girl" new women became a national obsession
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harlow
sex symbol "blonde bombshell" star of 30's aferican americans were barred from performing
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VoIP
technology that converts voice into data packets for transmission over and IL network allows for the use of skype and facetime
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ISP
internet service provider | company that offers internet connection on monty rates depending on the kind and amount of access needed
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collssus
computer designed to break secret german code inWW2. first electronic digital computer turn info to binary code
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ENIAC
electric numerical integrated calculator. super computer built by government. first general purpose computer
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ARPANET
dance research projects agency. a network that inked scientist and academic research across the united states (now known as the internet)
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gopher
what early search engine was developed by paul linder and mark mccahill at university of minnesota
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URL
a sites oficial adress 1. protocol (http) 2. name of the address or server (.com .edu IP address) 3. file navigation stands for uniform research locator: the dress of the content place on the web
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domain name
on the world wide wed, and identifying name, rather than a sites formal URL, that gives some indication of the nature of the sites content or owner
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digital natives
people who have never known a world without the internet
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dataveillance
the build profile for you and what you want to buy. statisticians use this fate to raise your rates and send youcoupons etc that relate to you. an example is when a girl was receiving target coupons for baby products. the dad was irate and yelled at target for promoting these kinds of things to teenage girls. it turned out that his daughter was in fact pregnant, he later apologized. these statistics can come from a variety of products that we buy, from toilet paper to the brand of soap.
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IP adress
a unique sting of numbers separated by periods that identify each compueter using the IL to communicate over a network
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clickstream
the series of choices made by a user on the web (electronic tracking)
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knowledge gap
growing different in knowledge, civic actvity, and literacy between better informed and less informed americans. knowing what the consumer wants
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informed gap
those suffering from the tech enology gap will have diminished access to the information it makes available
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digital divide
the lack of technology access among people of color, people who are poor or disable, and those in rural communities
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technology gap
widening disparity between the communication technology haves and have nots. 20% of people in the US do not use internet. those without technology will be denied their basic democratic rights (consequences)
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the public demonstration of TV
help at NY worlds fair by RCA | provied 2 hour regular broadcasts on NBC
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the quiz show scaffolds and how they can change the industry
indeed the golden age of TV when sponsors completely controlled the shows they made sure everything was perfect viewers learned that shows were fixed
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ball's major contributions to the TV industry
produced own show filmed reruns became possible TV industry moved fromNY to hollywood weekly series now produced quickly and cheaply
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the red channels report and its consequences to the industry
a 200 page detailed report on how 151 broadcast personalities were encouraged to avoid buying time for broadcasters and employed "red sympathizers" this caused for entwork employment security to look into backgrounds.. they no longer hired suspects talent and demand loyalty oaths from talent/performers
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nielsen ratings
``` the primary supplier of syndicated TV ratings people meter sweeps weeks diares exposure value ```
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how cable TV started
john walton put wires for TV in the group for people who lived in the mountains and they could not get reception
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PBS
first uses of technology for educational kids shows
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sesame street
increased children's knowledge, got them read to begin school
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what mccarthyism is and the red scare
declares he has a list of 205 people that are known members of the communist party. triggers a five team crusade to go on the hunt down all alleged communist. fails to unearth a single communist. no senator wants to be assessed of mccarthyism
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how a program gets on air
approx. 1000 trial programs are pilots are filled out of 400 proposals for new TV series approx. 12 (1 in 10) will have a full broadcast season networks prefer producers with organizational and financial stability. producers assume production cost. price of syndicated program depends on market size, and and popularity
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the rise of reality TV and rise of internet video and how it affects viewership
networks offset declining ratings with low production cost | gained large viewership
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the demographics of those who most attend movies today
12-29
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the deficit financing system
financing system that suffocates creativity in TV show creation. makes tv content weak
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production
what gets made
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distribution
access to the national market
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exhibition
affiliates broadcasting in local markets
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what perfect of gamers are female?
42%
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what percent of gamers ate children?
18%
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advertising and video games
production placement freemium games advergaming
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convergence in the video game industry
soundtracks, crossover of movies into games, advertisement in games
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third party game creators and the problems they face
when those not directly involved in the market activity nevertheless experience negative or positive externalities
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video game revenues
a billion dollar industry | dramatically increased due to new technology
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the good things about video games
``` advocacy games physical therapy excretes games family time heck with disease reduce anxiety learning/ military use ```
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the general stuff from lecture regarding consequences of video games
increase aggressive behavior cause physiological desensitization to violence prosocial behavior decrease
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the video game rating system
ESRB rating requires that the game offered content descriptors somewhere on the from or back of the game package, explain a particular rating assigned DOES NOT WORK
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history- william gibson
creator of the cyber space late 50's and early 60's product of the cold war worried about nuclear war with the soviet union eisenhower was president military branches in completion with each other
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1971
email
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1972
file transfer | 1973 voice traffic (works in the 1990)
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how copy right apply on the internet
desinged to ensure that those who create content are financially compensated for their work digital millennium copy right act get permission before they share your work
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issue of privacy and its 2 dimensions
1. consumer knowledge: individuals rights to protect from intrusive. 2. consumer control: oveer information collection and sue privacy of personal information
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the frustration- aggression hypothesis
nonviolent game plat can also lead to more aggression than a violent video game competition can cause anger

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