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95 Cards in this Set
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Media |
Plural of medium |
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Medium |
Interposed device used to transmit images |
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Media literacy |
Understand and make productive use of media |
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Media Criticism |
Analysis used to assess the effects of media on individuals, society, and culture |
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Synchronic |
Concerned events existing in one time period, same time |
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Diachronic |
Across time |
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Rhetoric |
Persuasion |
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Natural Philosophy |
Science |
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Cultural imperialism |
Displacement of a nation's customs with those of another country |
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convergence |
merging of technologies, industries, content, especially within the realms of computer, telephone, and mass media |
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Concentration of ownership |
Larger companies buying smaller companies |
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conglomerate |
own media companies as well as other businesses
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Vertical Integration |
One company owns several related aspects of media at once |
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Deregulation |
reduction in government restrictions on the business operations of an industry |
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Message pluralism |
availability to an audience of a variety of information and entertainment sources |
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Interactive |
message system allows users to send and receive messages to communicate simultaneously |
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Technological determinism |
theory stating new technology changes society, sometimes in unexpected ways |
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Propoganda |
Information spread for the purpose of promoting a doctrine or cause |
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Magic Bullet/Hypodermic Needle model |
Assumption that messages have a direct and uniform impact |
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Socialization |
process by which children learn customs of society |
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Desensitization |
Viewers of media violence develop emotional immunity to real-life violence |
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Third person effect |
Belief that media affects other people more than one's self |
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Catharsis Theory |
Idea that viewing violence reduces violent behavior |
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Correlation |
Two things occur at the same time, more often than chance would lead one to expect |
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Papyrus |
(3,000 BC) paper made of reeds
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Parchment |
Paper on animal skins |
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Public domain |
Copyright expiration |
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Dime Novels |
(1860's) inexpensive fiction books, sold for 10 cents, AKA pulp novels |
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Trade Books |
Fiction and non-fiction books sold to general public |
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Educational Books |
Books for elementary, secondary, college, and vocational students |
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Reference books |
collections of facts/info for general research |
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Professional books |
Information for specialized occupations, i.e; law, medicine |
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Specialty books |
Other books (comics, religious , yearbooks) |
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Royalties |
Author's share of profit of a work |
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Genre |
Types of writing |
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Blurb |
Brief laudatory comments placed on cover of a book |
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Blockbuster |
All types of huge events, in terms of media products |
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Censorship |
Any action that prohibits an act of expression from being made publuic |
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Banning |
Bans certain books from a local library or institution |
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Seditious Libel Laws |
laws established in colonial America that made it illegal to criticize government or its reps |
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Mercantile press |
Newspapers that provided news of business and shippping |
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Partisan Press |
Newspapers owned by political parties |
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Editorial page |
Section of newspaper reserved for statements representing the opinion of the newspaper |
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Hard News |
Stories about current events that impact people's lives |
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Feature News/Soft News |
Stories directed toward human interest and curiosity |
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Newshole |
Total amount of space that can be devoted to editorial content versus advertising |
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Specialty Press |
Religious, Educational, Agricultural, Commercial |
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Penny Press |
Inexpensive advertiser supported newspapers |
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Inverted Pyramid |
News style that packs the most important info into the first paragraph |
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Yellow Journalism |
A style of reporting characterized by unprecedented sensationalism |
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Objectivity |
Writing style that separates fact from opinion |
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Sensationalism |
Use exaggeration to produce a startling effect |
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New Journalism |
1960's and 1970's news writing using literary techniques considered unconventional |
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Investigative Journalism |
Reporting that uncovers info. that sources have tried to conceal |
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Feature Syndicates |
Brokers for newspaper entertainment and specialty items |
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Hegemony |
Implying force, threaten rather than use actual power |
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Cultural Hegemony |
One social class can manipulate the system of values and morals of society, to create a ruling class |
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Myth |
A wise man, put on trial, guilty, resurrection |
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The Critical Process |
Description, Analysis, Interpretation, Evaluation, Engagement |
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Canons of Rhetoric |
Invention, Arrangement, Disposition, Memory (Forgotten), Delivery |
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3 Key concepts of Media |
1.Mass Media are profit centered. 2. Technological developments change how mass media is delivered/consumed 3.Mass media reflects and effects politics, society, and culture |
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3 Information Communication Revolutions |
1. (1,000 BC) Phonetic Writing 2. (1455) Movable Type 3. (1951) Digital Computers |
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Why Media Properties Converge |
1. Media attracts money 2. Newspapers and broadcast stations are scarce 3. Newspapers and Broadcasts have gone through a cycle of family ownership 4.Easier to buy than to start 5. 1990's changed the economics of all the media industries (Internet) 6. 2007 recession hit newspapers hard |
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Audience |
Final arbiter Has economic clout Acceptance establishes new tech Organized members make a difference |
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Communication Model |
Source-Message-Channel-Receiver |
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Big Things 1900's |
Plastics Airplanes |
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Big Things 1910's |
Assembly Lines Super Market |
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Big Things 1920's |
TV Penicillin |
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Big Things 1930's |
Radar Computers |
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Big Things 1940's |
Atomic Bomb Transistors |
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Big Things 1950's |
Birth Control Pills Integrated Circuits |
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Big Things 1960's |
Lasers Robots |
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Big Things 1970's |
In-Vitro Fertilization
Cell Phones |
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Big Things 1980's |
Personal Computer Genetic Fingerprinting |
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Big Things 1990's |
WWW
Cloning |
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Big Things 2000's |
Hydrogen Powered Cars
Nanotechnology |
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Order/Hierarchy Act of Negation Guilty/Victimage Act Of Purification Redemption/Restoration |
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Pre-Modern Agricultural Era Hierarchy |
Rulers Merchants Peasants |
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Pre-Modern Agricultural Era Work |
Field Farma |
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Pre-Modern Agricultural Era Communication |
Local- Oral Manuscript Storytellers, Town Criers At home- Quill pen |
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Pre-Modern Agricultural Era Key Social Values |
Natural or Divine Order |
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Pre-Modern Agricultural Era Journalism |
Oral+Print Based Partisan |
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Modern Industrial Era Hierarchy |
National CEO Managers Factory Workers |
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Modern Industrial Era Workk |
Factory Office |
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Modern Industrial Era Comm |
National- Books, Newspaper Radio At home- Typewriter Office Computer |
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Modern Industrial Era Key Social Values |
Individualism, Rationalism, Efficiency |
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Modern Industrial Era Journalism |
Print-Based Objective |
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Post-Modern Informational Era Hierarchy |
Global CEO Temp Workers |
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Post-Modern Informational Era Work |
Office Home/Virtual Office |
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Post-Modern Informational Era Comm |
Global- TV Internet/Multimedia At Home- Computer/Laptop Smartphone, social media |
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Post-Modern Informational Era Key Social Values |
Anti-Hierarchy, Diversity, Skepticism |
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Post-Modern Informational Era Journalism |
TV+Internet Based Opinionated |
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Best Selling U.S. Book |
Da Vinci Code |
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Best Worldwide Selling Book |
Tale of Two Cities |
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Study the two timelines |
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