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54 Cards in this Set
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What was the first provision of the Bill of Rights?
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The First Amendment (Congress shall pass no law)
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Who makes US Media Laws and Regulations? |
FCC, FTC, Congress, Local Government, Court System (Interprets the law) |
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What is the chilling effect? |
Laws, court rulings or FCC regulations that reduce protections for journalists and other media workers; Suppresses certain types of reporting because news agencies are production companies fear legal reprisals |
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What is prior restraint? |
An official restriction of speech prior to publication |
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What is defamation? |
The use of factual information (as opposed to opinion) that holds someone in hatred or contempt, subjects the person to ridicule, or otherwise lowers esteem for the individual |
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Who is a public figure, for the purpose of defamation and invasion of privacy? |
Celebrities, Government Officials, and Publicity Hounds |
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What is an absolute defense against defamation? |
Truth |
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What is the right to privacy? |
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects |
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What acts may constitute invasion of privacy? |
Any act of intrusion that occurs without an individual's consent including trespass and publication of embarrassing facts |
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What is the impact of the Food Lion vs. ABC Case? |
Media may be sued for trespass as an alternative to defamation when true, but unflattering, information is published |
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Under Florida Law, what is the rule for recording telephone conversations? |
All parties need to be told that they are being recorded |
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What are six categories of Fair Use in copyright law? |
Criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, or research |
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To what extent may local governments regulate cable television? |
May regulate the cost and content of basic tier cable, but not higher tiers |
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What kind of audience does broadcast television seek to reach? |
Aims for a general audience, and tries to schedule programming to reach people who are available to view (viewers at home) |
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What are dayparts? Why are they important? |
what we call broadcast TV at different times of the day TV Programs are most often geared toward a particular demographic, and what the target audience typically engages in at that time |
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What is the relationship between Broadcast TV networks and their affiliates? |
-Network provides most daily program content -Network compensates affiliate for carrying programs, increasing revenues -Network programs attract large audiences -Network provide plenty of promotion -New competition (cable, satellite, internet, etc.) makes network relationship less valuable |
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Understand how RATINGS and SHARE are calculated. |
- Ratings: numbers of households viewing station divided by the number of TV Households in survey area - Share: the number of TV (or radio) households currently tuned to a particular station divided by the number of TV (or radio) households currently watching TV (or listening to the radio) |
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What are the differences between probability sampling and straw polling? Which is more accurate? |
- Probability Sampling: Audience measurement where subjects are selected randomly, and demographically represented - Straw polling: participants are invited to call in and register their opinions |
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What are psychographics (a.k.a. psychodemographics)? |
- Audience measurement that defines audience by lifestyle |
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How does Nielsen collect data for TV ratings? |
- Selects a random sample of 5000 households nationwide, this sample is demographically representative. Nielsen uses a combination of written diaries, set meters, and mobile "people meters" while providing in-depth demographic date to advertisers. |
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Which company uses the most Internet bandwidth in the United States? |
Netflix |
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Name three industries that pre-date and helped develop television in the U.S.? |
-Telegraph -Telephone - Radio |
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What was the impact of U.S. Vs. Paramount Pictures case in 1948? |
- Lawsuit forced movie studios to sell off their movie theaters |
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I Love Lucy was a pioneering TV Show for many reasons. Describe the impact that Lucy had on the television industry. |
- Transformed TV Shows from being live to pre-recorded - Multi-camera technique - Understanding for language of cinema |
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What was the nature of the conflict between Edward R. Murrow and Senator Joseph McCarthy? |
- McCarthy hated how Murrow would continually discredit him on all his statements. One example was when Murrow's See It Now show covered the dismissal of Lt. Milo Radulovich from Air Force because his family was thought to be communist sympathizers. Edward Murrow came out saying that the newspaper the Radulovich was not in fact procommunist, but actually supported Marshal Tito, the Yugoslavian leader who broke away five years earlier from the Soviet Union and since then had been receiving aid from the U.S. Soon the people saw McCarthy in a new negative light, which led him to being censured and eventually stripped from his power. See It Now was then moved to Sunday afternoons and is now known as TV Show 60 Minutes. |
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What were the Quiz Show scandals, and how did it influence television going forward? |
The Quiz Show scandals was the exposure of quiz shows being rigged and unfair. A contestant came out exposing that in that quiz show he played in, he was asked to fold and let the other contestant win. Sponsors were usually the ones who would tell the producers which contestant should win. After this Am. audience felt betrayed and ratings plummet, causing quiz shows from being number 1 to number 20 in just a few weeks. Congress hauled the producers into a hearing and the FCC created a law in banning rigging and cheating. A slight hint of cheating and the show along with its producers would be blacklisted. Out of this Jeopardy was born. |
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Richard Nixon is generally thought to have lost the first Kennedy-Nixon debate on TV. What are the main reasons attributed to his loss? |
- Nixon appeared emaciated, unhealthy, and awkward. - He arrived at the studio after a strenuous campaign where he appeared in all 50 states. - He lost 5lbs and his shirt collar was loose. - He refused to have theatrical makeup applied to his face, but later applied Lazy Shave, a product designed to hide five o'clock shadow. It melted during the debate. - Nixon's gray suit blended in with the background, especially on the era's black and white TV Screens. |
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What is ASCAP? |
Organization founded in 1914, manages copyrights for musicians |
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The Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young song "Ohio" commemorates what 1970 event? |
The Kent State Shootings |
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Who was Checkers? |
Nixon's gifted family dog |
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What was the name of the first subscription TV Network? |
HBO (1972) |
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What was cable TV first called, and what sort of neighborhoods did it serve? |
Community Antenna TV (CATV), served popular areas where reception was difficult |
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What was different about the Super Bowl ads this year (according to what we discussed in class) ? |
They were made to be seen better on phone |
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What innovation popularized football on TV beginning in 1964? |
Instant Replay |
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Both the Netflix and HBO CEOs have said they are not worried about subscribers sharing passwords with non-subscribers. Why is this? |
Because they feel that non-subscribers would eventually pay for subscription and saw it as a marketing tool |
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What was the message behind the "Daisy" and "Ice Cream" ads? |
Anti-Nuclear War |
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What does OTT stand for? |
Over the Top (cord cutting), when you have TV access but don't pay for cable |
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What event first introduced television? |
The World's Fair in 1939 with David Sarnoff |
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What was TV's first network in the U.S. ? |
NBC |
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What was the first aired presidential debate? |
Kennedy vs. Nixon |
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Who was TV's first "interracial" couple? |
Lucy & Ricky |
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What was the name of Edward R. Murrow's weekly news show? |
See It Now |
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What was the show at the center of the quiz show scandals? |
21 |
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What was the longest running TV show in the U.S. ? |
Meet The Press (Martha Roundtree, their first moderator) |
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What is the highest-rated show on cable TV that is not about sports? |
The Walking Dead |
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What is the iconic 1980s TV Show that defined a Florida City? |
Miami Vice |
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The performance of which show was banned by CBS because it was too anti-Vietnam war? |
The Big Muddy |
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The TV anthology series was an important TV format in the late 1940s-1950s. What were some of the characteristics of the TV anthology series, and what caused them to decline? |
- Combined techniques from live theater and cinema - Each episode was a full story of 60-90 minutes -Actors chose to fit the story, produced live - Perfected multi-camera and multi-set TV production - Produced in theaters the size of a gym - Close -ups became important - Stories showed intimate portrait of ordinary life - They declined due to money becoming available for independent film production and writers, directors and actors leaving Anthology series for greater freedom in Hollywood. |
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What was the impact of the Great Depression on radio and the development of television? |
- RCA stock fell to 1/10th of its previous value - Average Am's stopped buying radio sets - Money for TV development slowed |
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What were some of the stipulations of the CommunIcations Act of 1934? |
- Established the federal communication (FCC) to regulate both broadcasting and telephony - FCC become responsible for allocating spectrum for wireless communication -FCC set technical standards for telephony, radio and the emerging TV industry - In 1940 FCC forced the TV industry to use FM radio technology for sound |
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What characterized press coverage of the Vietnam War? |
- Press travelled with miiltary in Vietnam. They were not censored and could go where they wanted too. - However, military reviewed all news reports after broadcast. Journalists who criticized war were pressured |
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What role did television play in furthering the civil rights movement in the US? |
- It showed the people how much racial injustice was happening. Everyone could see the police brutalities, how Governor Wallace attempted to disallow two black students from enrolling in the University of Alabama and it showed Martin Luther King's speech and his funeral. |
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What were some of the most important events in television and politics from the 1950s-1970s? |
- First televised presidential debate in 1960 between Kennedy & Nixon - Kennedy addressed the nation about the Cuban missile crisis in 1962; - March on Washington in 1963, 1963 Walter Cronkite announces Pres. Kennedy's death, Kennedy's funeral was televised; - The Johnson 1964 campaign ads 'Daisy' and 'Ice Cream' -In 1965 the torching of Cam Ne; -In 1968- Johnson withdraws from presidential race, 1968 Robert F. Kennedy is assassinated; 1970- Watergate hearing televised |
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What is the message behind Where Have All the Flowers Gone? |
- The song represented the soldiers that died for our country. The flowers represented the women of the men that passed away brought their flowers to the cemetery. |
