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22 Cards in this Set
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a single firm dominates production and distribution in a particular industry, either nationally or locally
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monopoly
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a few firms control most of an industry's production and distribution resources
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oligopoly
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the economic process of increasing production levels so as to reduce the overall cost per unit
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economies of scale
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the promotion and sale of a product (and all its versions) throughout the various subsidiaries of a media conglomerate. Ex: Disney
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synergy
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the phenomenon of American media, fashion, and food dominating the global market and shaping the cultures and identities of other nations
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cultural imperialism
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a situation in which reporters state out a house or follow a story in such large groups that the entire profession comes under attack for invading people's privacy or exploiting their personal tragedies
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herd journalism
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in TV journalism, the equivalent of a quote in print; the part of a news report in which an expert, a celebrity, a victim, or a person on the street is interviewed about some aspect of an event or issue
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sound bite
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driven by citizen forums, that goes beyond telling the news to embrace a broader mission of improving the quality of public life
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public journalism
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the legal definition of censorship in the U.S., which prohibits courts and governments from blocking any publication or speech before it actually occurs
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prior restraint
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the legal right of authors and producers to own and control the use of their published or unpublished writing, music, and lyrics
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copyright
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the end of the copyright period for a work, at which point the public may begin to access it for free
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public domain
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in law, spoken language that defames a person's character
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slander
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a false communication that wronfully injures the reputation of others; the defamation of character in written expression
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libel
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knowing falsehood of reckless disregard of the truth, such as when a reporter or an editor knows that a statement is false and prints or airs it anyway
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actual malice
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Public figures have a hard time sueing, so they have to prove...
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actual malice
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laws protecting the confidentiality of key interview subjects and reporters' rights not to reveal the sources of controversial information used in news stories
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shield laws
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establishes rules for downloading, sharing, and viewing copyrighted material in the internet; makes it illegal to circumvent anti-piracy measures; allows exemptions to copy and share material for education and noncommercial use
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Digital Milleneum Copyright Act (1998)
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Critical Thinking (COGS)
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Comprehensive, Objective, Goal-Oriented, Systematic
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any system that allows a message to overcome time and/or space
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media
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Evolution of Mass Comm.
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Oral, written, print, electronic, digital
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Hot media
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a medium that appeals to only one sense; better for us intelectually
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Cool media
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a medium that appeals to more than one sense
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