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84 Cards in this Set
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Marlene Sanders
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ABC's 1st female news VP
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Docudramas
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Documentaries that were actually re-creations of dramatic events
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Reagan's effect on media
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Lots of press conferences
Large coverage of inauguration |
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Media mergers
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BS abt media mergers
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The Day After
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Graphic TV show about a nuclear holocaust in Kansas
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Media mergers and change
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BS about it media change/mergers
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Major technological advancements
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TV, Radio, Internet, etc.
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Impact of 60 minutes
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One of 1st national news programs to get a good following
Favored more sensational news |
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media and war
Grenada to Persian Gulf |
Grenada: no reporters invited to go/not allowed to report
Persian Gulf: govt used movies to generate support for war loans |
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Apple II
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McIntosh personal computer
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Christine Craft
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told that she was too old and too ugly to be on tv anymore; sued and got her job back
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2000 Election
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Busch v. Gore election
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Reasons for growth of cable
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BS reason for growth of cable TV
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Charlayne Hunter-Gault
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black student @ UGA; female correspondent for Newshour
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ARPANET
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forerunner of internet; connected 4 universities
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Valerie Plame
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spy who was outed by the media
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Scriptorium
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a large, common workroom in a monastery overseen by the chief scribe
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Licensing
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Licenses needed to print papers
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William Caxton
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his book "History of Troy" thought to be the first book printed in English
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Areopagetica
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written by John Milton to denounce licensing of papers
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Acta Diurna
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forerunner of modern newspaper; began in Rome by Julius Caesar
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Johann Gutenberg
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inventor associated with the invention of the printing press
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Newsletters
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Scribes in Rome paid to make newsletters; replaced by gazettes in Europe
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Development of ABCs
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Most modern alphabets descended from Phoenecians; Greek descends from ancient Hebrew writings
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Significance of moveable type
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Literature could be printed quicker and in more quantity
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Etymology of Coranto & Gazette
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Gazette: comes from collecting a "gazeta" for its price
Coranto: Dutch word for currents of news |
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A Perfect Diurnal
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the daily proceedings in Parliament
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New World colonization literature
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BS New World literature
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Glorious Revolution printing effects
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Bill of Rights made and newspaper numbers grew quickly
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John Eliot
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Christianized American Indians and wrote/printed the Indian Bible, the 1st America book
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Present State of New-English Affairs
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printed by Increase Mather; a mock paper to clear up rumors
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Edmund Andros
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Anglican Governor who put heavy restrictions on the printing press
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Governor William Berkeley
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Governor who didn't want freedom of the press
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New-England Courant
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created to speak out against Cotton Mather's inocculation
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New-England Primer
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a spelling book that became a typical textbook of the day
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Publick Occurrences
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old US paper by Benjamin Harris; no standardized spelling or grammar; made govt look bad, so banned after 1 issue
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Boston News-Letter
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lasted through the Revolution b/c allowed govt official to read before published
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James Rivington
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pro-Brit printer; started New York Gazetteer;
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"Published by authority"
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stamp put on papers when they had gone through the proper licensing procedure
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Ben Franklin
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Silence Dogood letters, Apology for Printers, PA Gazette and chain of newspapers
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Tom Paine
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wrote "Common Sense"
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Stamp Act
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taxing on papers in colonies by Brits
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John Dickenson's "Farmer" letters
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introduced the idea of using papers as a political agent
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Sam Adams
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wrote under 23 pseudonyms; esp about the Boston Massacre
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Patriot v. Tory Press
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Patriots: for revolution
Tory: for continued British colonies |
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Isaiah Thomas
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wrote against govt; was arrested, but not convicted and showed that govt was losing it's control over the press
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Alien & Sedition Act
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nothing bad can be said about the government; used by Federalists to put enemies in jail
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John Fenno
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Federalist printer; Gazette of the United States
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Peter Cobbett
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Federalist printer; Porcupine's Gazette
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Matthew Lyon
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Irish printer who attacked the Federalists; arrested under Alien & Sedition Act
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William Duane
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B.F. Bache's partner; took over General Advertiser after Bache died
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Role of papers in War of 1812
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papers relied on newsgathering for info on the war; Federalist and Republican papers had differing opinions about the war
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T. Jefferson vs. A. Hamilton
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Democrat-Republican vs. Federalist
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B.F. Bache
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Repub printer; wrote against Federalists; created Genderal Advertiser
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Philip Freneau
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Federalist printer; National Gazette
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role of press in Jackson's election
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hurt him in the 1828 election, so he found a way to use it to his advantage in the next election
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Samuel H. Smith/Joseph Gales
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"Intelligencer" printers who promoted Jefferson and his platform
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Samuel Chase
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was a judge on the side of the Federalists during the Alien and Sedition Act
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Harry Croswell
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Federalist printer who was arrested for seditious libel against Jefferson; led to bigger freedom of the press
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press clause
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people debate over what the press clause is supposed to be protecting; could be protecting porn, for example
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Benjamin Day
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penny press; started the "Sun" in NYC; wrote the moon hoax
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Horace Greeley
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antithesis of J.G. Bennett; editor of New York Tribune; for women's and minorities' rights
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Margaret Fuller
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Female foreign correspondent for the New York Tribune
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Rotary press
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"quicker" type of printing press
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Horatio David Sheppard
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started idea of the penny press in NYC; paper sucked b/c of bad grammar/spelling
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James Gordon Bennett
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editor of New York Herald; Wrote Ellen Jewett story; had moral war w/ other editors who hated him
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New York Sun
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Ben Day's penny paper
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Henry Raymond
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established New York Times, a paper for the good of people, no particular leaning one way or the other
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William Lloyd Garrison
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"Liberator" editor; agreed w/ Nat Turner, made ppl mad
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Benjamin Lundy
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started one of 1st abolitionist papers: The Genius of Universal Emancipation
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Elijah P. Lovejoy
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minister who advocated for freedom of slaves; was hung by people who wanted slavery
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Fire-eaters
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Southern editors who were strongly FOR slavery; Robert Rhett was best known
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Bohemian Brigade
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Union reporters
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Harper's Weekly & Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
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Illustrated papers during the Civil War
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Alfred Waud
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most famous sketch artist of the Civil War
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Charlotta Bass
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African American female editor of the CA Eagle; started riots against Birth of A Nation with her articles against it
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Brady/Alexander
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photographers in the Civil War
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PA of the CSA
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Press Association of the Confederate papers
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Greeley's role in emancipation
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wrote letter to Lincoln encouraging him to emancipate people
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Major Events covered by media to start war
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John Brown's raid on Harper Ferry; 1860 Election; Fort Sumter
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Ram's Horn
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paper Frederick Douglass used to work for before starting his own paper
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Frederick Douglass
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former slave who started the "North Star" paper that spoke for the rights of African Americans
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Robert Abbott
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editor of "Chicago Defender"; paper sent all over US; his journalism was shaped by all the bigotry and injustice shown to him
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Freedom's Journal
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1st African American newspaper
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