JMC 1013 - 030 FINAL REVIEW QUESTIONS
What is "narrative" as it relates to a film - Answers -movies that tell stories and engages
with the audience's imagination...first ones were directed and produced by George
Melies
Thomas Edison's role in the film industry - Answers -planned to merge phonograph
technology and moving images to create talking pictures...lost interest... his assistant
created the kinetoscope and kinetograph by combining Edison's lightbulb, Goodwin's
celluloid, and Le Prince's camera
How newspapers handled competition with radio and TV - Answers -they were more
localized
Why did the first colonial newspaper shut down, and what does it say about the
relationship between England and early colonial America? - Answers -Publick
Occurrences by Benjamin Harris wrote negatively about British rule as well as France's
king's affair...no freedom of speech/press
Civil War coverage in newspapers—important points - Answers -inverted pyramid...
"just the facts"...Civil War correspondents imitated this by producing the terse facts from
Lincoln...stripped of adverbs and adjectives...no opinions...people wanted immediate
coverage....message telegraphed from war front
The Hearst/Pulitzer rivalry - Answers -yellow journalism....exaggerating...Hearst "stole"
a World newspaper star, Richard Outcault, credited with inventing color comics, and
creator of the "Yellow Kid."
Minority presses and relationship to social issues (for example, what does the book say
about specific minority presses and the issues they tackled in their coverage?) -
Answers -newspapers for blacks that opposed slavery struggled to survive
When did newspapers peak historically, and why did they start to decline in numbers? -
Answers -peaked between 1890 and 1920....declined during the Great Depression with
the rise of radio
The importance of the First Amendment to the press - Answers -"Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
The importance of the Zenger Trial - Answers -libel...defaming public officials's
character in print...court decided that newspapers had a right to do so
, The importance of the Pentagon Papers - Answers -Ellsberg stole seven volume report
on decision making on vietnam policy...top secret...leaked the story...court sided with
newspaper and ruled that it was their job to provide news
The two tests of press freedom - Answers -the ability to go unpunished after venting
severe criticism of those holding political power....can a government official check over
what you have written and deny you the right to publish it?
The 3 amendments that work together for U.S. freedom of speech - Answers -1st, 5th,
and 14th
Differences in indecent and obscene materials and who regulates both of these in
media work - Answers -FCC...Obscene content does not have protection by the First
Amendment. ... Indecent content portrays sexual or excretory organs or activities in a
way that does not meet the three-prong test for obscenity.
How the World Wars affected book readership - Answers -decreased during...industry
bounced back after...paperback era
The pros and cons of digital e-publishing for books - Answers -pros: cheaper to make,
faster to download, take up less space, mobile
cons: risk of poor editorial quality, formatting can be difficult, need power to use devices,
need internet and credit card
Why book sales increased after 1996 and again after 2007? - Answers -
amazon...kindle
An example of muckraking through a book and through a newspaper - Answers -book:
The Jungle..Upton Sinclair
newspaper: Pentagon Papers
(exposing something)
Three definitions of fake news as discussed in the presentation of chapter 14 - Answers
-false information, satire, or accurate information that is against one person
Different ways to evaluate if sources are credible - Answers -identify the type of news,
find information on another source, check history, check dates, check if it can be
proven, research author
The four models of expression and which of these models best fit with the U.S. style of
journalism/media - Answers -1. authoritarian
2. communist
3. libertarian
What is "narrative" as it relates to a film - Answers -movies that tell stories and engages
with the audience's imagination...first ones were directed and produced by George
Melies
Thomas Edison's role in the film industry - Answers -planned to merge phonograph
technology and moving images to create talking pictures...lost interest... his assistant
created the kinetoscope and kinetograph by combining Edison's lightbulb, Goodwin's
celluloid, and Le Prince's camera
How newspapers handled competition with radio and TV - Answers -they were more
localized
Why did the first colonial newspaper shut down, and what does it say about the
relationship between England and early colonial America? - Answers -Publick
Occurrences by Benjamin Harris wrote negatively about British rule as well as France's
king's affair...no freedom of speech/press
Civil War coverage in newspapers—important points - Answers -inverted pyramid...
"just the facts"...Civil War correspondents imitated this by producing the terse facts from
Lincoln...stripped of adverbs and adjectives...no opinions...people wanted immediate
coverage....message telegraphed from war front
The Hearst/Pulitzer rivalry - Answers -yellow journalism....exaggerating...Hearst "stole"
a World newspaper star, Richard Outcault, credited with inventing color comics, and
creator of the "Yellow Kid."
Minority presses and relationship to social issues (for example, what does the book say
about specific minority presses and the issues they tackled in their coverage?) -
Answers -newspapers for blacks that opposed slavery struggled to survive
When did newspapers peak historically, and why did they start to decline in numbers? -
Answers -peaked between 1890 and 1920....declined during the Great Depression with
the rise of radio
The importance of the First Amendment to the press - Answers -"Congress shall make
no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably
to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."
The importance of the Zenger Trial - Answers -libel...defaming public officials's
character in print...court decided that newspapers had a right to do so
, The importance of the Pentagon Papers - Answers -Ellsberg stole seven volume report
on decision making on vietnam policy...top secret...leaked the story...court sided with
newspaper and ruled that it was their job to provide news
The two tests of press freedom - Answers -the ability to go unpunished after venting
severe criticism of those holding political power....can a government official check over
what you have written and deny you the right to publish it?
The 3 amendments that work together for U.S. freedom of speech - Answers -1st, 5th,
and 14th
Differences in indecent and obscene materials and who regulates both of these in
media work - Answers -FCC...Obscene content does not have protection by the First
Amendment. ... Indecent content portrays sexual or excretory organs or activities in a
way that does not meet the three-prong test for obscenity.
How the World Wars affected book readership - Answers -decreased during...industry
bounced back after...paperback era
The pros and cons of digital e-publishing for books - Answers -pros: cheaper to make,
faster to download, take up less space, mobile
cons: risk of poor editorial quality, formatting can be difficult, need power to use devices,
need internet and credit card
Why book sales increased after 1996 and again after 2007? - Answers -
amazon...kindle
An example of muckraking through a book and through a newspaper - Answers -book:
The Jungle..Upton Sinclair
newspaper: Pentagon Papers
(exposing something)
Three definitions of fake news as discussed in the presentation of chapter 14 - Answers
-false information, satire, or accurate information that is against one person
Different ways to evaluate if sources are credible - Answers -identify the type of news,
find information on another source, check history, check dates, check if it can be
proven, research author
The four models of expression and which of these models best fit with the U.S. style of
journalism/media - Answers -1. authoritarian
2. communist
3. libertarian
