SUT JHALLY COMM 289 EXAM 1 EXAM WITH CORRECT
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
• What three developments characterize 20th century (according to Alex Carey)? -
✓✓ 1. growth of democracy
2. growth of corporate power
3. growth of corporate propaganda as a means to protect corporate power against
democracy
• The major function of the corporation is to: -✓✓ increase profit
• Corporations are ___________________ -✓✓ sociopaths. They show no concern
for anyone else.
• Follow the _________________________ -✓✓ money
• 3 ways media can be funded: -✓✓ 1. Consumers directly buying a product
2. Advertisers supporting media
3. Government support
• Who had inspiration to turn radio into mass medium? -✓✓ David Sarnoff,
president of RCA
-Outlined plan to sell radio to mass audience
-Sold radio sets to consumers
, • Consumers needed a reason to buy the sets, so RCA decided they would: -✓✓
establish radio stations around the country so consumers had something to listen to
and needed radio set
• Between 1920 and 1922 there are 400 radio stations established, by 1923 there
are: -✓✓ 600, (Universities, newspapers, police departments, hotels, labor unions,
etc., established radio stations to get their messages out)
• Between 1922-25, RCA sells: -✓✓ over $83 million worth of sets
• RCA made up four companies: -✓✓ 1. General Electric
2. Westinghouse
3. United Fruit
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4. AT&T (comes up with idea that you can make money by selling airtime to
advertisers)
• "Toll broadcasting" -✓✓ pay a toll and get on air
• AT&T produced radio transmitters, to make money they: -✓✓ charged people for
access to their airways and audience
• trade-name publicity -✓✓ radio stations controlled programming but
advertiser/company could put their name on it (sponsorship)
• What kind of ads did RCA get rid of? -✓✓ Provocative ads that could upset
sponsors
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECTLY WELL DEFINED
ANSWERS LATEST ALREADY GRADED A+ 2026
• What three developments characterize 20th century (according to Alex Carey)? -
✓✓ 1. growth of democracy
2. growth of corporate power
3. growth of corporate propaganda as a means to protect corporate power against
democracy
• The major function of the corporation is to: -✓✓ increase profit
• Corporations are ___________________ -✓✓ sociopaths. They show no concern
for anyone else.
• Follow the _________________________ -✓✓ money
• 3 ways media can be funded: -✓✓ 1. Consumers directly buying a product
2. Advertisers supporting media
3. Government support
• Who had inspiration to turn radio into mass medium? -✓✓ David Sarnoff,
president of RCA
-Outlined plan to sell radio to mass audience
-Sold radio sets to consumers
, • Consumers needed a reason to buy the sets, so RCA decided they would: -✓✓
establish radio stations around the country so consumers had something to listen to
and needed radio set
• Between 1920 and 1922 there are 400 radio stations established, by 1923 there
are: -✓✓ 600, (Universities, newspapers, police departments, hotels, labor unions,
etc., established radio stations to get their messages out)
• Between 1922-25, RCA sells: -✓✓ over $83 million worth of sets
• RCA made up four companies: -✓✓ 1. General Electric
2. Westinghouse
3. United Fruit
---------------------------
4. AT&T (comes up with idea that you can make money by selling airtime to
advertisers)
• "Toll broadcasting" -✓✓ pay a toll and get on air
• AT&T produced radio transmitters, to make money they: -✓✓ charged people for
access to their airways and audience
• trade-name publicity -✓✓ radio stations controlled programming but
advertiser/company could put their name on it (sponsorship)
• What kind of ads did RCA get rid of? -✓✓ Provocative ads that could upset
sponsors
