Sut Jhally Comm 289 Exam 1 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Corresponding
Answers with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What three developments characterize 20th century (according to Alex
Carey)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔increase profit
Corporations are ___________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sociopaths.
They show no concern for anyone else.
Follow the _________________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔money
3 ways media can be funded: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Consumers directly
buying a product
2. Advertisers supporting media
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, 3. Government support
Who had inspiration to turn radio into mass medium? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔600, (Universities, newspapers, police
departments, hotels, labor unions, etc., established radio stations to get
their messages out)
Between 1922-25, RCA sells: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔over $83 million worth of
sets
RCA made up four companies: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. General Electric
2. Westinghouse
3. United Fruit
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COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Exam Questions and Corresponding
Answers with Surety of 100% Pass Mark
What three developments characterize 20th century (according to Alex
Carey)? - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔increase profit
Corporations are ___________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔sociopaths.
They show no concern for anyone else.
Follow the _________________________ - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔money
3 ways media can be funded: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. Consumers directly
buying a product
2. Advertisers supporting media
1
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
, 3. Government support
Who had inspiration to turn radio into mass medium? - 🧠ANSWER
✔✔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: -
🧠ANSWER ✔✔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: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔600, (Universities, newspapers, police
departments, hotels, labor unions, etc., established radio stations to get
their messages out)
Between 1922-25, RCA sells: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔over $83 million worth of
sets
RCA made up four companies: - 🧠ANSWER ✔✔1. General Electric
2. Westinghouse
3. United Fruit
2
COPYRIGHT©JOSHCLAY 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
