MAS 101 - Exam 2 Study Guide UPDATED
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A Birth of a Nation - CORRECT ANSWER - a. 1915 - 3 Hour Epic
b. First blockbuster
c. 200 million Americans watched it over the next 20 years
Broadcasting vs. Narrowcasting - CORRECT ANSWER - Broadcasting: distributing
media content to a mass audience in a one-to-many model
Narrowcasting: to transmit media to a small audience defined by lifestyle, community or other
demographics
commercial press vs partisan press - CORRECT ANSWER - commercial press: media that
is privately owned by larger companies and corporations
partisan press: newspapers and other communication media that openly support a political party
and whose news in significant part follows the party line
consequences from loss of local newspapers - CORRECT ANSWER - declines in civic
engagement of citizens, increases in government waste, and increases in political polarization
criticisms of early TV from Network Era - CORRECT ANSWER - criticisms of the big 3:
content quality, concentrated cultural power, unfair competition, and limited local control
D.W. Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER - groundbreaking American film director, directed
The Birth of a Nation
decentralization of film industry - CORRECT ANSWER - With a decentralized
Hollywood, producers, writers, and creators can crowdfund, create, and launch a film all on a
, blockchain-based platform and eliminate the big studios that would have probably changed the
narrative of their script anyway
expressionism vs realism/neo-realism - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Expressionism
i. Expresses people's inner world, focusing on emotions rather than external realities
b. Realism
i. Represents things in a realistic way
ii. Neo-Realism
Deals with the structure of the international system that determines state behavior
innovations leading to Post-Network Era - CORRECT ANSWER - VCRs, DVDs, Xbox
John Dewey - CORRECT ANSWER - He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by
doing" which formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal
should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Joseph Pulitzer - CORRECT ANSWER - creator of the "New York World;" cut the prices
so people could afford it; featured color comics and yellow journalism
kinescope - CORRECT ANSWER - before the days of videotape, a 1950s technique for
preserving television broadcasts by using a film camera to record a live TV show off a studio
monitor
Kuleshov Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive
more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
magazine sponsorship model - CORRECT ANSWER - networks manage program
development and sell spots to various sponsors
Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers
A Birth of a Nation - CORRECT ANSWER - a. 1915 - 3 Hour Epic
b. First blockbuster
c. 200 million Americans watched it over the next 20 years
Broadcasting vs. Narrowcasting - CORRECT ANSWER - Broadcasting: distributing
media content to a mass audience in a one-to-many model
Narrowcasting: to transmit media to a small audience defined by lifestyle, community or other
demographics
commercial press vs partisan press - CORRECT ANSWER - commercial press: media that
is privately owned by larger companies and corporations
partisan press: newspapers and other communication media that openly support a political party
and whose news in significant part follows the party line
consequences from loss of local newspapers - CORRECT ANSWER - declines in civic
engagement of citizens, increases in government waste, and increases in political polarization
criticisms of early TV from Network Era - CORRECT ANSWER - criticisms of the big 3:
content quality, concentrated cultural power, unfair competition, and limited local control
D.W. Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER - groundbreaking American film director, directed
The Birth of a Nation
decentralization of film industry - CORRECT ANSWER - With a decentralized
Hollywood, producers, writers, and creators can crowdfund, create, and launch a film all on a
, blockchain-based platform and eliminate the big studios that would have probably changed the
narrative of their script anyway
expressionism vs realism/neo-realism - CORRECT ANSWER - a. Expressionism
i. Expresses people's inner world, focusing on emotions rather than external realities
b. Realism
i. Represents things in a realistic way
ii. Neo-Realism
Deals with the structure of the international system that determines state behavior
innovations leading to Post-Network Era - CORRECT ANSWER - VCRs, DVDs, Xbox
John Dewey - CORRECT ANSWER - He was a philosopher who believed in "learning by
doing" which formed the foundation of progressive education. He believed that the teachers' goal
should be "education for life and that the workbench is just as important as the blackboard."
Joseph Pulitzer - CORRECT ANSWER - creator of the "New York World;" cut the prices
so people could afford it; featured color comics and yellow journalism
kinescope - CORRECT ANSWER - before the days of videotape, a 1950s technique for
preserving television broadcasts by using a film camera to record a live TV show off a studio
monitor
Kuleshov Effect - CORRECT ANSWER - a mental phenomenon by which viewers derive
more meaning from the interaction of two sequential shots than from a single shot in isolation
magazine sponsorship model - CORRECT ANSWER - networks manage program
development and sell spots to various sponsors
