The first mass-marketed media products in history.
These are the two models used to describe high and low culture.
A means of communication in the 1950s and 60s vs. today's communication culture. Waiting vs. instant gratification in communication.
Acknowledging paradox is a value of this type of society.
The correct order of the history of media for the Western world.
He invented the Audion tube in 1906.
The Communications Act of 1934 created this federal agency, which still regulates broadcasting.
Produced originally in Chicago, this radio show ran from the late 1920's to the early 1960s, was immensely popular, but presented troubling sterotypes of African Americans.
This 1938 broadcast sent listeners into a panic on the night before Halloween. Title and Director/Voice Actor
He created FM radio, fought about it with David Sarnoff for years, and tragically jumped from a hotel window in 1954.
As his main contribution, Marhsall McLuhan said the media is this.
This what we call the point when a critical number of people gain access to a medium and make it part of their lives.
McLuhan used these terms, not to describe your kitchen faucet, but to describe whether a medium was "high defintiion" or "low definition."
Where we store our data and information when we don't want to store it on a single home or office computer..."keep looking up"
This is what "URL" stands for.
This early innovation in TV technology is the forerunner of the TV picture tube.
The kind of TV programming was known for setting a tone of low ethical standards.
Who is credited with the first electric picture transmission?
This targets media to specific segments of the audience.
TV is referred to as the _______________ screen in reference to which devices consumers use to view media content, while movies are the ___________________ screen, and smart phones and iPads are the ___________________ screen.
What is the first material used for paper?
In the Middle Ages, these books were made for wealthy clients and were made from leather, embossed with gold and silver and were highly decorated.
This borrows writing tactics from creative writing.
Political sensors sought to banish these "dangerous" books. (Name One)
By 2013 e-books accounted for 38 percent of adult fiction sales in the United States. What are the pros of e-publishing?
What are books?
What are skyscraper model and map model
What is water cooler vs spoiler culture?
What is postmodern society?
What is Oral, Scribal/Written, Printing, Electronic, Digital?
Who is Lee DeForest?
What is the Federal Communications Commission?
What is "Amos 'n' Andy"?
What is "War of the Worlds" by Orson Welles?
Who is Edwin Armstrong?
What is "the message"?
What is Mass Adoption?
What is "hot" and "cool"?
What is The Cloud?
What is "Uniform Resource Locator"?
What is the cathode ray tube?
What is the Quiz Show Era of early TV?
Who is Philo Farnsworth?
What is Narrowcasting?
What is second, first and fourth?
What is Papyrus?
What are Illuminated manuscripts?
What is Literary journalism?
What is The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Das Kapital, The Satanic Verses
E-publishing keeps publishing and distribution costs low and enables authors to sidestep traditional publishers.
