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Title: COM249 Ch1 Ch2

Description: Chapters 1 & 2 for Quiz one

Total Flash Cards: 17

Created: 09/05/2009 12:46:44

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Term
Communication
Definition
A process involving the sorting, selecting, and sharing of symbols to help a receiver elicit from his or her own mind a meaning similar to that in the mind of the sender.
Term
Types of Communication
Definition
Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, Small Group, Public Speaking, Mass and Mediated
Term
EPS
Definition
Merrill and Lowenstein
Elite, Popular and Specialist
How will we as a society adopt media? Based off our ability to pay.
Term
Media Literacy
Definition
audience members' understanding of the media industry's operation, the messages delivered by the media, the roles media play in society, and how audience members respond to these media and their messages.
Term
Mass Communication
Definition
A process whereby professional communicators use technological devices to share messages over great distances to influence large audiences.
Term
Goals of Mass Media
Definition
Make money, inform people, entertain people, persuade people (to buy more)
Term
Synergy
Definition
The combination of two media outlets is stonger than the outlets standing alone
IE Disney - ABC promotional ads for disney films
Term
The Big Six
Definition
Time Warner, Disney, News Corporation, Viacom/CBS, Bertelsmann, and GE/NBC
Term
Time Warner
Definition
$43 billion in sales
TBS, HBO, CNN, TNT, little brown, Time Magazine
Term
Disney
Definition
$31 billion in sales

ABC, ESPN, Touchstone, Pixar
Term
News Corporation
Definition
$25.3 billion in sales

Fox, New York Post, 20th Century Fox
Term
Viacom
Definition
$25 billion in sales

MTV, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, CBS
Term
Bertelsmann
Definition
$21.1 billion in sales

Sony, RCA, basically US record industry
Term
GE
Definition
$14.6 billion in sales

CNBC, MSNBC, Sy-Fy, Bravo, Universal Studios
Term
Long Tail and Short Head
Definition
Long Tail - portion of a distribution curve where a limited number of people are interested in buying a lot of different products

Short Head- the portion of a distribution curve where a large number of people are interested in buying a limited number of products
Term
Long Tail or Short Head Marketing?
Definition
Short Head is who you market to, maximize profits
Term
Who controls the media?
Definition
Owners, Advertisers, Government, Special Interest Groups, News Sources, and Audiences