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Media Literacy
Final Exam
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Undergraduate 2
05/03/2009

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Vast Wasteland
Definition
description of the state of commercial broadcasting in 1961
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Nixon-Kennedy Debates
Definition
Radio-Nixon won
TV-Kennedy won
effects of the medium
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Walter Cronkite
Definition
CBS News reporter, announced JFK and MLK's deaths
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Daisy Ad
Definition
Classic political ad
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Morning in America
Definition
Reagan- so happy, no proposal, it's about feeling
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Dallas
Definition
Who shot JR was the advertising catch phrase, viewers had to wait all summer to find out
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I Love Lucy
Definition
Not live TV anymore, able to edit footage and have reruns
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Quiz Show Scandals
Definition
50's, popular contestants given assistance by producers
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Army-McCarthy Hearings
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Senator McCarthy was accused to pressuring the army, widely broadcasted
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Edward R. Murrow
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broadcast journalist, known for honesty, broadcasted Army-McCarthy hearings on See It Now
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News Staging
Definition
staging fake news- dynamite sale 1972
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Neil Postman
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analyzes the way content is carried across print and TV, the medium is the metaphor
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Print Culture
Definition
can convery rational argument unlike TV because TV "excludes content"
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Television Culture
Definition
primary menas of communication in our culture, excludes content
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Libertarianism
Definition
philosophy that people cannot govern themselves in a democracy unless they have access to the information they need for that governance
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Self-Righting Principle
Definition
the free flow or trade of ideas serves to ensue that public discourse allows the truth to emerge because people are inherently good (John Milton)
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Ad Hoc Balancing of Interests
Definition
several factors should be weighed in determining how much freedom the press recieves. Conflict-fair trial and freedom of press
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Libel
Definition
false and malicious publication that damages a person's representation
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Slander
Definition
spoken defamation of a person's character
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Prior Restraint
Definition
the power of the government to prevent the publication or broadcast of expression
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Pentagon Papers
Definition
Top Secret Vietnam documents, given to New York Times, government got restraining order because of National Security Issues, Supreme Court lifts order because newspapers had the right to publish them
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Pornography
Definition
sexually explicit content (protected)
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Obscenity
Definition
illegal pornography (unprotected)
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Traffic Cop Analogy
Definition
FCC is limited to controlling the "flow of traffic"
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Fairness Doctrine
Definition
required broadcasters to cover issues of public importance and be fair in coverage
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Ascertainment
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required broadcasters to ascern or actively determine nature of audience's interest, conveience, and necessity
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Copyright
Definition
identifying and granting ownership, designed to protect creator's financial interest
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Fair Use
Definition
exception to copyright, material can be used without permission or payment (ex. education)
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Social Responsibility Theory
Definition
asserts media must remain free of government control, but in exchange, media must serve the public
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Marshall McLuhan
Definition
Global Village and the medium is the message were his ideas
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Global Village
Definition
new communication technology will permit people to become involved in one another's lives
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The Medium Is The Message
Definition
the form of a medium embeds itself in the message, creating a symbolic relationship by which the medium influences how the message is recieved
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Technological Determinism
Definition
theory which points to technology as the force which shapes society
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Encryption
Definition
electronic coding or masking of information
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Click Stream
Definition
electronic tracking of the choices we make online
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Technology Gap
Definition
widening disparity between communication technology haves and have-nots
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Digital Divide
Definition
lack of technological access among poor, certain races, disabled, and rural communities
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Information Gap
Definition
people without prerequisite technology have diminished access to information that technology makes available
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Adbusters
Definition
uncommercials
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Advertising Council
Definition
directs its efforts toward a host of public service campaigns
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Parity Products
Definition
brands in a product category are essentially the same
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USP
Definition
highlighting the aspects of a product that sets it apart from other brands
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Blink Ads
Definition
one-second time slots, now appearing on some stations and channels
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Clutter
Definition
cramming more spots into a commercial break
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Consumer Culture
Definition
a culture in which personal worth and identity reside not in ourselves but in the products with which we surround ourselves
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Cease-and-Desist Order
Definition
FTC imposes to stop a deceptive ad
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Corrective Advertising
Definition
A new set of ads must be created that corrects the original misleading effort
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Puffery
Definition
little lie that makes advertising more interesting "whiter than white"
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Demographic Segmentation
Definition
appealing to audiences defined by race, gender, class, etc.
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Psychographic Segmentation
Definition
appealing to consumer groups with similar lifestyles, attitudes, values, and behavior patterns
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James Twitchell
Definition
analyzes how advertising has shaped modern society
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Adcult
Definition
advertising=culture
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Killing Us Softly 3- Jean Killbourne
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analysis of advertising's depiction of women and gender stereotypes
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Cultural Imperialism
Definition
invasion of indigenous people's culture by powerful countries through mass media
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Comparitive Analysis
Definition
British channels must limit advertising and increase public affairs and documentary news programming in exchange for their broadcast licenses
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Development Concept
Definition
government and media partnering to ensure that media assist in planned, beneficial development of the country
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Revolutionary Concept
Definition
way of using media to serve the goals of revolution; overthrow government
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Authoritarian Concept
Definition
authoritarian systems call for the subjugation of the media for the purpose of serving the government and uses media to propagandize goals
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Voice of America
Definition
radio station to tell the world the US's point of view and to counter enemy propaganda and disseminate information about America
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Absolutist Position
Definition
there should be no control over the media and complete freedom of speech
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Flash Mobs/Smart Mobs
Definition
a really spread out group can come together quickly with an email thread, especially for protests
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