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Mass Media and Society
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Undergraduate 3
10/20/2008

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Term
Print
Definition
The first mass medium.
Gutenburg invented the movable type
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Mediamorphosis
Definition
Media does not die - builds off of one another.
Evolution.
Term
Technomyopia
Definition
First we overestimate new technology then if it doesnt work, we underestimate.
Term
Marshall McLuhan
Definition
He called tv an "electric media" and said tv would create "the global village". Media is an extension of us. He wrote the book Media is the Message that spoke about the media being more important than whats on it.
Term
Claud Shannon (shannon-weaver linnear model)
Definition
info source -> transmitter -> receiver -> destination
distributed by static and noise and you get results from feedback.
Term
Joseph Goebbles
Definition
Tell a big enough lie often enough, people will believe it.
Term
Hypodermic Needle Theory
Definition
Aka magic bullet or silver bullet. Put a person in front of the media they will behave accordingly. It failed.
Term
AITAA (persuasion theory)
Definition
Aware
Interest
Try
Adopt
Affirm

its a theory behind most modern advertising.
Term
George Gerbner
Definition
Invented the cultivation theory. Studied prime time tv. Taken what they saw on tv and made it a part of their world.
Term
Maxwell McCombs
Definition
Invented agenda setting. Which states that the mass-news media have a large influence on audiences by their choice of what stories to consider newsworthy.
Term
Sunstein
Definition
Wrote Relublic dot com 2.0. Self-sorting into media groups.
Term
1934 Communication Act
Definition
creation of the FCC. Liscencing of broadcast stations, regulate decency.
Term
Equal Time Provision
Definition
Advertisers must give similar amount of time for the same price for political figures.
Term
FCC Vs. Pacifica
Definition
Supreme court said the FCC can find a station that may violate decency.
Term
CADD
Definition
Context
Alternatives
Decision
Defense

Ethics method.
Term
Potter Box Method
Definition
Definition -> values ->principles -> loyalties -> judge

Form of ethics.
Term
Deontoligical (ethics)
Definition
Duty - cops, soldiers, doctors, etc.
Term
Teleological (ethics)
Definition
Consequences - egoism, altruism etc.
Term
Christian Ethic
Definition
Duty based! Do unto others as you would want done to you.
Term
Golden Mean (aristotle)
Definition
Look for two extremes and find the middle ground.
Term
War of the Worlds.
Definition
Oct 30th, 1938. Radio show that spoke about martians in NJ.
Term
Edward R. Murrow
Definition
Made broadcast news department called "murrow's boys" saw what war sounded like live.
Term
Rock n' Roll
Definition
saved radio with rhythm and blues with big DJs like dick clark.
Term
Todd Storz and Gordon McLandon
Definition
notcied the same songs were being played over and over again created top 40.
Term
Joseph R. McCarthy
Definition
Declared a list of 205 communist names of people in the media.
Term
Edward Murrow
Definition
his radio show called "see it now" took on mccarthy in 1954.
Term
November 22nd, 1963
Definition
assassination of JFK.
Term
Playhouse 90
Definition
90 min 3 act play.
Term
Rod Serling
Definition
Insprised by playhouse 90 he wrote the twilight zone.
Term
Jack Parr
Definition
Did the tonight show.
Term
Branzburg Vs. Hayes
Definition
stated the importance of the publics right to know.
Term
Problems with News
Definition
1. they are moving from need to know to want to know.
2. theres a blurring of lines between news and entertainment
3. fewer people follow the news.
Term
1919 Schenck vs. US
Definition
if CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER speech was spoken we can go against the first amendment.
(announcing sailing time of military ships, or yelling fire in a theater)
Term
Defamation
Definition
Libel - written
slander - spoken word.
Term
NY Times vs. Sullivan
Definition
published with "reckless disreguard to truth"
ACTUAL MALICE.
Term
Sullivan Standard
Definition
Actual Malice.
Term
Near vs. Minnesota
Definition
prior or previous constraint is unconstitutional.
Term
Near vs. Minnesota
Definition
prior or previous constraint is unconstitutional.
Term
Progressive vs. US
Definition
wanted to print how to make a nuclear bomb, ALLOWED prior restraint.
Term
Ron Gallela
Definition
took pics of jackie o and harmed child.
Term
Alien and Sedition Act
Definition
to combat group of radical journalists - it gave the president the power to arrest under suspicion.
Term
Abraham Lincoln suspends Habeas Corpus
Definition
courts right to summon those accused.
13 thousand arrest.
there was a censorship of mail!
Term
USA Patriot Act
Definition
Acts that APPEAR to be intended to intimidate.
looking for terrorists.
allows fbi to obtain an access order.
Term
#1 Crime in America
Definition
Identity theft.
Term
Association Principle
Definition
we liked products advertised by attractive people
Term
Digital Manipulation
Definition
Began with product palcement, new products can me digitally change to advertise in differnt areas.
Term
biometrics
Definition
identifies you with your DNA
Term
data mining
Definition
teaching computers to collect data fast
Term
choice point
Definition
absorbs info and does background checks
Term
matrix system
Definition
has info on terrorism business records and criminal records
Term
NORA
Definition
non-obvious relationship awareness
Term
Free Media
Definition
News, Press Conference, talk show, blogs
Term
Paid Media
Definition
Billboards, yard signs, etc
Term
First Political Television Ad
Definition
done by Swifgr D. Eisenhower (IKE)
Term
Negative Advertising
Definition
"the Daisy" played off of fear of the nation.
Bush vs. Dukakis
Kerry vs. Bush
Term
Monopoly
Definition
when a company owns almost all of the means of production, price setting
Term
John Sherman
Definition
The Sherman Anti-trust act: monopolies are illegal if there is any deliberacy to fix prices, restrain trade, or undermine business competition.
Term
McChesney
Definition
media companies are non-competative
they own stock in each other
Term
Synergy
Definition
inventied by Disney Corp
101 Dalmations
Term
Media Elite
Definition
Those who can see what is on tv or the internet or in movies, etc.
Term
Transactional Media
Definition
banks, shopping, ebay, airline tickets
Term
Tupac - was it protected?
Definition
yes
Term
Roone Arledge
Definition
huge part of development of sports tv.
left nbs for abc.
created wide world of sports (every other sport)
monday night football was born.
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