COM 160: FINAL STUDY GUIDE
76 Cards in this Set
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Vladimir Zworykin
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-Invented Iconoscope&Kinescope
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Philo Farnsworth
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Invented Image Dissector.
Completed all-in-one television system
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Edison
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Invented Kinescope & early movies in 1890s
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Lumiere Bros
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-Invented Cinematograph
-First public film screening
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Multiplexing
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Multi analogue msg/digital signals combined into one signal over a shared medium
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News Staging
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Recreation of an event for the sake of news cameras
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Share
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Measures a program audience as a percentage of the television sets in use at the time it airs
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Networks
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Selling viewers to advertisers.
Big Broadcast Companies.
-ABC, NBS,CBS
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Syndication
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TV shows sold to stations on a market to market basis.
( Spongebob reruns )
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Hammocking
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Producers put a newer/weaker show inbtwn two strong show
( LHHATL, CHRISSY&MRJONES, BLACK INK CREW )
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Tent-Poling
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Producers put a strong show inbetween 2 week shows.
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Stunting
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Station abruptly airs programming that is seemingly uncharacteristic play instead of what they normally play.
( Comedy Central playing a Soap Opera )
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Blocking
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Same kind of show. One after another
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Stripped
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Broadcast at the same time, 5 times a week.
( Spongebob )
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Multiple System Operators ( MSOs )
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Corporations that own many cable systems
( Comcast, Time Warner )
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Block booking
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Selling multiple movies to a theater as a unit. Blind and 20+ movies
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Kinetoscope
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First films were in this peep show style device. Invented by Dickson&Edison
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Nickelodeons
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Movie theaters named after price of admission. Admission was a nickel
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Vertical Intergration
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Companies controlled all 3 movie essentials. Production, distribution and exhibition.
( Warner Bros, Disney )
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Blockbuster Mentality
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Mentality which stifles creativity and risk taking, thus creating fairly formulaic movies
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Merchandise-tie-ins
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Probably toys
( Pixars&Transformers )
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VoIP
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Voice Over Internet Protocol
( Over the internet telephone )
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Collssus
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Computer designed to break secret German code in WWII
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ENIAC
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First electronic general-purpose computer
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ARPANET
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Worlds first operational packet switching networks, Global Internet
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Gopher
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Protocol designed for distributing, searching, and retrieving documents over the internet.
( Remote computer )
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Dataveillance
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Massive collection of consumer data on the internet
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IP addresses
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Numerical label assigned to each device ( cpu, printer )
- Host or network interface identification and location addressing
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HTML
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Main markup language for creating web pages
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ISP
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Internet Service Provider
( Comcast, Verizon, AT&T )
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TCP
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Transmission control protocol
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IP
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Internet protocol
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Spyware
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Program that secretly installs itself on computer to collect info about the computers user
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Clear&Present Danger
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Doctrine that detemines under what circumstances limits can be placed on 1st amendment freedoms of speech, press or assembly
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Fair Use
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Expected to elusive copyright. US allows limited use of copyright material w/o permission
( Search Engines: Google, Yahoo, Bing )
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Libel
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Written publication of something that damages a persons reputation
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Libel
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Spoken defamation of some ones character hurting reputation
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Priviledge
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Reporters protection under constitutional or statutory law, from being compelled to testify about confidential info or sources
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Actual Malice
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Must prove that speaker knew that the statement was false when he made it and had complete disregard for the truth
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Prior Restraint
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Imposed censorship.
( PG-13. R )
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Indecency
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Inappropriate language for children in some shows
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Obscenity
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Broadcasting obscene things isn't allowed
( Porn, Sexual acts )
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Public Domain
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When copyright has expired we say it is public domain
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Right of Confidentiality
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Tool for journalists that helps them keep names of people who provided info secret
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Ombudsmen
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Person who investigates complaints
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First Public Demonstration of TV
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1939 Worlds Fair in New York
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Quiz show scandals and how they changed the industry
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Shows stopped saying brought to you by advertiser. People found how the shows were fixed
ex. The tonight show brought to you by Kellogg's
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Ball's major contribution to the TV Industry
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Moved tv to hollywood.
Broke barriers.
Filming for syndication.
Show wasnt live but had live auidence
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Red Channels report and its consequences to the industry
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Showed that tv was a huge power. Advertisers told not to sponsor red areas
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Nielsen ratings
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concept of computing tv ratings. Calculated by remotes buttons being hit
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How cable TV started
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Way of not being blocked by radio towers. TV was brought to you by the radio towers
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PBS
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Not for profit television owned and operated by member stations and generally non-government funded
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The rise of reality TV
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Started w the real world. Unscripted shows, real occurrences
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Deficit financing system
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Financing system that stifles creativity in television show creation. Makes tv content weak
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Tv became popular in this public location
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Bars
Pubs
Tavern
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A trip to the moon
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first scientific fiction film. Made by French filmmaker George Milies
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The Great Train Robbery
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This was the first film to tell a story
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Birth of a Nation
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White actors used blackface. Ended up being a recruiting tool for KKK
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Lights of New York
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First all talking full length feature film.
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Hays Office
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office that over say MPPC. Designed to censor films
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MPPC
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Censorship guidelines. Oversaw what went into films. Limited length and content in the 1920's
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How the movie industry survived the depression
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Double Features
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Who goes to movies (Demographically )
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Teens & 20's
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What percentage of gamers
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Female-37%
Children-18%
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Advertising and video games
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Love product placement in games. Ads are dynamic which means they can be changed on command by advertiser
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How many hours of games kids tend to play before they're 21
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100 thousand hrs
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Whole thing on kids, video games, and behavioral addiction
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More than half of the American youth is addicted to videogames
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Video games revenues
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Billion dollar industry
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Good things about video games
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Training military, learning for education
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The issue of privacy & 2 dimensions
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ID theft, Unintentionally revealing info, lost/stolen personal info, fake websites
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Technology Gap & its consequences
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People who have internet and those who dont
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Fairness Doctrine
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Requirement that broadcasters who air programs on controversial issues provide time for opposing views
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Embedding Journalists
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Reporters accepting military control over their output in exchange for close contact w the troops
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Standards & Practices departments
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Department at a television network which is responsible for the moral, ethical, and legal implications of the program that networks airs
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Copyright Law
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Cant copy it or use it w/o payment
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Libel & 1st amendment
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1st amendment/ freedom of speech is not a defense against libel.
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COM 160: TEST 2