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mass media chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phonographs | early devices for playing recorded disks |
| airplay | radio time devoted to a particular recording |
| payola | a bribe to promote a product, like airplay for music |
| playlist | a list of songs that a radio station plays |
| Shawn Fanning | Pioneered music file-swapping through original Napster |
| Steve Jobs | the driving force behind the Apple Computer revival. ipod and itunes |
| itunes | apple-owned online retail site for recorded music |
| federal radio act | 1927 law establishing government regulation of radio |
| Public interest, convenience, and necessity | standard by which the U.S government grants and renews local radio and television station licenses |
| First Amendment | provision in u.s constitution against government interference with free citizen expression, including media content |
| trusteeship concept | government serves as a trustee for the public's interest in regulating broadcasting |
| marketplace concept | listeners through marketplace mechanisms determine the fate of a business |
| telecommunications act | 1996 law overhauling federal regulation, ended most limits on chain ownership |
| localism | issuing broadcast licenses for service to a specified community and its environs |
| frequency modulation (FM) | radio technology with superior fidelity, signals travel in straight lines |
| amplitude modulation (AM) | radio technology with great range. Signals follow curvature of Earth |
| Arbiton | Radio listener survey company |
| affiliates | locally licensed stations that have an affiliation with a network to carry network programming |
| Edward R. Murrow | War correspondent who helped establish radio as a news medium |
| walter Cronkite | Part of renowned CBS World War II radio news crew. Later prominent television anchor |
| breaking news | reports, often live, on events as they as occurring |
| headline service | brief news stories |
| Gordon McLendon | Reinvented radio with narrow formats in the 1500s |
| all-news radio | a niche format that delivers only news and related informational content and commentary |
| National Public Radio | network for noncommercial stations |
| All Things Considered | pioneer NPR afternoon news-magazine |
| news packages | carefully produced, long-form radio stories that offer depth; the hallmark of NPR |
| talkers | talk shows |
| Rush Limbaugh | conservative radio talk-show host |
| Corporation for Public Broadcasting | Quasi-government agency that administers federal funds for non-commercials radio and television |
| Morning Edition | NPR morning news magazine |
| The Takeaway | WNYC originated morning show for public stations |
| satellite radio | method to deliver radio from an orbiting satellite directly to end users |
| terrestrial radio | the industry based on audio transmission from land-based towers, as opposed to transmission via satellite |
| Adam Curry | pioneer in podcasting technology artist's free expression |
| podcasting | digital media files that downloaded through the internet |
| on-demand radio | service that allows access to programs at convenient time for listeners |
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