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CMJ 100
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111
Journalism
Undergraduate 4
12/14/2009

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Persistence of Vision
Definition
an aspect of human vision in which the brain retains images for a fraction of a second after they leave the field of sight.
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Peep Show
Definition
amusement parlor boxes containing moving rolls of still pictures.
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Nickelodeon
Definition
1. Small early movie theaters
2. Early Jukeboxes set up in amusement arcades.
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Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and Mary Pickford
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Formed United Artist studios. enjoyed huge international celebrity.
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News Reel
Definition
Short films covering current events that were shown in theaters before the advent of television.
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Black Exploitation or blaxploitation films
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Pirating
Definition
The illegal copying and selling of movies
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Product placement
Definition
The inclusion of a product in a movie as a form of paid advertising
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copyright
Definition
a legal right that grants to the owner of a work protection against unauthorized copying.
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Format Wars
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Rivalries in which companies selling specific types of recording and playback devices try to put competing companies with competing formats out of business.
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jukebox
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A coin-operated phonograph
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Barry Gordy and Motown
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s an American record producer, and the founder of the Motown record label, as well as its many subsidiaries.
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Quality Control
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Focus Groups
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small groups of potential consumers observed by a researcher.
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Transistor Radios & Music from radio stations
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Demos
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Demonstration recording sent in to record companies by artists' agents, managers, or by the artists themselves.
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Producer
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In the music industry, the person who oversees the making of a master recording.
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ASCAP, BMI, SESAC
Definition
united states performing rights organization
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Parsimony Principle
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is a 'less is better' economy or caution in arriving at a hypothesis or course of action.
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Album Labeling
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Payola
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A practice in which record companies paid radio station personnel to play certain records.
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Plugola
Definition
dvertising or publicity that is intended for self-promotion and not paid for or underwritten by an independent sponsor:
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Network
Definition
1. A group of interconnected broadcast stations that share programming. 2. The parent company that supplies that programming. 3. Interconnected computers. 4. To make industry contacts for possible employment.
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Affiliate
Definition
Local stations that have a contractual relationship with the network but are not owned by the network
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O&O
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Owned and operated stations- Broadcast stations possessed by and run by the network;they usually carry everything the network provides.
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FCC
Definition
Federal Communications commission(FCC)- Government agency in charge of regulating all means of interstate telephone and radio communication.
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AM
Definition
Amplitude Modulation- Radio transmissions created by changing (modulating) the power (amplitude) of the carrier wave.
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FM
Definition
Frequency Modulation- Radio Transmission created by changing(modulating) the speed (frequency) at which sound waves are generated.
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Format
Definition
Consistent programming formula with a recognizable sound and personality.
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Dayparts
Definition
Time Divisions that radio stations make in the day in order to schedule appropriate programming.
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Dayparts
Definition
Time Divisions that radio stations make in the day in order to schedule appropriate programming.
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Format Clocks
Definition
Graphic used by radio programmers showing each feature of the programming hour.
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Ratings
Definition
The percentage of all homes equipped with radios or televisions that are tuned to a particular station at a particular time.
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Share
Definition
The percentage of homes in which the radio or television is in use and tuned to a particular station.
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Lines resolution-525 lines
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Pixels
Definition
Lighted dots that created a television picture image.
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channel allocation
Definition
The placement of assigned spots on the electromagnetic spectrum to individual broadcast.
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UHF
Definition
Ultra High Frequency- Term used to describe stations transmitting on channels 14 and up.
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VHF
Definition
Very high frequency- term used to describe television stations that operate on channels 2 through 3.
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Cable and must carry rules
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CATV
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Community Antenna Television

 

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Flow Through
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Flow Across
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Strip Programming
Definition
A system of showing a program in the same time period five times a week.
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Syndication
Definition
The process of selling media content to individual outlets.
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Blocking
Definition
is a theatre term which refers to the precise movement and positioning of actors on a stage in order to facilitate the performance of a play, ballet, film or opera.
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Toll broadcasting
Definition
– early plan for radio revenue in which access to radio time would be by a fee.
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Sustaining Programming
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– regular unsponsored programming designed to maintain an audience contact until an advertiser can be sold for that time.
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Network
Definition
group of connected stations that share programming also, the parent company that supplies that programming.
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Owned and operated stations
Definition
stations that are owned by the network.
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Network
Definition
group of connected stations that share programming also, the parent company that supplies that programming.
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Owned and operated stations
Definition
– stations that are owned by the network.
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Network Affiliate
Definition
– not all stations are owned by the network some are owned by private companies. These private companies affiliated with a network to get programming.
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CBS & William Paley
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(September 28, 1901 – October 26, 1990) was the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States.[1]
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Mutual and ABC
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A coalition of independent stations, the mutual broadcasting system, was begun in 1934. Mutual served smaller stations that were not affiliated with the major networks until 1998, when it went out of business as part of a corporate merger. The American Broadcasting Company was created in the mid 1940s when the government forced RCA to sell one of its networks
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NBC, Blue and Red
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Regulation
Definition
s "controlling human or societal behaviour by rules or restrictions."
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Radio Act of 1912
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– all ships at sea must have radios on 24 hours a day. The Californian
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Radio Act of 1927
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– established the FRC or Federal Radio Commission. Powers to enforce the law and limit the number of broadcasters. Traffic cop of the airwaves.
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Required broadcasters to act in the “public interest, convenience and necessity”. What’s good for the community?
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Communications Act of 1934
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– formed the FCC, limited the number of stations a company could own and began to focus on the technical aspect of the broadcasting.
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Call letters – W’s – East of the Mississippi River, K’s – West of the Mississippi River. Fond u Lac WI – KFIZ , WHO in Des Moines IA.
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Television Technology started in the early 1900’s.
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Two inventors working on the same idea of developing a circuit that could transform a visual image into electronic waves.
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Russian Immigrant – Vladimir Zworykin –
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Engineer for Westinghouse
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Philo Fransworth
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– 24 year-old engineer from California.
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David Sarnoff –
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RCA went with Fransworth. Built the first TV station in 1939 for the World’s Fair in NYC.
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Problem – no standards.
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1941
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– 525 lines at a speed of 30 frames per second
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WWII
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– halted development of the television.
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1953
Definition
the FCC changed course and went with RCA’s standards.
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Pixels
Definition
– binary system for HDTV
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Channel Allocation
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– stations popping up all over the place. 108 stations between 1948-1952. FCC issued a freeze on the issuing of license. Were to put these stations without interfering with others. 2-13.
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Rise of Networks
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– much like radio, companies wanted to get in on the money train.
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ABC, NBC, CBS and DuMont.
Definition
At first there were four tv networks: nbc, abc, cbs and dumont. the first hree had come over from radio, and the dumont network was founded by allen b. dumont, a manufacturer of television equipment who got into production to increase demand for his sets.
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Television Golden Age
Definition
good Dramatic Comedy Shows.
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1953
Definition
the FCC changed course and went with RCA’s standards.
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Steppin Fetchin
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– movies and TV, protraited blacks as slow and not to bright.
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In the 1990’s
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UPN Network was aimed at the black population.
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Importation
Definition
– adding more signals from distant stations. Filling up the dial.
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Publicity Stunts
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– the use of the news to create a human interest story. Many are bizarre.
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News hooks
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– angle that makes the information newsworthy. Elton John and Elizabeth Taylor – AIDS.
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Corporations
Definition
– use celebrities to endorse products. Tiger Woods makes millions on endorsements. Pat LaMarche – casino in Oxford County. Michael Jordan – Hanes underwear. 1996 Presidential candidate Bob Dole – Viagara and Pepsi. Commercial with the dog and Britney Spears.
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Media Relations -
Definition
the practice of maintaining and developing good relations with the media gatekeepers. Also called press relations. Hannaford – debit/credit card problems. WGME – Portland pulled their ads.
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Stringers
Definition
Independent journalist whos paid only for material used.
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News Editor
Definition
research writes and edits
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Assignment Editor
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n journalism, an assignment editor is an editor – either at a newspaper, or radio or television station – who selects, develops and plans
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news director
Definition
A news director controls the news gallery during the news output. He/she selects and calls up the different camera angles, incoming video, graphics and guests. He/she oversees the output of the programme while it is on air and makes sure of it's smooth running and the look of the programme.
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anchor
Definition
The primary newsreaders, who appears in the broadcast news studio
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Leaks –
Definition
unauthorized disclosures to the press
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Trial Balloons
Definition
– leak to a certain press person to test public reaction to an action or suggestion. Most used.
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Exclusive
Definition
– story granted to just one media outlet.
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Community Relations –
Definition
section that maintains a beneficial relationship between entity and community. EMMC has a large community relations section. Breast cancer, child development.
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Corporate Aid –
Definition
corporations come to the aid of the community. Channel 5 – home heating oil fund for low income people. Rotary – wipe out polio. Neutering pets. NASCAR – autism. Many companies are in involved in the Victory Junction Camp. At one point almost every company in the USA, wanted to be involved in Don Imus’s camp for kids with cancer.
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Crisis Management –
Definition
activity used to repair a clients image. Mel Gibson, Pepsi, car manufactures.
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Lobbying –
Definition
the people who get in from of decision makers. MAB, NAB
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Press Release –
Definition
document containing information required to write, a story.
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PSA –
Definition
same thing but usually ends up in the trash can.
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VNR –
Definition
Video News Release – fake news
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Press kit
Definition
– collection of publicity items
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Backgrounders –
Definition
in-dept article contained in press kits.
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Spinning –
Definition
taking a position or incident and talking about the elements in a manner that highlights your point or position.
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Spin Doctors –
Definition
not the musical group, people who take the elements and make it sound positive or negative. Mostly in the political arena.
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The Big Lie –
Definition
people who know that something is false but stick to their story. Tobacco Companies, Clinton/Monica, GWB/WMD.
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Whitewashing
Definition
– the practice of using PR to cover up problems without correcting them.
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advertising
Definition
according to the american marketing association:"any paid form of nonpersonal presentation and promotion of ides, goods, or services by an identified sponsor."
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target marketing
Definition
the prpcess of brfeaking up the advertising audience into diverse segments to reach those individuals most likely to purchase a particular product.
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trade advertising
Definition
business-to-business promotions
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consumer advertising
Definition
ads directed to retail customers
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top of the mind awareness
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electronic news gathering
Definition
reporting the uses portable field equipment
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