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Visual Communications
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Term

1st radio broadcast

Definition

November 2, 1920

KDKA in Pitsburg PA 

Harding-Cox result

Term
Federal Communications Act
Definition

1934

Station Listeners

issues Rulling

 

Term
tv
Definition
a mosaic of a large ammount of constantly changing dots
Term
A vast waste land
Definition
Newton Minow
Term
In this country, television is used primarily as a narcotic to prepare people for the commercial
Definition
Mark Frost
Term
Tv trivualizes everything. So ther's no mystery, we've seen it all 50,000 times. And in order to make the boring intersting, eveything is hyped
Definition
David Chase
Term
Radio begat TV
Definition

Telegraph

Wireless telegraph

Term
The medium is the message
Definition
Marshall McLuhan
Term
A medium where viewers make sense of it all
Definition
television
Term
performers in scale
Definition
Term
4 mediums
Definition

theatre 

radio

motion pictures

comic books

Term
1920
Definition
ge and rca
Term
Philo T. Farnsworth
Definition

1st tv broadcast

black line swing bacck and fourth

Term
1928 initial broadcast
Definition
felix the cat
Term
1932
Definition

small transmitter on empire state building

 

studio, transmitting equipment

 

Term
1936
Definition

RCA broadcasts 2 programs/ week

 

 

NY entusiasts made sets recievers

Term
VHF
Definition

VERY high Frequency

 

fcc allowed 23

Term
UHF
Definition

Ultra high frequency

lower quality, weaker

Term
1941
Definition
tv debut delayed after pearl harbor
Term
1947
Definition

resumed production

first sets expensive for the wealthy

Term
1947
Definition
NBC, CBS, ABC
Term
1947 TV sets
Definition
  • $400 1 month wages 
  • no case, antena
  • delux set had cabinet, antena
  • 1/2 price of new car
Term
1948
Definition

taverns, bowling alleys, stores, wealthy

 

 

in homes since 1950's

Term
1958
Definition
83% had tv
Term
Golden Age I
Definition

1952-1960

rapid growth

Term
Golden Age II
Definition

1960-1980

network tv had few competitors affected all media

magazine, newspaper, radio movies, etc. 

Term
color and cable
Definition

1960 color introduced 

originally withheld

mfrs believed b/w sets could be sold 

Term
tv on average
Definition

2-3 sets per home

7 hours per day

watched 3 1/2 hours per day

1/3 of viewrs zap

channel grazing

 

Term
impact of tv
Definition
  • has imediate emotional impact on average 
  • images speaking louder than words
  • what is real and what isnt
Term
entertainment
Definition

same interest and visual

style as education

love hate relation ship

 

Term

kennedy and nixon debate 

 

Definition

1960 presidential debates

tv kennedy radio nixon

showed importance of tv to politics

Term
tobacco advertising
Definition
banned 1972 from tv
Term
1991
Definition

gulf war in kuwait

cnn

Term
2003
Definition

iraqui war 

embeded journalist

Term
news programs
Definition

gate keeper

editorial decisions

Term
cnn
Definition

1980's 

source of world wide news

 

Term
typical news cast
Definition

30 minutes 

6-7 commercials

no depth

headline service

Term
visual design of news
Definition

what effects perception

live amature footage

breaking news 

images are everything

rush to being the first

Term
tje,es
Definition

sex, violence controversey

 

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