History of Communication Exam

2. According to our text, the best selling religious book of all time is

3. The first type of proto modern book, which used sheets of material sewed together at the edges to allow the book to be opened at any page

4. Many books from the middle ages were called illuminated manuscripts because they were

the term used for someone completely against technology

were cheap, machine -made pulp paper books that often sold for five or ten cents and were hugely popular in the late 1800s

According to our text, German inventor Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press in

Which of the following is the largest trade book publisher (based on North American revenue in millions of dollar)?

Media convergence has 2 meanings

Cardboard advertising displays that hold print books are called

A topical book that is published quickly after a major event is called an

In 1887, this reporter was “committed” to the Women’s Lunatic Asylum to discover and document harsh treatment of the patients; this young re

The early American colonial newspapers, such as Benjamin’s Day’s in 1833 New York Sun that featured human interest stories were called the:

Yellow Journalism is a journalism term:

featured fictional storytelling techniques - such as detailed setting descriptions and extensive character dialogue - to nonfictional materi

Besides providing community calendars and meeting notices, _______ newspapers mostly carry articles on local schools, social even

newshole

In targeting audiences by age, the most dramatic recent success comes from magazines aimed at

Which magazine was the foremost outlet for photojournalism in the mid-twentieth century?

Which of the following is an example of a webzine?

publications that combine magazine style with a catalog sales pitch.

BONUS: Regarding newspaper revenue for The Newark Advocate according the Ben Lanka, the newspaper editor who spoke to our class, the adverti

This Frenchman invented the phonoautograph in the 1850’s that could NOT play back sound, but could show a picture of sound waves on the blac

A major difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that

According to Steph Yin’s 8-27-16 NYTimes article, “The Accidental Plagiarist in All of Us.” - the act of claiming to have an original idea (

Under the 1953 compromise reached by CBS and RCA, singles were released on what format?

According to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), the statistics we viewed in class indicated that the largest revenues in

Which of the following moral and cultural boundaries did rock and roll NOT blur in the 1950’s?

Our guest coming in to speak about radio - from WCLT Radio Station is

The public found it easy to believe Orson Welles’s broadcast of World of the Worlds because

The questionable practice by which record promoters pay deejays to play particular records to increase record sales is called

The development of programming by station managers - rather than disc jockeys - in which music and talk programs of specific styles are play

Nickelodeons were

To gain access to popular movies, early theatre owners and exhibitors had to agree to rent untested or marginal fils with unknown actors. Th

To gain access to popular movies, early theatre owners and exhibitors had to agree to rent untested or marginal fils with unknown actors. Th

Which film was the first successful “talkie” motion picture - synchronizing movement, speech, and sound

In an effort to compete with television in the 1950’s the movie studios began making

The greatest source of revenue for a movie is

In its early days, television drama drew on

While the premier of the 1952 Today Show news broadcast (viewed in class) had undergone many transformations over time, one of the features

The practice of recording shows and watching them later when it’s more conventional is called

The kinetoscope was/is

A foley artist

what was the original motivation for developing the internet?

according to what we learned in class ___ is currently the most used social media site in the us

the person credited with being father of email and who in 1971 developed the username@internet.address configuration was

fiber optic cable capable of transmitting thousands of messages simultaneously (via userlight became the standard for conveying communicati

ARPAnet officially ended and the commercialization of the internet began in the early

according t our text how far back can electronic game tracing its origins

who are "bosses" in gaming terminology

Why do experienced online gamers form guilds or clans

what is the primary revenue source for the electronic game industry

What was the entertainment software rating board created to do