JCOM 1500 Final Review

Question 1

Which two Hollywood stars were involved in a massive scandal leading to moral concerns in Hollywood?

Accepted Answer

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

Question 2

What did the Motion Picture Production Code do?

Accepted Answer

Establish content rules for swearing/explicit action on television and film

Question 3

True or False: The Birth of a Nation is artistically important AND hella racist :/

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

What was the era in which bands from the UK became popular in America called?

Accepted Answer

British Invasion

Question 5

True or False: Pinball was once banned because it was considered gambling

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

Disruptive transition is...

Accepted Answer

Change brought about by the introduction of a new technology or product

Question 7

What did Thomas Edison help invent?

Accepted Answer

Kinetoscope

Question 8

True or False: The Lumiere brothers built candelabras

Accepted Answer

False

Question 9

The Associated Press (AP) is an example of what?

Accepted Answer

A wire service

Question 10

True or False: Distinguishing emotional from reasoned reactions to content is NOT an element of media literacy

Accepted Answer

False

Question 11

Which Utah university had access to advanced computer output display in the 50's and 60's?

Accepted Answer

The U

Question 12

True or False: Production companies can be in charge of both exhibition and production of their films?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 13

What are subsidiary rights?

Accepted Answer

The sale content, characters, or books for film and merchandise

Question 14

What is the difference between distribution and exhibition?

Accepted Answer

Exibition: Showing the movie Distribution: Placement of movies in theaters

Question 15

True or False: Respect for the power of media messages is one element of media literacy

Accepted Answer

True

Question 16

True or False: One single person invented television

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

What was Amos and Andy?

Accepted Answer

Groundbreaking because it showed Black Americans as middle class, A racist and insensitive portrayal of Black Americans, Problematic because it used white actors to portrayl Black characters

Question 18

Does a video game require a game console and controller?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 19

What made non-noted music accessable and affordable?

Accepted Answer

Technological advancements like the gramophone and phonograph

Question 20

True or False: The Red Scare had no effect on Hollywood

Accepted Answer

False

Question 21

True or False: Media literacy skills are vital to a well-rounded education

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Which is not an element of media literacy?

Accepted Answer

Being critical of every single piece of media and refusing to watch tv

Question 23

Who directed shows like The Jeffersons, Maude, and Good Time?

Accepted Answer

Norman Lear

Question 24

What is persistance of vision?

Accepted Answer

Our brain's ability to retain images for about 1/24 of a second

Question 25

_____ novels were short action/adventure stories that brought literacy to a young audience

Accepted Answer

dime

Question 26

True or False: The Press has constitutional protection?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 27

What is a wire service?

Accepted Answer

Reporting that gets printed in multiple newspapers

Question 28

Where did the film industry start?

Accepted Answer

New York/New Jersey

Question 29

What is aliteracy?

Accepted Answer

the ability to read but an unwillingness to

Question 30

What percentage of Black Americans could read in 1870?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 31

What are ESRB ratings?

Accepted Answer

The entertainment rating system for video games

Question 32

Which movie was one of the first 'talkies'?

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Singer

Question 33

True or False: the Bechdel test is the only way to measure representation in film.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

True or False: Elvis Presley wrote all of his own music?

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

Who was Walter Kronkite?

Accepted Answer

A war corresondent and TV journalist who covered major events

Question 36

True or False: Banned books have violated some kind of community standard?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 37

What did the 24-hour news cycle create?

Accepted Answer

The ability to follow live events as they happen

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