Anglais sociologique L2 partie 1

Question 1

Immediacy of information :

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there's no analysis of the informations, race for the news

Question 2

Internet is :

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a revolution for journalism because everyone can be a newsmaker

Question 3

TV and the image of revolution :

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in the 50's/60's = booming period for TV, a slow start of TV production in 1930

Question 4

Two rules for FCC :

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Fairness Doctrine (1948), Equal Time Provision (1934)

Question 5

Rachel Carson, "Silent Spring" :

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led to the creation of the Environment Protection Agency (EPA), talks about pesticides and the consequences of their use (book)

Question 6

The penny press and economic independance :

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no party affiliation, lower unit cost for newspapers, 1830's => steam power + cylinder press (printing process - long - costly)

Question 7

social medias :

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are platforms that help political movements such as "Arab Spring", create connections between people

Question 8

All news channels emerge in :

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the 80's (CNN) and 1996 (Fox and MSNBC)

Question 9

In the 1790's :

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emergence of political parties

Question 10

End of the 19th century, the yellow journalism :

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screaming headlines and sensational stories, people are immediatly attracted to drama

Question 11

ISP (internet service provider) :

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provides internet connection (often an ISP own content which is a problem)

Question 12

What is "infotainment"?

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information + entertainment (everything has to be eyecatching)

Question 13

Political cartoons :

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at the beginning of 19th century, visual impact, caricaturist features, accessibility to illiterate

Question 14

Andrew Jackson :

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Jackson's lying machine : 3/5 close advisors are from the press, president from 1829 to 1837

Question 15

In 2016, Trump's administration :

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repealed the net neutrality law

Question 16

Roosevelt :

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first president using radio to adress the citizens during the great depress, 30 firechats between 1933 and 1945

Question 17

tailorded advertisment (big data) is :

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the collect of your data to know what are your interests

Question 18

Who is Rush Limbaugh?

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a conservative radio talk show host

Question 19

Georges Washington

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is the first President and had 2 terms

Question 20

During the 18th century, newspapers :

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have a long and expensive printing process : high unit cost, have poor communication and transportation infrastructures, are a marginal business

Question 21

The party system :

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each party defends their views in newspapers, editors are under party directions, no interest in being objective or politically neutral

Question 22

Upton Sinclair, "The Jungle" :

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the government created the pure food and drug act in 1906 (regulation), about meatpacking in the US denoncing labour/sanitary conditions in 1906, the gvt also created the Meat inspection act (agency checking condit°)

Question 23

Concerning political expression, pamphlets are :

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preferred because they are more durable and easy to circulate

Question 24

"whistle-blowers" are :

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(lanceurs d'alerte) that expose politicans like Chelsea Manning or Snowden

Question 25

Radio taking over newspapers :

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WW2 radio = main source of info, 1st commercial radio station in 1920, 1939's more and more people use the radio (clash with newspapers)

Question 26

William Heasrt and Joseph Pulitzer :

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were the first mega publishers

Question 27

The communication act of 1934 :

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was vague to work with the 1st amendment, created the FCC (Federal Communication Commission)

Question 28

"wikileaks" is :

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an easy way to leak important documents

Question 29

Andrew Jackson's case (bis) :

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57 editors were appointed to official positions, made an alliance with the Washington Globe editor

Question 30

Press is used as propaganda because of :

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the escalation of tension with the british government

Question 31

What is "embedded journalism"?

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reporting on the ground

Question 32

Who are the two candidates in 1796 from Washington's administration?

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John Adams (federalist), Thomas Jefferson (democratic republican)

Anglais sociologique L2 partie 1

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Anglais sociologique L2 partie 1

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