Fall 2024 Comm 201 Exam 3

Who invented the Regenerative Circuit, the Superheterodyne (?), and FM radio?

Who was perhaps the first deejay, playing records on her husband's ham radio?

Marconi's wireless was first used for

Who founded the Trust (Motion Picture Patents Company)?

Who is credited with the first voice broadcast in 1906?

Nickelodeons:

What does the early learning model tell us about children's TV programming?

Why did the FCC freeze TV licenses from 1948-1952

Who founded Paramount?

Considered by some historians to be the first "real movie" because of its editing and narrative format

What is it called when one company has control of production, distribution and exhibition?

Which of the following is NOT a reason that the film industry moved to Hollywood?

Which organization was formed to exert control over movie production through actor contracts?

The Radio Act of 1927

What is it called when studios required exhibitors to book less popular films to get the popular ones?

Edwin Porter's The Great Train Robbery did all of the following except:

What was established because mountains or tall buildings were blocking signals?

Which format has less static, better sound fidelity, but traveled for shorter distances.

What is one event that reduced audience trust in TV?

First film with talking

Developed by studios to make production efficient, target smaller audiences and differentiate from other studios

A radio actor who starred in Here Comes Tomorrow

What did the Trust NOT do to control the film industry?

Who was credited with transmitting the first electronic TV picture?

Which legislation requires cable operators to carry local channels?

What had the most significant impact on the film industry in the 1950s?

Could actors in the studio system work as independent contractors?

What did the Paramount Decision try to do?

Where did radio listening in the 1950s and 1960s occur?

Which has more control over content?

Who was the first to project a moving film on a screen?

What enabled advertisers to reach smaller target audiences?

Which of the following allowed radio signals to be amplified?

Which movie is #1 on the AFI list of best movies?

Radio drama that became a TV show with racial stereotyping. Created the idea of the serial show.

Who developed roll film?