JCOM 1500 Final Review

Question 1

True or False: The Press has constitutional protection?

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

A wire service

Question 3

What percentage of Black Americans could read in 1870?

Accepted Answer

20%

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

British Invasion

Question 5

What was Amos and Andy?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Norman Lear

Question 7

Does a video game require a game console and controller?

Accepted Answer

no

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 9

What made non-noted music accessable and affordable?

Accepted Answer

Technological advancements like the gramophone and phonograph

Question 10

Which is not an element of media literacy?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

What did Thomas Edison help invent?

Accepted Answer

Kinetoscope

Question 13

What did the 24-hour news cycle create?

Accepted Answer

The ability to follow live events as they happen

Question 14

True or False: The Lumiere brothers built candelabras

Accepted Answer

False

Question 15

What is the difference between distribution and exhibition?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 17

Where did the film industry start?

Accepted Answer

New York/New Jersey

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

What are ESRB ratings?

Accepted Answer

The entertainment rating system for video games

Question 20

Who was Walter Kronkite?

Accepted Answer

A war corresondent and TV journalist who covered major events

Question 21

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Disruptive transition is...

Accepted Answer

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

Question 23

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 24

What did the Motion Picture Production Code do?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 26

True or False: One single person invented television

Accepted Answer

False

Question 27

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 28

What are subsidiary rights?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 29

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

Accepted Answer

True

Question 30

What is a wire service?

Accepted Answer

Reporting that gets printed in multiple newspapers

Question 31

Which movie was one of the first 'talkies'?

Accepted Answer

The Jazz Singer

Question 32

What is aliteracy?

Accepted Answer

the ability to read but an unwillingness to

Question 33

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

Accepted Answer

Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford

Question 34

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

Accepted Answer

False

Question 35

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

Accepted Answer

The U

Question 36

What is persistance of vision?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 37

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

Accepted Answer

dime

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