MCOM 1307 Exam #2 Review

Books cannot be banned in the US

To mock the formulas that real TV news programs; informative, insightful, and humorous news

Publishing House: position that seeks out authors and handles subsidiary rights

News is 100% objective

The daily public records of ancient Rome were known as

Oral “publication” of a defamatory remark that is heard by another

Individual who focused on facts and objectivity; anti-Hearst and Pulitzer

Woman publisher who ran the New York Weekly Journal while her husband was in jail

Journalism: written without claims of objectivity; report part of the story using first-person

Written “publication” of a defamatory remark

Interviewing methods that appear designed to entrap interviewees; hidden agenda

Assuming false identities - fabricating stories, interviews, persons-of-contact

Publishing House: position that determines the look and feel of a book

Applies fictional techniques to a news story; i.e. detailed description, setting, extensive dialog

Publishing House: position helps author draft and revise; helps find photos/ artwork

First American journalist; criticized government and religious authority

Charging a fee for online access to news content

When institutions address a book in order to get it removed/ banned

Individual whose paper (New York World) catered to immigrants; he sought to “serve no party to the people”

Individual who helped make journalism respectable; created Poor Richard’s Almanack

Culture that blossomed when new rules, regulations, and book design arose

Publishing House: position that fixes any spelling, punctuation errors, grammar

Colonial paper that served business leaders

When was the First Amendment/ Bill of Rights put into effect?

To begin with the most dramatic or newsworthy information

First American newspaper printed on September 2, 1960

Individual who focused on lurid, sensational stories; fabricated stories and pictures

People who use the internet (i.e. social media) and blog to disseminate the news

Books; includes hardbound and quality paperbacks

Letters and numbers are considered symbols

Distinguishes factual reports from opinion columns; maintaining a neutral attitude

Individual who was arrested for seditious libel; the case and it’s ruling set the foundation for the First Amendment

Information most worthy of transformation into stories

Colonial paper that favored a particular political party

Any situation in which journalists may stand to benefit personally from stories they produce

Parchment, or vellum, is . . .

Early newspapers were text heavy; no pictures or headlines

Person who invented the printing press

Books that target various occupations, i.e. law, business, medicine, tech-science

Focuses on sensational or overly dramatic stories

First American woman newspaper publisher; mother of 8

The Industrial Revolution hurt the newspaper industry

The process of gathering information and making timely, narrative reports

Result of when six NY newspapers in 1848 formed a cooperative arrangement; wire service

From the 70s to early 2000s, TV news was more trusted by the public than print

Courts and governments cannot block any publication or speech before it occurs