Fall 2024 Comm 201 Exam 3

First film with talking

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

Nickelodeons:

Who was credited with transmitting the first electronic TV picture?

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

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

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

Which has more control over content?

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

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

What is one event that reduced audience trust in TV?

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

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

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

What did the Paramount Decision try to do?

Who is credited with the first voice broadcast in 1906?

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

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

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

A radio actor who starred in Here Comes Tomorrow

What enabled advertisers to reach smaller target audiences?

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

Who developed roll film?

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

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

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

Which of the following allowed radio signals to be amplified?

Which legislation requires cable operators to carry local channels?

Who founded the Trust (Motion Picture Patents Company)?

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

Could actors in the studio system work as independent contractors?

Marconi's wireless was first used for

The Radio Act of 1927

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

Who founded Paramount?

Why did the FCC freeze TV licenses from 1948-1952