Here is the link to an audio clip for Edward Murrow's radio broadcast during World War II. The clip is only about 15 seconds. Please take a listen...you might recognize this voice.
Edward Murrow - "CBS's voice of authority"
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Chapters 9 & 10
Please post your answers to the following questions before class on Monday, September 29th.
Chapter 9 - Television
1.What is a webisode? Is there a future in this type of television programming?
2. Has public television addressed the 1961 observation of FCC chair Newton Minow that television is a "vast wasteland"?
3. Will advertisers abandon over-air, cable, and satcom television channels because of time-shift and portable devices? Explain.
3. Will advertisers abandon over-air, cable, and satcom television channels because of time-shift and portable devices? Explain.
Chapter 10 - Internet
1.What technology breakthroughs made the Internet possible?
2. How did the World Wide Web coding and the Netscape browser change the Internet?
3. How well has the Internet fulfilled its potential to democratize mass communication?
3. How well has the Internet fulfilled its potential to democratize mass communication?
4. Are the earlier media of mass communication doomed by the Internet? Explain.
Chapters 7 & 8
Please answer the following questions before class on Monday, September 22th. Your responses should be in your own words - do not copy straight from the text book.
Chapter 7 - Motion Pictures
1. How has technology shaped feature films?
2. What makes documentary different from the way a television news report might treat the same subject?
3. What were Adolph Zukor's enduring contributions to the U.S. movie business?
4. Would you invest your money in a movie exhibition chain? Explain.
Chapter 8 - Radio
1. What is happening to the number of people who listen to traditional radio?
2. How has the 1996 Telecommunication Act reshaped the U.S. radio industry?
3. What has contributed to the growth of public radio audiences?
Chapter 7 - Motion Pictures
1. How has technology shaped feature films?
2. What makes documentary different from the way a television news report might treat the same subject?
3. What were Adolph Zukor's enduring contributions to the U.S. movie business?
4. Would you invest your money in a movie exhibition chain? Explain.
Chapter 8 - Radio
1. What is happening to the number of people who listen to traditional radio?
2. How has the 1996 Telecommunication Act reshaped the U.S. radio industry?
3. What has contributed to the growth of public radio audiences?
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Chapters 5 & 6
Chapter 5 - Magazines
Please answer the following questions before class on Monday, September 15th. Your responses should be in your own words - do not copy straight from the text book.
What can be said about the socioeconomic and educational levels of magazine readers?
What were the contributions of Ida Tarbell? Harold Ross? Henry Luce? Hugh Hefner?
Why are some media critics concerned about chain owners in the magazine industry?
Chapter 6 - Sounds Recordings
How was the recording industry threatened by Napster and similar software?
What is the purpose of labeling objectionable music? Does labeling accomplish its purpose?
Please answer the following questions before class on Monday, September 15th. Your responses should be in your own words - do not copy straight from the text book.
What can be said about the socioeconomic and educational levels of magazine readers?
What were the contributions of Ida Tarbell? Harold Ross? Henry Luce? Hugh Hefner?
Why are some media critics concerned about chain owners in the magazine industry?
Chapter 6 - Sounds Recordings
How was the recording industry threatened by Napster and similar software?
What is the purpose of labeling objectionable music? Does labeling accomplish its purpose?
Saturday, September 6, 2008
* * CLASS ROOM CHANGE
We will meet in A104 in Angela Hall on Monday, September 8th.
Remember to post your answers to questions for chapter 3 & 4 before class!
Remember to post your answers to questions for chapter 3 & 4 before class!
Monday, September 1, 2008
Chapter 3 & 4 discussion questions
Post your short answer responses to the following questions before class Monday, September 8th. Make sure you include your first and last name on your blog post in order to receive credit for class participation.
Chapter 3: Books
1) How have books shaped the human experience, culture, and society?
2) What are some of the pros and cons of marketing in the book industry?
3) Should book publishers have a share in the Google Print Library project? Explain your answer.
Chapter 4: Newspapers
1) Describe how newspapers are important in the lives of most Americans.
2) How has the national daily, USA Today, changed since it was introduced in September of 1982?
3) Why is the New York Times regarded as the best U.S. newspaper?
Chapter 3: Books
1) How have books shaped the human experience, culture, and society?
2) What are some of the pros and cons of marketing in the book industry?
3) Should book publishers have a share in the Google Print Library project? Explain your answer.
Chapter 4: Newspapers
1) Describe how newspapers are important in the lives of most Americans.
2) How has the national daily, USA Today, changed since it was introduced in September of 1982?
3) Why is the New York Times regarded as the best U.S. newspaper?
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