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The Edsel car is proof that effective advertising can sell anything.
Despite their low cost, mass market paperbacks represent the smallest segment of the
industry in terms of units sold.
The circulation of tabloid newspapers such as the National Enquirer declined after their
peak in the 1980s.
Although Hollywood movies may show actual consumer products, such as Pepsi-Cola
or BMW automobiles, for the effect of realism, the studios may not receive any money
or other compensation for showing those products.
The first movie theaters were called nickelodeons, a name that indicated the cost of
admission.
_________refers to images, texts, and sounds that are converted into electronic signals
that are later reassembled as a precise reproduction of the original image, text, or sound.
According to historians, advertising has existed since 3000 BCE, when wooden or stone
signs were placed outside shops in ancient Babylon.
A 2008 study found that females are two to three times more likely than males to
become addicted to video games.
According to the textbook, most small nondaily papers in the United States are
consensus oriented rather than conflict oriented.
Satirical news shows like The Daily Show and TheColbert Report only seek to
entertain, not inform, viewers.
Reporters need to be careful about printing accusations made by attorneys in a court of
law in case a suspect is later found "not guilty."
Most U.S. films provide shared cultural experiences that operate across different times
and cultures.
Rating refers to the percentage of households watching a given show out of all
households watching television at a given moment in time.
Netscape overtook Internet Explorer as the most popular Web browser in the late 1990s.
