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Hollywood produces the most movies of any film industry in the world.
An FCC study found that local cable TV companies that face competition have lower
monthly rates than cable companies in noncompetitive markets.
An oligopoly exists when there is a lot of variety in the number of sellers and producers
of media content, but not much variety in what they actually produce.
Flack is the informal term some journalists use to describe PR people who interject
themselves between their clients and the press.
Thomas Edison initially expected his new phonograph to be used as a kind of telephone
answering machine.
Modern artists such as Aldous Huxley (Brave NewWorld) and Charlie Chaplin (Modern
Times) predicted a future in which technology would lead to less oppression and more
individual freedom.
A popular form of early TV programming that brought live dramatic theater to
television,__________
were influenced by stage plays.
Game publishers are legally required to submit games to the ESRB rating system.
One way of charting the evolution of consoles is to track the number of bits (binary
digits) that they can process at one time: the higher the bit rating, the more detailed and
sophisticated the graphics.
typically publish human-interest stories, celebrity gossip, and crime
stories that push the limits of decency and credibility.
HD radio is a digital technology that enables broadcasters to multicast within an analog
frequency.
In book publishing, editors provide authors with feedback, make
suggestions for improvements, and obtain advice from knowledgeable members of the
academic community.
One of the main problems in studying the effects of media is that whatever real effects
the media cause, they also often serve as a scapegoat for larger social problems.
The New York Journalused the motto "It does not soil the breakfast cloth."
Unsigned music artists can now build online communities of fans around their personal
Web sites, drawing attention to their music.
The first sound movie, The Jazz Singer, was basically a silent film with a few spoken
words and musical numbers.
