Communications Class Quiz 2 - Study Guide On Acts And Laws PDF

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The Telecommunications Act of 1996 decreased the number of broadcast stations a single person or corporation can own.! False

Network radio helped modernize America by deemphasizing local in favor of national programs. True Which of the following statements accurately represents how independent musicians use the Internet? The Internet provides an inexpensive way for new artists to create a fan base using social networking sites. In the 1950s, it was common practice for white artists to cover songs first recorded by black performers. Correct!True In economic terms, the recording industry is best described as ______. an oligopoly Which of the following boundaries did rock and roll not blur in the 1950s? Old and young The act that first emphasized that broadcasters did not own their channels but were granted licenses provided they operated in the "public interest, convenience, or necessity" was the Radio Act of 1927 The transistor made radio receivers ______. portable

Which statement best describes the relationship between small independent music labels and the huge major music labels? Major labels rely on resourceful independents to discover new talent and trends. Guglielmo Marconi envisioned wireless telegraphy only as point-to-point communication and not as a one-to-many mass medium. Correct True

Because they are smaller, independent record companies are reluctant to invest in commercially unproven artists. False Congress passed the Radio Act of 1912 in response to the sinking of the British ocean liner Titanic. True Which of the following musical genres was at one time banned? All of the options are correct. When the radio industry was forced to reorganize in the 1950s, which of the following was not among the changes made? A move to reach national audiences Payola is the practice of record promoters paying deejays to play certain songs on the air. True Thomas Edison made his first sound recordings on a cylinder wrapped in tinfoil. True The biggest seller of recorded music in the United States is ______. iTunes Radio formats usually target specific audiences according to ______. All of the options are correct: gender, income, race or ethnicity, age Competition from TV in the 1950s helped the radio and recording industries become allies. True What time period is considered the "golden age" of radio? 1920s and 1930s

Podcasting is ______. the practice of making a program available online that can be played on computers or portable MP3 players

Gangsta rap developed in the 1980s partly to tell the truth about gang violence in American culture. True Over the last century, the music industry ______. All of the options are correct. Which statement indicates why radio typically has its biggest audiences between 6 and 9 A.M. and between 4 and 7 P.M.? Many people listen to the radio as they drive to and from work. Which statement best describes the uneasiness between the commercial and artistic sides of the music business? An artist who criticizes commercial culture might need to sign with a major label and become part of that culture in order to reach a larger audience. Sometimes called the first integrationist music, rock and roll blurred all sorts of cultural, class, and geographic boundaries. True Throughout radio's early history-from the 1920s through the 1940s-advertisers exercised very little control over program content. False Why did the public find it easy to believe that Orson Welles's broadcast of War of the Worlds was a real event? It was done in the style of a real news broadcast. The ______ was important to radio technology because it allowed radio signals to be amplified. Audion vacuum tube Competition among media meant that with the arrival of television, radio became obsolete. False...