REVIEW for EXAM 1
Mass Media: Channels of communication that produce and distribute all sources of
info to large numbers of people
Culture: symbols of expression that an individual groups and societies use to
identify themselves
INVENTIONS in western world
15th century: printing press
19th century invention: telegraph (allowed information to be bought and sold)
“Culture as a landscape”
High Culture: “good taste” (ex. finer arts, etc)
Low Culture: “commercial” (ex. video games, rock music, etc)
-Cultural: symbols on expression that display values
Media Convergence: Technology merging of the content of different types of mass
media (ex. Oral to Email) OR a business model used by the corporate world
-Example- downloading TV shows to your iPod
Internet: when introduced allowed us to be introduced to the FIRST PERSONAL
HOME COMPUTERS
Yellow Journalism 1890s: Talked about crime, celebs, scandals (pre-cursor to
investigation journalism)
Two types of …political or commercial
World Wide Web invented in 1992
Newspapers make money through advertising (50% - 70%)
What goes in first- advertisements
What is second- NEWS HOLE!
LIFE magazine was the most influence because PHOTO journalism
Most important is A&R agents (artist and repertar) department in sound industry
Bootlegging viewing of unauthorized or stolen recordings of live concerts, informal
studio sessions, live radio or TV appearances
Name one issue of racial problems in the music industry: black music was turned
white and sold better
