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MASS MEDIA FINAL EXAM 278 Questions with 100% Correct Answers

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MASS MEDIA FINAL EXAM 278 Questions with 100% Correct Answers Invention of the transistor of the 1960s resulted in miniaturization that made music more portable. -Answer- True Stereophonic recordings first became available in 1940. -Answer- False Which of the following was not an important technological development improving music delivery in the 1950s and 1960s? -Answer- re-writable CDs In the early war of the phonograph between Thomas Edison and the Victor Talking Machine Company, Edison's cylinder became the industry standard. -Answer- False. The man who created the long-playing record was: -Answer- Peter Goldmark Which of the following is true? -Answer- The 45 rpm was David Sarnoff's idea The group that decides the best way to sell recordings is -Answer- marketing and promotion Napster was ordered to shut down in 2001 for: -Answer- copyright infringement Which of the following was the event that may lead to the decline of free music file-swapping services and the increasing popularity of services that facilitate legal downloading of music? -Answer- the lawsuit against Grokster by MGM Studios in 2005 The most threatening widespread type of piracy for the industry is: -Answer- copying of prerecorded music overseas and their sale in the United States. File sharing, as it relates to the music recording industry, means: -Answer- downloading music free from the internet Which of the following is not true of overseas piracy of recorded music, according to the Recording Industry Association of America? -Answer- Counterfeit copies are hard to tell from legitimate original recordings because the quality is as good as the original. Which of the following is NOT true about warning labels on records? -Answer- Teenagers demanded labeling of explicit lyrics Which of the following is NOT true about high fidelity recordings -Answer- Hi-fi was developed specifically for the Sony Walkman The development of stereo tape recording made it possible to mix performances recorded at different times and places. -Answer- True The inventor of the phonograph in 1877 was -Answer- Thomas Edison BMI was founded in part to avoid having to pay royalties to ASCAP -Answer- True Because of file sharing, the Recordings Industry Association of America (RIAA) has: -Answer- Sued individuals who downloaded music many recordings music groups say they make the bulk of their money from -Answer- concert performances the operations division of a recording company -Answer- manages the technical aspects of the recording in 1887, Emile Berliner -Answer- developed the gramophone, which replaced Edison's cyclinder The two licensing companies that handle most of the rights to play music for broadcast are: -Answer- ASCAP and BMI The distribution part of a recording company plans the best way to sell a record and oversees cover design. -Answer- False What is Jammie Thomas' claim to fame -Answer- She was the first person to be legally fined for music piracy

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