Mass Media Final Exam 2022 with complete solution
Who was Nellie Bly and what contributions did she make? -Answer- She was Elizabeth Jane Cochran that did a man's job during a time before women even had the right to v
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Mass Media Final Exam 2022 with complete solution
Who was Nellie Bly and what contributions did she make? -Answer- She was Elizabeth Jane Cochran that did a man's job during a time before women even had the right to vote: wrote a newspaper article under the name Nellie Bly
How were the earliest forms of news communicated? -Answer- Cave paintings communicating through symbols
What was the first newspaper in North America? -Answer- Public Occurences
What is the importance of Peter Zenger? -Answer- Became the symbol for the freedom of the press
What is the "Partisan Press?" -Answer- An early dominant style of American journalism distinguished by opinion newspapers, which generally argued one political point of view or pushed the plan of the particular party that subsidized the paper
Who founded the penny press and how did the penny press differ from earlier presses? -Answer- 1.) Benjamin H. Day
2.) They were larger and cheaper, filled content aimed at the working class audience
What was the name of the first wire service and what does the wire service sell? -Answer- 1) Wire Photo
2) Transference of a photograph over the wire network to newspapers
Define Yellow Journalism -Answer- A Newspaper style or era that peaking in the 1890s, it emphasized high-interest stores, sensational crime news, large headlines, and serious reports that exposed corruption, particularly in business and government
What are the contributions of Joseph Pulitzer? -Answer- His newspapers combined political corruption and crusading investigative reporting with publicity stunts, blatant self-advertising, introduced such innovations such as comics, sports coverage, women's fashion coverage, and illustrations into his newspapers
What is William R. Hearst remembered for? -Answer- 1) Bought the New York Journal (a penny paper)
2) Unscrupulous publisher who once hired gangsters to distribute his papers
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