FiltersDone

Question type

Essay

Multiple Choice

Short Answer

True False

Matching

Exam 6: Motion Media

Show Answer

Share

---

All types

Filters

Study Flashcards

Question 31

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

Cable systems were created to provide

A) additional channels in large, metropolitan areas.
B) access to television shows in rural areas.
C) on-demand movies.
D) channels other networks refused to carry.

E) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 32

Multiple Choice

Review LaterAdd Note

Review Later

Match each concept/entity on the left with its best explanation or impact from the right column. -Suspension of disbelief

A) Broke up a perceived media monopoly
B) Expanded broadcast licensing
C) Fueled by cable, the Internet, and VOD
D) Would have restricted docu-ganda
E) Movie distribution strategy
F) Enhances the impact of movie-viewing
G) Point of view of Newton Minnow
H) Creates serious concern among advertisers
I) Originated by Paramount
J) Point of view in Michael Moore's films

K) C) and H)
L) D) and J)

Correct Answer

verified

Show Answer

Question 33

True/False

Review LaterAdd Note

The mindsets of executives in early television and motion pictures were so similar that an eventual melding of the industries was inevitable.

Discuss the textbook's assertion that the three different television delivery systems - terrestrial or over-the-air, cable, and satellite-direct - can each be considered a separate industry. Explain why the author said this and why you agree or disagree him.

Once the Fox Television Network had been established, the major television networks were referred to as the __________.

In 2006, Disney offered $7.4 billion to acquire

Match each media outlet or product on the left with its best description from the right column. -Universal

Founded in 1912, __________ which is the oldest of the major movie studios has been part of the Viacom media empire for almost 20 years.

Which media mogul launched Fox as a new television network in 1986?

Congress set up the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to develop a national system of noncommercial broadcasting.

The system where Hollywood studios made actors into celebrities with the purpose of increasing movie audiences was called

The pioneer of animated films was

Historically, television consolidated audiences from other media into a truly mass audience, but now its audience is __________ as new options for receiving motion media continue to arise.

Television's economic infrastructure is fracturing because advertisers now have so many other options available for making visual and motion-based appeals to consumers.

The infrastructure of U.S. television as it developed was a __________ system.

Narrative film is another term for documentary.

Which Hollywood studio was started by David Geffen, Jeff Katzenberg, and Steven Spielberg?

The first television programming that was sent to local cable systems via satellite was __________.

__________ is the largest satcom operator.

Which of the following is NOT one of the ways movie theaters responded after their audiences declined because of television?