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1020 Midterm Review Crossword –– Professor Conro –– Fall 2019

Across
Investigative journalists like Ida Tarbell who arose out of yellow journalism.
The _____ press became popular in the 1830s because it appealed to a mass audience.
The ad-based, socio-economic impact of magazines becoming a national medium.
This postmodern concept is an imitation of a previous work, artist or genre.
The Telecommunications Act of 1996 allowed for _____-______________, a practice which led to huge consolidations of broadcast ownership.
This occurred in Hollywood due to fears of communism because of the Cold War.
Thomas Edison's invention that first allowed recorded sound to be played back.
The notion that audiences typically seek messages and produce meanings that correspond to their own cultural beliefs, values, and interests (2 words).
This was required for the first time of all radio users under the Radio Act of 1912.
The _____ press focused on the agenda of only one political party.
The idea that media producers filter information we receive and do not receive.
The first feature-length film and blockbuster (4 words).
The pre-radio transmission of messages from person-to-person, rather than to a broad audience.
The War of the Worlds radio broadcast exemplified the _______ approach to communication.
The early use of this medium centered around commercial shipping.
This man invented a means of using movable type in a press.
The model for early radio advertising was _______-sponsorship.
Down
In this culture of the Middle Ages, clergymen hand-copied and illustrated books.
Thomas Edison's invention that allowed a single person to view early film shorts.
The _____ decision enacted restrictions on Hollywood ownership that effectively ended the studio system.
This type of press gathered and reported news "scientifically."
This organization was created under the Radio Act of 1927 to oversee licensing and airwave allocation.
This organization was created under the Federal Communications Act of 1934.
Regulation that required all large ships to have radio technology (3 words).
William Randal Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer were associated with this type of journalism that emerged in the late 1800s.
The idea that media can influence what we think is important (2 words).
______ of content helped both radio and magazines survive fragmentation and convergence of the digital age.
The first people to use block printing.
The cultural model of communication sees the audience as ____________.
Lee De Forest's Audion vacuum tube propelled radio by _______ existing radio signals.
This man's trial established that people could not be punished for criticizing the government with true statements.
The establishment of the postal service helped to set the stage for the ________ Press.
Mass migration to ______ was a factor in Hollywood's downfall in the late 1940s.