Modules 249 – Flashcards
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Edward R. Murrow is best remembered for which of the following?
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his accounts from London in World War II
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William S. Paley, the first President of the CBS network, saw radio as which of the following?
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an excellent tool for advertising products and services
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Which of the following developments occurred during World War I?
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The military took over radio broadcasting.
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Which of the following is true about radio as we know it?
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It depended on a series of inventions and discoveries over a forty to sixty year period
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What medium did Guglielmo Marconi invent?
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radio
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Which paper is regarded as the first newspaper in the colonies?
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Publick Occurrences
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Which of the following was the newspaper responsible for breaking the Watergate story in 1972?
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the Washington Post
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Which of the following newspapers most clearly defines what will be news in the United States?
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the New York Times
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Most of American newspapers are owned by which of the following?
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private individuals
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The original publisher of People Magazine was famously quoted as saying which of the following about magazine covers?
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there's noting better than a dead celebrity
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____________________________ was an important newspaper, magazine, and book publisher in colonial and revolutionary America.
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Benjamin Franklin
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Who or what were the Seven Sisters?
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group of women's service/homemaking magazines
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Which of the following was the first truly national magazine with a large circulation?
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Saturday Evening Post
