Notes

broadcast communication when messages move from one point to many
cinematographe a camera, printer, and projector all in one, invented by the Lumiere brothers and powered by a hand crank instead of a motor
distribution in the movie industry, the word used to describe the dissemination of movies usually through sales
exhibition in the movie industry, the word used to describe when movie screenings (usually in theaters)
Fireside Chats radio broadcasts from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt to the American public covering topics like the Great Depression, World War II, and the economy
Golden Age of Television a phrase often used to describe the early days of television in the 50s.
Infotainment shows that provided entertainment as well as information and tended to revolve around violence
kinetoscope a device which used sprockets along a film's perforated edges to run 50 feet of film in thirty seconds
Networks stations that banded together to transmit the same program in order to reach the largest possible audience
niche markets rather than attempting to appeal to a mass audience, niche marketing focused on smaller groups of people with similar interests
Paramount Case brought against Paramount Studios; required the separation of production and distribution from exhibition
point-to-point communication when messages move from one point to another
production in the movie industry, the word used to describe all the activities and actions taken in order to create a movie
Radio Act of 1912 required that radio stations be licensed before they could transmit
Radio Act of 1927 an act of Congress that created the Federal Radio Commission, which was responsible for overseeing station licensing and reducing the number of stations
talk shows radio (and television) shows where an expert presents an audience with an issue and audience call in to add their voices to the conversation
vitaphone a system of phonographic disc recordings paired with a projector