Mass Comms reading quiz #6

Kinetoscope 

Edison, 1891

Lumiere Brothers

Used film to document everyday life, 1895

Georges Melies

Used film to be creative and use special effects, 1902

D. W. Griffiths

Created the first epic film, Birth of a Nation, 1915

Al Jolson's Jazz Singer

First “talkie” (movie with sound), 1927

Who invented the TV?

Philo T. Farnsworth; Paul Nipkow, John Logie Baird

NBC starts broadcasting 

1939

1942

TV manufacturing (and regular programming) is suspended for World War II

1948

Ed Sullivan Show starts broadcasting 

1952

Soap operas, like "Guiding Light," broadcast through the support of soap companies as sponsors 

1981

MTV debuts

Time shift

Recording of an audio or video event for later listening or viewing

Place shift

Viewing video from anywhere using the Internet to access content