Exam 3 FDM

what is a DJ

disc jockey

Local DJ

gave out life advice, individualized commercials, and programing entirely local

What’s the first song by a black artist to get into heavy rotation

“Beat it” by Michael Jackson

American Graffiti

Depicted Sunday night in 1962

The guy thought that if he sent out a message on the girl he would find the girl he was looking for

Which film directed by George Lucas portrays the culture of local DJs and cruising in the radio era?

American Graffiti

Edward R. Murrow

Became well known for broad casting from Europe during WWII and reported from London during a bombing on August 24, 1940

Was awarded for his outstanding work of bringing to life what he was seeing by describing the event

War of the Worlds

• were episodes that featured Orson Well and it was based on a novel called war of the world

• broadcast October 30, 1938

• Mercury Theatre of the air

• there were a lot of interruptions

When did radios become portable

1958

Pirate Radio

Radio stations on sees to play Rock and Roll since UK did'n’t allow it on their land

why couldn't the UK play rock and roll music on radios

Because the government controls radio

What year did Martin Luther King Jr spoke to a gathering of radio producers 

1967 during the Civil Rights Movement

what did disk jockies dispense 

Life advice 

disk mocked had to be qualified to give life advice

False

what time did disk jocky Stacy Collins work the late night shift

From 6pm to midnight

Which disk jocky did people ask for advice

Stacy Collins

what time would people ask for life advice from Stacy Collins

From 10pm to midnight

what was present before the Waco 100 radio station and Stacy

A country station called KJME 102.5 and it's a rock and roll station now

where did Tom Joyner work

KKDA radio station in Dallas

what shift did Tom Joyner work

The morning shift in Dallas

what was the other station that offered Tom Joyner a job

WGCI in Chicago

how many frequent flyer miles did Tom Joyner rack up when he was working both his jobs at Chicago and Dallas

7 million (7,000,000)

what was the only way to broadcast radio before FM

AM radio

what's the difference between FM and AM radio

In AM DJ we're loud, outgoing while FM were quieter and more intimate

when was the first boombox

1966

things to know about Darryl Dawkins

First basketball player to go pro at the NBA straight out of high school

He was the biggest guy in the league (tall and big)

He almost ruined his shoulder bc of the boombox he was carrying

What were the 2 things that Darryl caused to change

The breakaway rim and no jewelry/necklaces allowed on players

When did MTV debuted

at 12:01 a.m. Aug. 1, 1981

Tagline - “I want my MTV”

Worlds first 24 hours music channel

What was the first music video on MTV

Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles

Whats the prime place for a story

front page, right in the middle, on top

What did Merle Dixon do to calm his nerves before going on air

drink a shot of whiskey

satellite radio won’t save radio

true

Who is Janet Cooke

• A reporter at the Washington Post Newspaper

• Is known for writing a fake story about a kid named Jimmy who was 8 yrs old who was addicted to heroine because his mother had men coming in and out of her life

  • Won a Politzer Prize

Which singers co-wrote the song “Under Pressure” in Switzerland

The band Queen (4 members) and David Bowie

Did Vanilla Ice ever buy the rights to under pressure

no

Who is Stephen Glass

• A reporter at the New Republic magazine who wrote a story that he made up called “Hack Heaven”

• A movie was made out of it called “Shattered Glass”

Who is Jason Blair

• Started his career as an intern at New York Times and after his internship ended he continued to be employed at the New York Times

• San Antonio Express News publishes a story that Jason Blair copied and published

• Most of his work was either plagiarized or just fabricated

• Resigned from New York Times May 1st 2003 and May 11, 2003 New York Times published an article about all his work

What was significant about the article that New York Times posted on May 11, 2003 after Jason Blair’s resignation

it was 7,239 words which was the longest newspaper ever

What is the definition of the first amendment

congress shall make no law of abridging the freedom of speech, or press

Defamation

untrue declarations about private citizens that might damage their reputation

What are the 6 elements of libel and slander

publication, identification, defamation, falsity, fault, Injury

What’s the difference between slander and libel

libel is written defamation and slander is spoken defamation

What are the defenses against libel and slander

Consent, truth, qualified privilege (if the reporter quotes a public official) , opinion vs.fact, parody/satire

What is the best defense against libel and slander

Truth

What’s different when it comes to a public figure (whether its involuntary or not)

not only do they have to prove the elements of libel and slander but they also have to prove actual malice (the reporter had a goal to damage the public figures reputation

Campari advertisement

• About Jill St. John talking about her first time trying the drink Campari

• Hustler magazine published an article that looks exactly like the Campari ad and titled it Jerry Falwell talks about his first time, but it didn’t talk about his first time having Campari it talked about the first time he had an affair with someone in his family who isn’t his wife to make fun of Jerry Falwell

Jerry Falwell

• was a conservative Baptist ministry

• founded and started a Liberty University

• was a successful tv preacher (tv preachers normally do it to make money)

  • Started a group called Organization for Majority

George Carlin

stand up comedian who was arrested in 1972 for saying 7 dirty words in front of a big crowd in Milwaukee

What happened at the Super Bowl

• While Timberlake and Jackson were singing a piece of the costume came of exposing her for 9/16th of a second which is barely over half a second

• CBS was fined $500,00 and MTV was never allowed to produce another Super Bowl halftime

• This caused YouTube to be created

• Joe Flacco cursed on camera, but nothing happened because FCC had a backlog of 1.5 million complaints

David Ortiz

played for the red socks and the team was paying tribute to the police officers who were involved in the bomb

Dropped the f-bomb on the tv and the chairman of FCC had a quick reaction and nothing else happened

What is plagiarism and what are the different types

• taking someone else’s work and representing that material as your own

  • those who know they are stealing someone’s work

  • those who inadvertently drop a citation

  • those who don’t understand the rules of plagiarism

Ethics

moral rules of good conduct that guide one’s actions

What is a primary characteristic of 'podcasting'

It is downloadable and has no frequencies and has limited revenue

Impact of MTV

How singers and bands got to be known around the country

people have watch parties for every new videos

proving ground for new directors and techniques - -it was easier for people who wanted to get into directing to direct a shorter music video rather than an film