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Philo T. Farnsworth invented which of the following? |
the basic technology for television |
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When you watch a modern situation comedy on television that is filmed or taped before a live studio audience using multiple cameras, you are seeing the influence of which of the following? |
I love Lucy |
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All U.S. television broadcasting became digital in which year? |
2009 |
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Network affiliates are which of the following? |
local broadcast stations that carry network programming |
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Which of the following created the Public Broadcasting System? |
public broadcasting act of 1967 |
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PBS attracted its first significant audiences with which of the following programs? |
sesame street |
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The major company doing television ratings in the United States is which of the following? |
Nielsen Media Research |
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Over the last thirty years, the Big Three television networks (ABC, CBS, NBC) have done which of the following? |
They have lost one third of all their viewers to cable, syndicated programming, and independent stations. |
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The show Lost is notable for featuring which of the following? |
the first prime-time network character who doesn’t speak English |
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What is the fifth highest rated television network in the United States? |
univision |
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What are telenovelas? |
spanish language soap operas |
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In the 1960s, television programs were not allowed to show which of the following? |
married couple sharing a bed |
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Nielsen Media Research says the average American spends ____ hours a day watching television. |
4 |
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The so-called V-chip is designed to do which of the following? |
stop children from seeing offensive programs on V-chip equipped television sets |
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Jon Stewart, on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show, tends to: |
all the above |
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The show I Love Lucy was controversial when it first came out for which of the following reasons? |
It had the white Lucille Ball married to the Cuban American Desi Arnaz. |
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cable television was initially developed as a way of doing which of the following? |
delivering broadcast television signals to communities with poor reception |
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When HBO first went on the air in 1975, the broadcast networks made which of the following responses? |
they largely ignored it |
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Which of the following statements about premium cable channels is true? |
They are the channels that you pay extra for and that do not carry commercials such as HBO and showtime |
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The conversion from analog to digital television broadcasting was delayed by several months in 2009 because: |
many fears that some poorer consumers were not ready for the conversion. |
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Why are cable networks such as MTV and CNN more profitable than the Big Four broadcast networks? |
Cable networks receive revenue from advertising and subscription revenue. Broadcast networks only receive advertising revenue. |
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Broadcast networks are more successful than ever these days for which of the following reasons? |
You can’t fool me; broadcast networks are losing audience share and advertisers. |
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television networks are now showing more diverse programming for which of the following reasons? |
They want to attract a larger audience |
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Critics worry that television has a strong influence on young people because: |
all the above |
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One outcome of Janet Jackson’s 2004 Super Bowl "wardrobe malfunction" was which of the following? |
Individual stations became cautious about broadcasting serious programs that contained nudity or violence. |
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Audience members can now interact with cable and broadcast television by doing which of the following? |
all the above |
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Why are broadcast networks making their hit programs available on the Internet? |
Because if the networks didn’t put legal copies up on the Internet, people would just share pirated copies. |
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Our definition of what is broadcasting is being changed by the fact that you can now do which of the following? |
all the above |
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