1. A form of electronic media we have used in class that allows us to extend our minds and bodies is Facebook. Facebook is something that many people update constantly about what they are doing and thinking at any given time. The way we use our cell phones in this class is different than any other class because we can update our pages about the discussion topics while we’re still in class.
2. Benjamin Franklin is the founding father who made his fortune as the first chain operator. He became rich through his newspaper, The Pennsylvania Gazette.
3. Media companies are above all, in business to make money. All other benefits are secondary to the large checks the company CEO’s receive. Money sways which products are marketed at what time and to whom.
4. The oldest mass media form is written word in the form of pamphlet-like creations that were passed about on the street. The youngest form of mass media is the internet.
5. Five of the top ten media companies are as follows: Time Warner Inc., The News Corporation Limited, The Direct Tv Group Inc, Universal Music Group and CBS Corporation. Time Warner owns CNN, Court Television Network, etc. News Corporation owns Fx, Fox, etc.
6. It is a bad thing that a small handful of corporations control everything we watch, read and hear for three reasons. First, it means our media is biased so the information we receive is skewed. Second, it means that the companies can decide what we learn about. Third, it means that if a corporation is struggling, we may lose the media that we have learned to depend on.
7. The first female publisher was Anna Zenger. She assumed that role because her husband, John Peter Zenger was charged with sedition and went to jail. Anna continued to publish while he was behind bars.
8. In 1877 Thomas Edison demonstrates the first phonograph.
9. Peter Goldmark created the LP.
10. The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA) is the trade group that represents the music industry and successfully sued Napster.
11. Napster was sued because the file sharing was infringing on the copyright laws on the music and because Napster was the enabler, the site was liable. I think the decision is fair because technically speaking Napster was violating the copyright laws and costing the music industry money.
12. Apple is now the leader in legal music downloads via itunes and does control more than 70 % of the market.
13. The present music industry will morph because of ipods/MP3 players that are easier to sync than to burn CDs and less expensive than buying a CD. Therefore, selling CDs will become a thing of the past for the music industry.
14. The music industry lost the downloading war because its not seeing anywhere near as much money from downloading as its competitors have.
15. I believe the kindle will be accepted more because of its lowers prices on books. The ipad can only get books from Barnes & Noble which tends to be far more expensive than Amazon.
16. I believe that Apple has a right to decide which software goes into their devices, however they should have no control over the devices owner wanting to download that software onto the device later. This means the devices should be formatted to fit the software just in case.
17. The magazine business is going to die. I predict that instead the newspapers and magazines are going to form a sort of morphed creation.
18. Shit, piss, fuck, cunt, cocksucker, motherfucker, and tits are the seven words you can’t say on air. The comedian, George Carlin, was busted for saying them.
19. I think we need the FCC now especially because of the control these corporations have. We need a form of governmental check on their power.
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