Of all our mass media institutions, newspapers have played the leading role in sustaining democracy.

One twentieth-century trend associated with advertising was the transition from a producer to a consumer society.

The term muckraker _____.

The first magazines in America were edited for the working classes.

Media marketers refer to network programs that are repurposed for cable as “cross-platform” programs.

The modern legacy of the style of journalism practiced by Joseph Pulitzer and William Randolph Hearst includes ______.

The book publishing and motion-picture industries are both examples of ______.

The early days of the personal computer saw the creation of electronic versions of games like Solitaire, Hearts, Spades, and Chess.

With the Communications Act of 1934, the Federal Communications Commission officially became the Federal Radio Commission.

The meaning of a message can be affected by a recipient’s gender, age, education level, ethnicity, and occupation.