Question 1

Nielsen ratings households are selected every year from a pool of applicants.

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Nielsen ratings households are not selected from a pool of applicants; instead, they are chosen randomly to ensure a representative sample of the population.

Question 2

Premium cable channels generally have the most violent programming.

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Premium cable channels often have fewer content restrictions compared to network television, allowing them to feature more violent programming.

Question 3

Research indicates that exposure to televised stereotypes increases viewer acceptance of stereotypes.

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Research has shown that exposure to stereotypes in media, including television, can reinforce and increase the acceptance of these stereotypes among viewers by normalizing them and reducing perceptions of their harm.

Question 4

One form of stereotyping is making an ethnic minority invisible.

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Making an ethnic minority invisible, by excluding them from media representation, discussions, and recognition, is a form of stereotyping that denies their presence and contributions, reinforcing marginalization.

Question 5

On television, S ratings are for suggestive dialog and D ratings are for death by violence.

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S ratings actually stand for Sexual situations, and D ratings stand for Suggestive Dialogue. There is no specific D rating for death by violence in television content rating systems.

Question 6

In what ways did radio pave the way for the development of television?

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Question 7

How did Philo T. Farnsworth and Vladimir Zworykin contribute to the invention of television?

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Question 8

Why did the FCC place a four-year freeze on television license applications after World War II?

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Question 9

What were the names of the original television networks, and where did they originate?

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Question 10

Discuss the factors that came together resulting in 1948-1958 becoming television's golden age.

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Question 11

Some critics suggest that television's golden age wasn't golden for everyone. What do they mean? Use examples

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Question 12

Why did the movie studios consider television a threat?

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Question 13

Discuss the original intent for cable television, and what it was subsequently used for.

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Question 14

Discuss the development of the three new broadcast television networks that emerged after 1980. Include the factors that made their development a good idea.

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Question 15

Describe some of the newer technologies that compete with broadcast television.

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Question 16

Explain the impact of the Carnegie Commission's recommendations in 1967.

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Question 17

Why is professional wrestling a controversial genre of television programming? Use examples.

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Question 18

What aspects of television entertainment and news cause the most controversy? Discuss both sides, giving examples.

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Question 19

Television has been accused of both stereotyping minorities and not employing them fully as actors and business executives. Discuss this criticism. What statements has the television industry made in its defense?

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Question 20

Describe the traits and the resulting problems that researchers say compulsive television viewers have. Do you agree or disagree that compulsive television viewing is a problem? Why or why not?

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Quiz 9: Television: Reflecting and Affecting Society