Deck 10: Electronic Communication and Social Control

Question 1

Marconi first marketed his wireless telegraph system to

A) wealthy investors.
B) the British Navy.
C) the Italian government.
D) ordinary middle class consumers.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

The event that spurred the passage of the Radio Licensing Act of 1912 was the

A) outbreak of World War I.
B) Great Depression.
C) sinking of the Titanic.
D) sinking of the Lusitania.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

RCA was created to take over the facilities of the Marconi company because the U.S. government was worried about

A) Marconi spying on them.
B) foreign company controlling radio.
C) a monopoly over radio.
D) aliens.

Answer 3

B

Question 4

The first broadcasting corporation was

A) NBC.
B) ABC.
C) CBS.
D) Fox.

Question 5

Westinghouse began broadcasting election results and baseball scores to

A) control the radio market.
B) control the news.
C) experiment with its technology.
D) advertise radios for home use.

Question 6

The commercialization of television was delayed by

A) the Cold War.
B) World War I.
C) World War II.
D) federal regulations.

Question 7

Wireless transmission was created by __________.

Question 8

Wireless telephony is the transmission of __________ without wires.

Question 9

Lee De Forest's Audion was the ancestor of __________.

Question 10

The Radio Licensing Act divided up radio frequencies by __________.

Question 11

__________ was the main force behind turning radio into a mass-marketed product.

Question 12

The Radio Act of 1927 created the __________ to enforce laws on broadcasters.

Question 13

The development of electronic communication created profound social change.

Question 14

Radio was the first medium of mass communication.

Question 15

Reginald Fessenden invented radio alone.

Question 16

The Radio Licensing Act asserted government control over the airwaves.

Question 17

The National Broadcasting Corporation was given a government monopoly over broadcasting in the United States.

Question 18

The driving force behind the creation of television was private inventors.

Question 19

By the 1950s television had become the primary means of mass communication.

Question 20

Mass electronic communication played a role in creating more homogenous national and international culture.