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The word broadcasting derives from the steel industry, in part because KDKA in Pittsburgh was one of the first stations to begin using radio as a mass medium.

Pulp fiction was another name for the popular paperbacks and dime novels of the 1880s.

A 2013 study found that females are two to three times more likely than males to become addicted to video games.

The scientific study of mass media got started because of interest in ______.

A major difference between sound recordings made by Emile Berliner and those made by Thomas Edison was that ______.

If a soon-to-be-released article seems to violate libel or obscenity laws, most U.S. courts would act to stop publication.

Between 1930 and 1970, “Who says what to whom with what effect?” became the key question in American communications research.

The sale of spot ads within such shows as Today and TV specials like Peter Pan helped to end sponsor control of TV content.

Folk is considered the sound of social activism.

The sale of spot ads within such shows as Today and TV specials like Peter Pan helped to end sponsor control of TV content.