Exam 15: Global Media in the Digital Age

Describe the pros and cons of the international coproduction of movies and television.

You are researching a country in political turmoil whose government was recently overthrown in a military coup. Which theory of international mass communication would be most relevant to your project?

In which country do over 90 percent of the residents have Internet access?

Express in your own words what "the public" and the "public sphere" mean. Who were the bourgeoisie and how were they related to the concepts of "the public" and "the public sphere"?

Research shows that Western news agencies historically produce as much as __________ percent of the news distributed globally.

What delivered news in Europe through the early nineteenth century before being superseded by the invention of the electric telegraph?

Which company became a digital media leader in 2013 as a result of its horizontally integrated distribution system that branched out to deliver diverse forms of media content, including books, newspapers, and magazines?

Which country in Asia is particularly successful at protecting the interests of Bollywood, a film industry that promotes indigenous culture and traditions?

Larger quality-of-life issues such as access to clean water, healthcare, and free education frame the debate about what important topic?

Backlash against American foreign policy sometimes takes the form of __________, specifically, __________.

What factors hinder IT (information technology) growth in developing countries?

Which of the following assertions about Soviet theory is correct?

In the twenty-first century, several U.S. media corporations have built global media empires, a development that has transformed our international media landscape and is commonly referred to as __________.

What kinds of measures do countries employ to counterbalance the Western, typically American, domination of the global flow of news and entertainment?

The global reach of media giants and their ability to promote their programming in foreign markets raises the issue of __________.

Through such video-sharing sites as __________, the Web has expanded the horizons of many viewers and media users across the world.

Who was one of the creators of YouTube?

Countries such as __________ have become sources for developers of relatively cheap software and computer-programming workers, as well as database centers.

The U.S. Commerce Department is working with technology and media companies to develop rules and protocols for sharing online-threat information with the government as well as __________.