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Kidvid: aimed at children. 1990 Communications Act mandated all stations put 3hr/wk for educational kids programing. Not enforced until 1996 with Reed Huntd and gave these programs E/I rating. Michael Powell then ended these regulations. Ex. how orgainzed interest groups (ACT) can effectively lobby congress
"My Big Fat Greek Wedding": 2002 film.Greek woman marries waspy high school teacher while dealing with her large family. Aimed at older audience. Prindle says these types of films are the wave of the future
HDTV: Hi-Def. Broadcasts in double the clarity of normal TV. Most HD's were foreign made, FCC pushes back US adoption until American development of digital HD. FCC wants to protect US from foreign competition.
Economic liberalism: (Prindle) political ideology that favors the lower class government actively equalizes wealth and power. Hollywood even wealthiest members identify with the down trodden and is very livers, and they endorse policies that strike at their own pocketbook
International Television Network: (Markoff) small start up company competing with giant networks
Farenheit 9/11: 2004 documentary by M. Moore. Disney forbids it;s release b/c of anti-Bush message. i.e. large corporations control too much, doesnt allow certain ideas to reach the public
EMA: environmental media association. 1990. purpose of coordinating pro-environmental messages into the environment. Suggest pro-green storylines for writers
WLBT-TV: station in Jackson, MS Has viewing area of 40% blacks, this station had no blacks on TV shows, news, or employees. 1969 Federal Courts ordered FCC to yank WLBT-TV's license. Rewuired to hire blacks in front of and behind camera
Joseph Biroc: Cinematographer 1940s-1960's; "It's a Wonderful Life" - believes in colorization b/c it increases value of film - congress did not outlaw colorization, but the stations put a panel warning the viewer that the film had been colorized
TiVo: 1999. Digital Video Recorder automatically searches shows for your taste and skips the commercials. Transition from channel-based to menu-based programming
Piracy: unauthorized use of copyrighted fulm, TV shows, & music. Chiina & Thailand are centers of piracy in the world. Piracy is the bigges problem in Hollywood because it drains billions of dollars from Hollywood that are needed to finance films
Hollywood Primary: ironic term referring to democrats going to hollywood to ask for money before the election. Hollywood suppor pushes the most left candidate. Important to show hollywood as a source of money in campaigns
Moveon.org: liberal. 1998. recruited Hollywood writers to organize Kerry Commercials, used celebs. Shows hollywoods involvment in elevtions and politics
"Public Interest, convenience, and necessity": Phrase in '34 Comm. Act. gives the FCC the right to regulate content. Stations can be denied renewal if shown to be acting against public interest
"Dorothy and the Tornado": (Franklin) he criticizes Hollywood b/c they are too obsessed with special effects. If "Wizard of OZz" was made today it would have been called "Dorothy and the Tornado"- Hollywood is ruled by market forces
Superbowl 2004: CBS halftime show where J. Jackson's breast was exposed without warning. FCC receives over 1m complaints.
Action Films: violent films w/o many omprortant plot developments through dialogue. Globalization films much more common b/c can make money in world market
Wretched of the earth: (Prindle) explanation of Hollywoods political liberalism. Everyone in hollywood feels abused and exploited so they tend to relate to those who are also abused and exploited, makes them liberal.
Tibet: country controlled by china, 1949. in 1995 Richard Gere started LA friends of Tibet which educated writers, gave stroylines. China froze disney assets in country and movement failed. Propaganda failed, you need stars and executives on your side
"Captain Blood": (Mayer) colorization argument. An old b&w film, Errol Flynn, recently converted to color, enjoyed by millions. Supports that many films despite their entertainment value dont have an audience b/c the public is conditioned to watching color films. Argument: owner would want them to be viewed by the public today.
IPTV: (Markoff) internet protocol TV. A move to use the network as a distribution medium, potentially replace 100- 500 channel cable with millions of hybrid combinations that blend video and text from the web. Cheaper, can record programs simultaneously
Reed Hundt: Appointed FCC chair by Clinton in 1994, resigned in 1997. Hated by broadcast industry. Pro-regulation, required 3hrs of educational programming, free time to presidential candidate, cable broadcasters to roll back subscription by 7%.
Congress of Hollywood Republicans: 2001, Prindle believes it is a business rather than a political group, b/c it is a .com not an .org. Republicans have no organization/representation in hollywood
Virtual Integration: current trend in H'Wood when studios contract labor rather than owning production facilities. Studio try and avoid labor unios and make films for less$
Vivendi: French media corp. owns multiple media outlets i.e. Universal and NBC. An example of international convergence(result of globalization) of the entertainment industry, shows a current and future trend in the entertainment industrty structure
Telecommunications Subcommittee: legislators who have direct control over the FCC budget. Subcommittees of the commerce committees in the house and the senate who oversees FCC
Clear Play: company that sold software to edit out objectional words/scenes in film
VOD: Video on Demand. Access library of songs, movies, TV shows via the internet/TV. Technology exists, the manufactures are unsure how to license the product and prevent piracy
Celebrity: person millions of ppl feel they know b/c of mass media, but have never met. They dont have influence on votes, but they draw publicity and interest to issues, good for raising money
The great empowering American myth: (Corn) arguing why Hollywood should be liberal and should be conservative: great myth is the individual against the system is a conservative myth
"Syriana": 2005 movie. Drama about ameicas war on terror raises political questions (sympathetic to teen suicide bombers, ambitious oil tycoons) Shows hollywood delving into politically charged movies in lieu of America's failing war on terror, iraq, and bush's approval raitings. Before these kinds of controversial political movies were left to documentaries or taboo.
Marian REes: (Prindle) conservative. She is hyperactively involved in causes, charities, clubs, campaigns. Democracy government is based on ordinary men and women will participate in the political process, the same is in Hollywood. He and his colleagues are very actively politically, prove that democracy is alive and well in Hollywood
Progress and Freedom Foundations: a group of economic conservatives that lobbies congress for deregulation of the entertainment industry and abolishing the FCC. They agree with the 'Shareholder democracy" idea that more investment you make, the more control you should have with the airwaves
"Raiders of the Lost Ack": (Franklin) that particular film symbolizes the times we were living in 1980's as illustrated by Ronald Regan. Fun to watch but lacked intellectual content.
The Creative Coalition: artist coalition (1989), nonprofit, nonpartisan, politically-active group by the members of the American entertainment industry. Addresses industry and general social issues. Influence of Hollywood interest groups in Washington
FCC: created by the 1934 Communications Act. Responsible for allocating spectrum space (what frequency each station could broadcast on) Assumed spectrum space airwaves belonged to the people. 5 FCC commisioners appointed for 5yr terms, presidents party usually gets 3. *Means the government is exercising control over the content of broadcasts.
"All in the Family": (Prindle) TV-show main character is Archie Bunker. some viewers thought the show was endorsing Archie's ideas, clearly not the goal of the liberal writers adn producers. Impossible to determine how much of ideological message shows carry if the public cannot understand it.
Haim Saban: creator of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, single largest contributor to Dem. party in 2002. Usually the rich give to the Republican, hollywood is the exception
Red Lion Broadcasting v. FCC: 1969. Penn radio station attacked an authoer critical of Sen Goldwater. Author asked for chance to respond, declined, he sued. Court upheld Fairness Docterin. Gov. has right to regulate practively
Neo-Hollywood: current industrial structure of teh entertainment idustry run by a small number of massive vertically and horizontally integrated global corps.- Argued that companies such as Viacom control too much of the information
Moral Rights: idea(accepted in France, disregarded in US) that artists retain ethical claim to their work even when someone else owns the copyright. Fight b/w artists and producers
VCR: video cassette recorder. 1970's, records TV shows. Advances in technology are constantly making conflicts over copyrights
VHF and UHF: Very High Frequency and Ultra High Frequency. In 1964, FCC only allocated VHF for broadcasting to create an artificial scarcity of channels and an oligopoly for the networks. By waiting to allocate UHF, the networks ensured a greater audience. (60's FCC ran by broadcasters)
Convergence: Positive "buzz word". Combination of phones, cable, and internet into one technological and business whole. - made possible by the 1996 Communications Act which established relaxed anti-trust laws
Possessory credits: 1983- present. Writers thought "a film by (director) Steven Spielberg" discounted their contribtion. Whe writers threatened to strike , producers told them to take it up with direcctors. - shows present/future conflicts in H'Wood
Copywright: right granted by law for a certain number of years to make and control copies of literary, musical, and artistic work. When does art start belonging to one person of a corporation?
Break up the big media companies: (Stever) policy recommendation that to save our children from television you need to break up the huge vertically integrated corporations that control virtually all media. Even those succesful from huge media mergers admit that these corporations have bad impact from the structure
People for the American Way: started by Norman Lear in late 1980's to combat the religious right. Urged ppl to not let religion dictate their vote. Ex. of hollywood trying to affect what ppl believe through the use of propaganda
TARPAC: TV and Radio PAC, controlled by NAB. Use money to have influence over congress.
Wednesday Morning Club: organized by Horowitz in 1992, stretches back to 1980. goal was to offer republicans a haven in hollywood and stop the discrimination against conservatives( the graylist). Brought together conservative Washington with conservatives Hollywood
MPAA: Motion Picture Association of America. Trade association of the studios. Gain access by offering screenings of movies not yet available. power and influential lobbying group. More power with Democrats than with Republicans
MEMC: Multi Ethnic Multi Media Coalition, formed in 2000 as a coalition of blacks, latinos, asians, and american indians - groups have influenced slow change in minority hiring practices
Symbolic Politics: simple, emotional appeals that rely on dramatic conventions to create support in public. Put a situation in terms of villains and victims.
The Canadian Model: Stever claims US needs to adopt the Canadian model for funding quality kids TV. Canada invests in high quality kids programming through tax credits and subsidies. Costs canada 30% less to make this than the US. Us doesnt do this for kids media.
Ellen: 1993-1997 sitcom about single gay woman. gay rights propaganda. watershed show, now there are more gay themes in Hollywood. effects of propaganda in tv shows
Viacom: enormous vertically and horizontally integrated media corp that owns multiple media related companies. An example of the Neo- Hollywood system that is emerging
Bloodsworth- Thomasons: Clinton went to get $200 haricut, public backlash prompted clinton to stay away. Friendship with celebs can have a negative impact on politicians
Arnold Schwarzenegger: republican. actor. gov of cali. used his influences to bring publicity to politicians. Bob Dole was anti- hollywood but commended the movie True Lies as a family movie. Politicians will change in order to keep celebrities on their side. they are good for raising money
Miracle on 34th St.: 1947 b&w film. $2m to colorize 1992 released 93k copies as b&w ($1.4m) 1993 released in color and made ($23m)
Hollywood 9/11: Paramount studios boss, effort to make pro-US propaganda. After Iraq war, Hollywood disolved 9/11 group. Abortive effort
Michael Powell: Appointed FCC chair by Bush in 2001, resigned in 2005. Anti-regulation, networks are just supposed to make a profit. anti-Reed Hundt (Powell's Son)
Steven Speilberg: known for giving large contributions to the democratic party. money and celebrity influence politics
DCMA: digital millennium copyright act. congress 1998. Illegal to traffic any service designed to circumvent copyright laws. Made DeCSS software illegal. Piracy/ownership is a big deal for studios
NAB: National Association of Broadcasters. lobbies on behalf of the broadcasters. Anyone who owns a TV or radio station is a member. Congressman dont want them to be mad, NAB has a lot of lobbying money/influence
Power of the purse: Congress can raise or cut money out of the FCC budget. Majority party can therefore have a large influence over the FCC by using their power over the FCC budget
Colorization: process of changing b&w films into color. Artists believe this undermines the artistic vision. Producers like it as a money-making endeavor. Money battle b/w artists and producers
Indecency Ruling: 1995 ruling by federal court of appeals that upheld 1993 law requiring the FCC to forbid indecent TV from 6am-10pm. Constant debate on what is indecency
"The Maltese Falcon": 1941 B&W film directed by John Huston. In 1986 subcommittee argued that colorization should have input of director, Huston gave testimony supporting this idea (artists' asserting their moral rights). - Directors against colorization. Moral rights should be recognized in US as they are in France
Brand Integration: writers are writing adverts directly into the show so advertisement cannot be skipped. i.e. Desperate Housewives, Gabby sold Buicks
Market of Ideas: concept of free marketplace where freedom of expression is promoted through the competition of different ideas and voices. The concentration of media in the hands of a few has stifled the expression of different ideas
Charlton Heston: (Prindle) conservative. He is hyperactively involved in causes, charities, clubs, campaigns. Democracy government is based on ordinary men and women will participate in the political process, the same is in Hollywood. He and his colleagues are very actively politically, prove that democracy is alive and well in Hollywood
Jones Cable: (Prindle) Denver cable company that dropped the USA cable network in which it had no financial interest and added TNT which it was part owner in. Providing evidence of Hollywoods fear that an unregulated cable industry would abuse its power. *Illustrating the point that when someone has the power of distribution and how they can abuse it
Regulations in the 21st century: Cannot tell the future of the FCC b/c parties are divided. REP. are anti regulations- DEM. want stricter regulations- Social Conservative want the FCC to suppress sex and violence
Shareholder Democracy: Bush's chief technology advisor Floyd Hyamme said in Silicon Valley "we are living in a shareholder democray" means the rich who contribute to the economy should have more control because of the influence they have. Making media policy bad for children
International Television Market: located in Cali. Recently struck agreement with Lacrosse League to broadcast all of their games and player descriptions. Adopted strategy of making video content available for specialized markets, previously not available
Robert Bork: Supreme ct. by Reagan in 1987. Conservative who opposed liberal SC decisions. Ppl for Amer. Way, spent over $1m on ads opposing him. Hollywood trying to affect political landscape
Jane Fonda: 1972 appeared in N.Vietnameses propaganda. Reps tried to associate her with Kerry in 2004. some celebs are not good for politicians
Social Liberalism: (Prindle) political ideology that opposes government activity in personal life. Liberals usually support government in the economic sphere but opposes it in the social sphere. Hollywood tends to be very liberal (gays and Jews)
YouTube: 2005- people can post their video clips, free districbution, purchased by google in 2006. Free- ex. of movies in the future
"Turn off the TV week" an: (Stever) annual event across the country every April where everyone turns off their TV"s. Brings attention to issues, and ppl realize what a large role media plays in their lives
Columbine High: 1999 shooting. Democrats blamed the gun industry and Republicans blamed Hollywood. Congress passed bill making it harder to get guns and regulating advertising aimed at kids. Ex. of villains/victim story
Penny Nance: Anti-pornography activist. Founder of Kids First Coalition, hired by FCC as consultant in 2005. FCC has changed its policy radically about indecency on TV, responded to national outrage by Penny Nance
BitTorrent: 2001 file sharing software that allows for easier piracy of movies over the web. -Shows the future of H'Wood conflict as distribution Tech. changes
Media Concentration: Concentration of content production into fewer corporate hands. When FCC relaxed rules about media concentration, public outcry caused Congress to reverse. Ex of public opinion affects the FCCs actions
America's image among civilizations: (Woody Allen) his testimony in 19?? his argument is against colorization and for artist's rights
DeCSS: 1999 website designed to defeat copyright protection, DMCA made it ilegal. MPAA sued. Fed Cts. say cant link foreign sites that disseminate illegal info.

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