Media Now! Chapter 3
Conglomerates
Are big businesses or corporations that own seemingly unrelated holdings. They are made up of diverse parts from across several media industries and are involved in multiple areas of business activity
E-books
Are book content that appears in digital text format. It can be read on mobile devices, computer tablets, and e-readers
Almanacs
Are book-length collections of useful facts, calendars, and advice
Audio books
Are books narrated onto CDs. Some can be downloaded
E-readers
Are devices that are used to read digital content found in books, magazines, and newspapers
Genres
Are distinctive styles of creative works. The term is also used to represent different types or formats of media content
Novels
Are extended fictional works, usually of book length
Mobile devices
Are hand-held computers or cell phones with display screens. They access and send information using cell phone or WiFi connections to the Internet
Trade magazines
Are magazines that are targeted toward a particular profession
Consumer magazines
Are magazines that contain general-interest topics
Orphaned books
Are older books, perhaps still under copyright-whose authors are unknown
Backlist
Books are older books that are not actively promoted but are still in print
Softcover
Books are usually printed and distributed in a manner similar to that of hard cover books. They are larger, exhibit more intricate artwork on the cover and are more expensive than mass market paperbacks
Intellectual property
Is a creative work of art, writing, film, or software that belongs to a legally protected owner
Newsmagazine
Is a weekly periodical with coverage (text and visual) on current news event
Muckraking
Is investigative journalism that "rakes up the muck"--dirt and filth-- to expose corruption and scandal
E-commerce
Is the ability to buy and sell online
Literacy
Is the ability to read and understand a variety of information
Censorship
Is the formal restriction of media or speech content by government, political, or religious authorities
Circulation
Is the number of copies distributed to the public, for a price or free
Pass-along rate
Is the number of people who see a single copy of the magazine
Audience
Is the number of readers of a magazine
Desktop publishing
Is the process of editing, laying out, and inserting photos using a desktop computer
Subscription libraries
Lent books to the public for a fee
Book publishers
Offer an array of services, from editing to promoting to selling a book
Print-on-demand
Technology prints books only when they are ordered by customers
Computer-to-plate
Technology transfers page images composed inside a computer directly to printing plates
Dime novels
Were inexpensive paperback novels of the nineteenth century
Miscellanies
Were magazines with a wide variety of content
Woodcuts
Were used to make illustrations by carving a picture in a block of wood, inking it, and pressing it onto paper