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