Key Concepts for the Media History Portion
  1. the role of each medium (educating, informing, entertaining)
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  2. the influence of patents and lawsuits (intellectual property)
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  3. the importance of financing
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  4. private ownership of the mass media
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  5. the government's right to regulate and the effect of regulations enacted

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  6. the tendency to monopoly in media industries
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  7. the diffusion of innovations
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  8. the philosophy of each medium (what drives content)
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