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schs14

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What is the significance of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
 
  a. It deregulated media ownership, creating large media companies that owned multiple outlets in multiple formats.
   b. It deregulated media ownership, creating a multitude of small, privately-owned outlets.
  c. It deregulated media ownership, dismantling the three broadcast companies that had been in operation since the 1950s.
   d. It increased regulation of broadcast television, but deregulated cable networks.

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What was a byproduct of the rise of cable television and its nonstop political news cycle?
 
  a. Declining interest in non-political news coverage
   b. Shrinking readership for newspapers
  c. Stagnant profits for media outlets
  d. Closing of radio stations nationwide


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Reply #1 on: Jul 9, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Answer to Question 2

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