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	Movies tend to be a high-involvement medium for most audience members.

	True False

	Most movie distribution in the U.S. is done by a group of fewer than ten major movie-production studios.

	True False

	DVD is currently the most popular format for movie rentals for home viewing, but is now competing with other types of platforms like computer downloads.

	True False

	Movies rarely influence or comment on social trends in the United States.

	True False

	The technical heritage of the movies is based on a human phenomenon called persistence of vision, which allows us to perceive a series of individual images as a single moving picture.

	True False

	Most industry observers of confident that digital technology will never replace celluloid as the major medium of the movie industry.

	True False

	In 1946, 90 million people a week went to the movies. Now, fewer than one-third that number attend weekly.

	True False

	The Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays code, was adopted in an attempt to free the movies from bad language, sexually suggestive situations, and issues of ambiguous morality.

	True False

	Low production costs and the potential for huge profits have made major studios eager to back documentary films on controversial topics.

	True False

	Critics and audiences alike enjoy and want to see more product placement in movies.

	True False

	Overseas box office receipts typically supply only tiny fraction of the total income for American movies.

	True False

	Many U.S. teens view movies that have been rated as suitable for adults only.

	True False

	The Supreme Court's "Paramount decision" of 1948 forbid showings of foreign films in U.S. theaters.

	True False

	The major U.S. movie studios today are highly involved television production.

	True False

	Scholars and critics express little concern that people of color are depicted unrealistically in movies.

	True False

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True/False Questions

Movies tend to be a high-involvement medium for most audience members.

Most movie distribution in the U.S. is done by a group of fewer than ten major movie-production studios.

DVD is currently the most popular format for movie rentals for home viewing, but is now competing with other types of platforms like computer downloads.

Movies rarely influence or comment on social trends in the United States.

The technical heritage of the movies is based on a human phenomenon called persistence of vision, which allows us to perceive a series of individual images as a single moving picture.

Most industry observers of confident that digital technology will never replace celluloid as the major medium of the movie industry.

In 1946, 90 million people a week went to the movies. Now, fewer than one-third that number attend weekly.

The Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays code, was adopted in an attempt to free the movies from bad language, sexually suggestive situations, and issues of ambiguous morality.

Low production costs and the potential for huge profits have made major studios eager to back documentary films on controversial topics.

Critics and audiences alike enjoy and want to see more product placement in movies.

Overseas box office receipts typically supply only tiny fraction of the total income for American movies.

Many U.S. teens view movies that have been rated as suitable for adults only.

The Supreme Court's "Paramount decision" of 1948 forbid showings of foreign films in U.S. theaters.

The major U.S. movie studios today are highly involved television production.

Scholars and critics express little concern that people of color are depicted unrealistically in movies.