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Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://media.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipediaCopy APA StyleBibTeXBibTeX Citation Text@misc{filmandmediaatlas-wikipedia, author = {Film and Media Atlas}, title = {Wikipedia}, year = {2026}, url = {https://media.interactiveatlas.org/sources/wikipedia}, note = {Accessed August 30, 2026} }Copy BibTeXReference and ClassificationDevelopingA free, collaboratively edited online encyclopedia operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, used here for verbatim quotations drawn from specific dated article sections.FactsSourcesClaims Backed By This Source (1,050 claims)Comments (0)Reader Challenges (0 open reader challenges)FactsPublisherWell-attestedWikimedia FoundationSource TypeWell-attestedEncyclopediaURLWell-attestedhttps://www.wikipedia.orgSourcesWikipediaWikimedia FoundationView the SourceClaims Backed By This Source (1,050 claims)This source backs 1,050 claims across the atlas. As facts: 546 well-attested, 9 scholarly debate. As cited relationships: 41 holds, 104 connected, 1 held Differently. Plus 349 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.Disposition By TopicConcepts, 182 claims: 85 well-attested, 7 scholarly debate, 5 holds, 17 connected, 68 general references.Technologies, 154 claims: 82 well-attested, 2 holds, 21 connected, 49 general references.Milestones, 151 claims: 81 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 10 holds, 13 connected, 1 held Differently, 45 general references.Organizations, 148 claims: 82 well-attested, 5 holds, 10 connected, 51 general references.Landmark Works, 143 claims: 64 well-attested, 3 holds, 28 connected, 48 general references.Media Forms, 119 claims: 63 well-attested, 2 holds, 54 general references.Figures, 109 claims: 55 well-attested, 1 scholarly debate, 14 holds, 10 connected, 29 general references.Open Questions, 40 claims: 30 well-attested, 5 connected, 5 general references.Sources, 4 claims: 4 well-attested.Well-attested546ConceptsAgenda-Setting TheoryAuteur TheoryBinge-WatchingCitizen JournalismCultivation TheoryFraming TheoryGatekeepingGraphic NovelHypodermic Needle ModelJump CutLong TailMacGuffinMass-Circulation MagazineMedia ConsolidationMedia ConvergenceMethod ActingNarrowcastingParasocial InteractionPhotojournalismPublic Service BroadcastingSocial Networking SiteSpecial EffectsSpiral of Silence TheoryStandards and PracticesStop-Motion AnimationThe Golden Age of Arcade Video GamesTwo-Step Flow TheoryUses and Gratifications TheoryVideo on DemandYellow JournalismFiguresAdam CurryAndrew WeinreichDave WinerFritz LangHenry LuceJerry SiegelJoe ShusterLee de ForestNolan BushnellRalph BaerReed HastingsWill EisnerLandmark WorksAction Comics #1Bicycle ThievesCasablancaGone with the WindHouse of CardsI Love LucyLifeMShowing 1 to 50 of 158 entities carrying this claim. NextScholarly debate9ConceptsContinuity EditingGenreGraphic NovelHypodermic Needle ModelMedia LiteracyPersistence of VisionThe Golden Age of Arcade Video GamesFiguresAdam CurryMilestonesThe First PhotographHolds41ConceptsGraphic NovelMass-Circulation MagazineSocial Networking SiteThe Golden Age of Arcade Video GamesVideo on DemandFiguresAdam CurryAndrew WeinreichDave WinerHenry LuceJerry SiegelJoe ShusterNolan BushnellRalph BaerReed HastingsWill EisnerLandmark WorksMMetropolisMedia FormsComicsVideo GamesMilestonesFirst Television BroadcastFounding of the New York SunFounding of Time MagazineLaunch of SixDegrees.comOrigins of Podcasting TechnologyPublication of Action Comics #1Release of the Magnavox OdysseyWorld Wide Web Enters the Public DomainOrganizationsApple PodcastsAtari, Inc.DC ComicsSixDegrees.comTime Inc.TechnologiesSound on FilmVacuum TubeConnected104ConceptsFraming TheoryGraphic NovelHypodermic Needle ModelMass-Circulation MagazineSocial Networking SiteSpiral of Silence TheoryThe Golden Age of Arcade Video GamesTwo-Step Flow TheoryVideo on DemandFiguresAdam CurryAndrew WeinreichDave WinerHenry LuceJerry SiegelJoe ShusterNolan BushnellRalph BaerReed HastingsWill EisnerLandmark WorksAction Comics #1Gone with the WindHouse of CardsLifeMetropolisPongPsychoSee It NowSerialThe Cabinet of Dr. CaligariToy StoryMilestonesFairness Doctrine RepealFounding of Time MagazineIntroduction of Color Television BroadcastingLaunch of SixDegrees.comPublication of Action Comics #1Release of the Magnavox OdysseyOpen QuestionsWas the hypodermic needle model ever actually formulated as a coherent theory, or is it a retrospective myth?What was the actual box office gross of The Birth of a Nation?Which computer game is properly the first video game: OXO (1952), Tennis for Two (1958), Spacewar! (1962), or a later commercially released title such as the Magnavox Odyssey games (1972)?Which process truly began the 1950s widescreen era: Cinerama or CinemaScope?Who actually deserves credit for the vacuum tube's amplification mechanism: Lee de Forest or Edwin Armstrong?OrganizationsApple PodcastsAtari, Inc.DC ComicsEastman Kodak CompanyNational Broadcasting CompanyRadio Corporation of AmericaSixDegrees.comThe New York TimesTime Inc.Showing 1 to 50 of 62 entities carrying this claim. NextHeld Differently1MilestonesFirst Television BroadcastGeneral References349ConceptsAgenda-Setting TheoryAuteur TheoryBinge-WatchingCitizen JournalismContinuity EditingCultivation TheoryFraming TheoryGatekeepingGenreGraphic NovelHypodermic Needle ModelJump CutLong TailMacGuffinMass-Circulation MagazineMedia ConsolidationMedia ConvergenceMedia LiteracyMethod ActingNarrowcastingParasocial InteractionPersistence of VisionPhotojournalismPublic Service BroadcastingSocial Networking SiteSpecial EffectsSpiral of Silence TheoryStandards and PracticesStop-Motion AnimationThe Golden Age of Arcade Video GamesTwo-Step Flow TheoryUses and Gratifications TheoryVideo on DemandYellow JournalismFiguresAdam CurryAndrew WeinreichDave WinerFritz LangHenry LuceJerry SiegelJoe ShusterLee de ForestNolan BushnellRalph BaerReed HastingsWill EisnerLandmark WorksAction Comics #1Bicycle ThievesCasablancaGone with the WindShowing 1 to 50 of 162 entities carrying this claim. NextComments (0)No comments yet. 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