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plugola

Meaning of "plugola" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF PLUGOLA

plʌˈɡəʊlə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PLUGOLA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Plugola is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PLUGOLA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Plugola

Plugola is the illicit business practice of endorsing a product or service on radio or television for personal gain, without the consent of the network or stations. “Pluggers” have been known to accept bribes of money, alcohol, or free products and services. This contrasts greatly from commercial sponsorship because the benefits of the endorsement go to the individual talent or programmers, while the stations and networks receive no revenue.

Definition of plugola in the English dictionary

The definition of plugola in the dictionary is the unofficial promotion of products or people in the media.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PLUGOLA

Angola · bipolar · bola · bowler · Coca-Cola · cola · controller · Ebola · kola · Loyola · mola · molar · polar · roller · sola · solar · stroller · viola · volar · Zola

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PLUGOLA

plug · plug and play · plug compatible · plug gauge · plug hat · plug in · plug-and-play · plug-in · plug-uglies · plug-ugly · plug´n´play · plugboard · plugged · plugged-in · plugger · plugging · plughole · plugless · plum · plum duff

WORDS THAT END LIKE PLUGOLA

Agricola · arugola · canola · chola · Coppola · cupola · Dongola · gondola · Gorgonzola · Hispaniola · Moviola · parabola · pergola · Pola · rucola · rugola · tola · tombola · Tortola · vola

Synonyms and antonyms of plugola in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «plugola» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF PLUGOLA

Find out the translation of plugola to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of plugola from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «plugola» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

plugola
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

plugola
570 millions of speakers
en

English

plugola
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

plugola
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

plugola
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

plugola
278 millions of speakers
pt

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plugola
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

plugola
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

plugola
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Plugola
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

plugola
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

plugola
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

plugola
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Plugola
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

plugola
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

plugola
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

प्लगला
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

plugola
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

plugola
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

plugola
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

plugola
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

plugola
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

plugola
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

plugola
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

plugola
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

plugola
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of plugola

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PLUGOLA»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of plugola
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «plugola».

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about plugola

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PLUGOLA»

Discover the use of plugola in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to plugola and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Billboard
The indirect benefit of the plugola situation differs from outright payola, in that the station or its personnel do not receive direct payment by an l outside label to play its records, P with no announcement of that fact, as required under the 1961 By ...
2
The Federal Communications Commission: Front Line in the ...
NBC was not fined for the program, and as of August 2005, no other broadcaster has been fined under the new definition of profanity. PAYOLA AND PLUGOLA Payola and plugola refer to violations of the FCC's sponsorship identification rules.
Kimberly Zarkin, Michael J. Zarkin, 2006
3
Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context
Including teases, this CBS plugola segment used up nearly 6.5 minutes of newscast time. Plugola stories that evening got about two-thirds as much air time as hard news. Portland's TV stations regularly employ plugola in news programming ...
Timothy A. Gibson, Mark Douglas Lowes, 2007
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Broadcast Announcing Worktext: Performing for Radio, ...
A.3. Payola. and. Plugola. The accepting of money in return for playing songs on the air is known as payola and is illegal. If a disc jockey is caught accepting money to influence program selection or content, he or she can be fined or even  ...
Alan Stephenson, David Reese, Mary Beadle, 2004
5
America's First Network TV Censor: The Work of NBC's ...
The words plugola and payola often used interchangeably would not enter the common parlance until the late 1950s after the quiz-show scandals that rocked the broadcasting industry. Helffrich never referred to the practice as “plugola” in his ...
Robert Pondillo, 2010
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Billboard
Bill Ray, head of the Complaints and Compliance section of the FCC, which processes payola and plugola complaints, has said that in general, payola is the hardest of all communications law violations to prove. (True payola is direct pay- for- ...
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Media Promotion & Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable & the ...
Both radio and television management must be watchful forinstancesof staff payolaand plugola. Payola refersto illegal payment forpromotinga recording or song onthe air. DJs who accept free merchandise orotherbribes for playing ...
Susan Tyler Eastman, Douglas A. Ferguson, Robert Klein, 2014
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The Handbook of Mass Media Ethics
A major way this is done is through “plugola,” defined in this context as the appearance of one media brand in another media branded text owned by the same corporation, for promotional purposes (McAllister, 2002). If characters in one ...
Lee Wilkins, Clifford G. Christians, 2008
9
Making Media Content: The Influence of Constituency Groups ...
Theorists fear that increased corporate conglomeration leads to excessive promotion or “plugola” of corporate properties (e.g., Eastman, 2000; McAllister, 2002). As articulated in chapter 4, promotion is a critical communication strategy for a ...
John A. Fortunato, 2005
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Broadcast Announcing Worktext: A Media Performance Guide
(Continued) 12.3 PAYOLA AND PLUGOLA The acceptance of money in return for playing songs over the air is known as payola and it is illegal. If a Dj is caught accepting money to influence program selection or content, he or she can be fined ...
Alan R. Stephenson, David E. Reese, Mary E. Beadle, 2013

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PLUGOLA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term plugola is used in the context of the following news items.
1
iHeartMedia's Extensive EAS Compliance Plan
... the stated contest rules, and sponsorship ID violations which include payola and plugola. A significantly violated FCC rule by air personalities ... «Radio Ink, May 15»
2
A Dean Ambrose Update: Dean and Roman's Wacky Music City …
... Cageside Seats' very own GuyNamedJason: Jason Martin and his Sunday morning show, Squared Circle Radio (there's your free plugola, ... «Cageside Seats, Sep 14»
3
'Project Runway' Season 13: Were 'the Rainway' designs hot, or all …
The biggest mystery of the episode was how the Samsung curved TV (PRODUCT PLACEMENT PLUGOLA!) was connected to the special ... «The Oregonian - OregonLive.com, Sep 14»
4
The Five Best Art Openings and Events in Dallas This Weekend
I will still simply continue to recommend whatever I think sounds interesting regardless of perceptions of payola or plugola or whatnot. «D Magazine, May 14»
5
London's Iconic Routemaster Busses Are Being Scrapped For Good
... Unfollow lemonsmark for gizmodo; Dismiss Undismiss; Block for gizmodo; Hide; Flag; Unflag; Go to permalink. nice plugola. Reply. Flagged ... «Gizmodo, Feb 14»
6
The Notion That Commercialism is Now an Obscenity
... watching a lot of plugola, especially of products of corporations one has ... all this plugola reinforcing the spend-spend-spend message which ... «BernardGoldberg.com, Jan 14»
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Photo By Courtesy Neil Sperry
A. I prefer not to name specific brands because that introduces the fear of plugola. Your local independent retail garden center manager can ... «San Antonio Express, Jan 14»
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Ask your local garden center for help finding 'glyphosate-only …
A: I typically prefer not to refer directly to brands, because that introduces the fear of “plugola.” Your local independent retail garden center ... «Times Record News, Dec 13»
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DC's 'Futures End' to Begin in 2014
... the series doesn't mirror my four-color contribution to the SHIELD saga (Unabashed Plugola: It hasn't been out of print in the past 40 years!) ... «Hollywood Reporter, Dec 13»
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Jim Steranko on 'Agents of SHIELD': Full of 'Teeth-Grinding Sensitivity'
... the series doesn't mirror my four-color contribution to the SHIELD saga (Unabashed Plugola: It hasn't been out of print in the past 40 years!) ... «Hollywood Reporter, Dec 13»
REFERENCE
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