DISCUSSION: Cross-fertilization refers to a relationship where each side benefits from the other.
The passage noted that both Hollywood and the press benefited from the publicity system.
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- As far as we know, there was no mass media in the 1920s. Lines 20-22 say that the old system grew to become mass media.
- Other types of art are never mentioned.
- This initial discovery made the system possible. Hollywood saw the public was interested in stars’ lives and then they created the star system.
- CORRECT. See lines 14-19. The system helped Hollywood but it also helped the press.
Cross-fertilization means that two plants each fertilize each other. - Lines 14-19 mention cross-fertilization. They refer to the overall relationship between Hollywood and the press.
Publicity agents were just a part of the larger system.
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