Question 1

In which country is the majority of major broadcast media privately owned by a prominent national politician?

Accepted Answer

A)  Iran 
B)  China 
C)  United Kingdom 
D)  United States 
E)  Italy 
A)  Iran 
B)  China 
C)  United Kingdom 
D)  United States 
E)  Italy E

Question 2

Which term refers to a media's systematic tendency to interject editorial content into the coverage of issues or events?

Accepted Answer

A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias 
A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias E

Question 3

Which of the following best describes attitudes in the United States toward government regulation of private media?

Accepted Answer

A)  In the United States, private media cannot be monitored by the federal government due to the Assange Act of 2011. 
B)  The United States is generally more open to monitoring of private media than other democratic countries. 
C)  The United States is generally less open to monitoring of private media than other democratic countries. 
D)  In the United States, private media is regulated just as much as public media. 
E)  The United States does not have the technological capacity to monitor private media. 
A)  In the United States, private media cannot be monitored by the federal government due to the Assange Act of 2011. 
B)  The United States is generally more open to monitoring of private media than other democratic countries. 
C)  The United States is generally less open to monitoring of private media than other democratic countries. 
D)  In the United States, private media is regulated just as much as public media. 
E)  The United States does not have the technological capacity to monitor private media. B

Question 4

A news organization that regularly includes criticisms of a president's policies in news coverage of the economy exhibits ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias 
A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias

Question 5

Which of the following would be an example of framing,in the context of the political media?

Accepted Answer

A)  Dr. Richard Kimble is accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on the run to prove his innocence. 
B)  A news telecast focuses a story on a member of Congress who is running for office for a 10th term, putting primary focus on the member's advanced age as a way to characterize the member as out of touch. 
C)  A news director decides to present a story on that evening's telecast about a squirrel on a mini Jet-Ski rather than about conflict in the Middle East. 
D)  A sports reporter in Boston ends his telecast by yelling "Go Sox!" 
E)  A reporter takes a story about a war-torn country and focuses attention on the plight of refugees in the country rather than the parties at war. 
A)  Dr. Richard Kimble is accused of a crime he did not commit, and goes on the run to prove his innocence. 
B)  A news telecast focuses a story on a member of Congress who is running for office for a 10th term, putting primary focus on the member's advanced age as a way to characterize the member as out of touch. 
C)  A news director decides to present a story on that evening's telecast about a squirrel on a mini Jet-Ski rather than about conflict in the Middle East. 
D)  A sports reporter in Boston ends his telecast by yelling "Go Sox!" 
E)  A reporter takes a story about a war-torn country and focuses attention on the plight of refugees in the country rather than the parties at war.

Question 6

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency not to report a specific type of story?

Accepted Answer

A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias 
A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias

Question 7

Which type of media organization employs the largest number of journalists who cover American politics?

Accepted Answer

A)  nonprofit corporations 
B)  federal government entities 
C)  state government entities 
D)  local government and community broadcasters 
E)  for-profit corporations 
A)  nonprofit corporations 
B)  federal government entities 
C)  state government entities 
D)  local government and community broadcasters 
E)  for-profit corporations

Question 8

You are in a Google Hangout with your friends Rick,Shane,and Lori,and you discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance reform.What sort of media are you and your friends currently using?

Accepted Answer

A)  public media 
B)  biased media 
C)  analog media 
D)  private media 
E)  mass media 
A)  public media 
B)  biased media 
C)  analog media 
D)  private media 
E)  mass media

Question 9

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency to emphasize certain types of stories or aspects of stories?

Accepted Answer

A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias 
A)  gatekeeping bias 
B)  elite bias 
C)  ideological bias 
D)  coverage bias 
E)  statement bias

Question 10

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,mass media primarily took the form of a ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  partisan press operating through print outlets 
B)  commercial press operating through print outlets 
C)  partisan press operating through radio 
D)  commercial press operating through radio 
E)  partisan press operating through electronic media 
A)  partisan press operating through print outlets 
B)  commercial press operating through print outlets 
C)  partisan press operating through radio 
D)  commercial press operating through radio 
E)  partisan press operating through electronic media

Question 11

Which of the following events helped shift the media toward a more objective standard of news reporting?

Accepted Answer

A)  the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898, which was used by the media to start the Spanish-American War 
B)  the end of World War II 
C)  changes in technology, such as the rise of newspaper wire services, radio, and television 
D)  the folding of the DuMont network 
E)  the rise of independently owned newspapers 
A)  the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898, which was used by the media to start the Spanish-American War 
B)  the end of World War II 
C)  changes in technology, such as the rise of newspaper wire services, radio, and television 
D)  the folding of the DuMont network 
E)  the rise of independently owned newspapers

Question 12

In 1992,the media continually discussed and mentioned Vice President Dan Quayle's inability to spell the word "potato" (which he spelled in a New Jersey classroom "potatoe"),to highlight a mistake and influence the criteria that individuals use to judge politicians (namely to make Quayle seem incompetent).What technique best describes the media's focus on Quayle here?

Accepted Answer

A)  framing 
B)  priming 
C)  mixing strategies 
D)  logrolling 
E)  pluralism 
A)  framing 
B)  priming 
C)  mixing strategies 
D)  logrolling 
E)  pluralism

Question 13

A news report explaining changes to the latest federal budget would fall under which of the media's roles in a free society?

Accepted Answer

A)  evaluation of government officials 
B)  interpretation of information 
C)  solver of collective action problems 
D)  presenter of infotainment 
E)  crafter of bias 
A)  evaluation of government officials 
B)  interpretation of information 
C)  solver of collective action problems 
D)  presenter of infotainment 
E)  crafter of bias

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the current state of media in the United States?

Accepted Answer

A)  The media is expansive, and primarily objective in its nature. 
B)  The media is expansive, and primarily ideological in nature. 
C)  The media is a mix of objective and ideological sources of all types. 
D)  The political parties have primary control of media in the United States. 
E)  Media is locally owned and controlled, with little national focus. 
A)  The media is expansive, and primarily objective in its nature. 
B)  The media is expansive, and primarily ideological in nature. 
C)  The media is a mix of objective and ideological sources of all types. 
D)  The political parties have primary control of media in the United States. 
E)  Media is locally owned and controlled, with little national focus.

Question 15

Which of the following best describes how the Internet and the increased availability of information have changed individual knowledge of the news?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individuals are generally more knowledgeable about politics than they were in the past. 
B)  Individuals who are interested in politics know more, but those who are not interested know less than they used to. 
C)  Individuals who are interested in politics know more, but those who are not interested know about as much as they did before the Internet. 
D)  The large amount of information overwhelms most people, leaving even the most interested knowing less than they did before. 
E)  The type of knowledge known by individuals is the same regardless of what news source they use. 
A)  Individuals are generally more knowledgeable about politics than they were in the past. 
B)  Individuals who are interested in politics know more, but those who are not interested know less than they used to. 
C)  Individuals who are interested in politics know more, but those who are not interested know about as much as they did before the Internet. 
D)  The large amount of information overwhelms most people, leaving even the most interested knowing less than they did before. 
E)  The type of knowledge known by individuals is the same regardless of what news source they use.

Question 16

The decision of news directors to focus on sports and gossip news rather than international news speaks to what guiding factor of the media?

Accepted Answer

A)  the profit motive 
B)  the unbiased motive 
C)  the reporting motive 
D)  the violence motive 
E)  the news motive 
A)  the profit motive 
B)  the unbiased motive 
C)  the reporting motive 
D)  the violence motive 
E)  the news motive

Question 17

What is the term for the media tactic that involves focusing on a specific aspect of a story over other aspects?

Accepted Answer

A)  framing 
B)  priming 
C)  mixing strategies 
D)  logrolling 
E)  pluralism 
A)  framing 
B)  priming 
C)  mixing strategies 
D)  logrolling 
E)  pluralism

Question 18

In a democracy,the two essential functions of a free press are providing citizens with information about the world and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

A)  allowing candidates and parties to make a case for why they should be in office 
B)  promoting interpersonal friendships 
C)  disseminating celebrity gossip 
D)  reporting the scores of sporting events 
E)  broadcasting infomercials 
A)  allowing candidates and parties to make a case for why they should be in office 
B)  promoting interpersonal friendships 
C)  disseminating celebrity gossip 
D)  reporting the scores of sporting events 
E)  broadcasting infomercials

Question 19

Which is most consistent with the agenda hypothesis?

Accepted Answer

A)  A generally conservative individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see "what the other side is up to." 
B)  An investor who is only mildly interested in political news that does not influence her business interests primarily visits financial news Web sites that principally cover economic and business news. 
C)  A liberal individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see stories that match her ideological predispositions. 
D)  A generally conservative person with little interest in politics happens to be exposed to some political news stories while he watches a local news broadcast to hear the scores of local sporting events and the weather report. 
E)  A person intentionally chooses to avoid political news coverage on television in general because she finds the style of modern broadcast journalism distasteful. 
A)  A generally conservative individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see "what the other side is up to." 
B)  An investor who is only mildly interested in political news that does not influence her business interests primarily visits financial news Web sites that principally cover economic and business news. 
C)  A liberal individual watches a liberal cable news outlet to see stories that match her ideological predispositions. 
D)  A generally conservative person with little interest in politics happens to be exposed to some political news stories while he watches a local news broadcast to hear the scores of local sporting events and the weather report. 
E)  A person intentionally chooses to avoid political news coverage on television in general because she finds the style of modern broadcast journalism distasteful.

Question 20

Which is a federal law,passed in 1996,that substantially lowered barriers to new firms entering the media marketplace?

Accepted Answer

A)  Fairness Doctrine 
B)  Equal Time Rule 
C)  Telecommunications Act 
D)  Electronic Media Act 
E)  Free Press Principle 
A)  Fairness Doctrine 
B)  Equal Time Rule 
C)  Telecommunications Act 
D)  Electronic Media Act 
E)  Free Press Principle

In which country is the majority of major broadcast media privately owned by a prominent national politician?

Which term refers to a media's systematic tendency to interject editorial content into the coverage of issues or events?

Which of the following best describes attitudes in the United States toward government regulation of private media?

A news organization that regularly includes criticisms of a president's policies in news coverage of the economy exhibits ____________________.

Which of the following would be an example of framing,in the context of the political media?

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency not to report a specific type of story?

Which type of media organization employs the largest number of journalists who cover American politics?

You are in a Google Hangout with your friends Rick,Shane,and Lori,and you discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance reform.What sort of media are you and your friends currently using?

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency to emphasize certain types of stories or aspects of stories?

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,mass media primarily took the form of a ____________________.

Which of the following events helped shift the media toward a more objective standard of news reporting?

A news report explaining changes to the latest federal budget would fall under which of the media's roles in a free society?

Which of the following best describes the current state of media in the United States?

Which of the following best describes how the Internet and the increased availability of information have changed individual knowledge of the news?

The decision of news directors to focus on sports and gossip news rather than international news speaks to what guiding factor of the media?

What is the term for the media tactic that involves focusing on a specific aspect of a story over other aspects?

In a democracy,the two essential functions of a free press are providing citizens with information about the world and ____________________.

Which is most consistent with the agenda hypothesis?

Which is a federal law,passed in 1996,that substantially lowered barriers to new firms entering the media marketplace?

Introduction

the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Rights and Liberties

Congress

the Presidency

the Bureaucracy

the Judiciary

Public Opinion

Political Participation

Interest Groups and Social Movements

Political Parties

Elections and Campaigns

Economic Policy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy

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Exam 14: Mass Media and the Press

In which country is the majority of major broadcast media privately owned by a prominent national politician?

Which term refers to a media's systematic tendency to interject editorial content into the coverage of issues or events?

Which of the following best describes attitudes in the United States toward government regulation of private media?

A news organization that regularly includes criticisms of a president's policies in news coverage of the economy exhibits ____________________.

Which of the following would be an example of framing,in the context of the political media?

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency not to report a specific type of story?

Which type of media organization employs the largest number of journalists who cover American politics?

You are in a Google Hangout with your friends Rick,Shane,and Lori,and you discuss a recent Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance reform.What sort of media are you and your friends currently using?

Which term refers to a media organization's systematic tendency to emphasize certain types of stories or aspects of stories?

In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries,mass media primarily took the form of a ____________________.

Which of the following events helped shift the media toward a more objective standard of news reporting?

A news report explaining changes to the latest federal budget would fall under which of the media's roles in a free society?

Which of the following best describes the current state of media in the United States?

Which of the following best describes how the Internet and the increased availability of information have changed individual knowledge of the news?

The decision of news directors to focus on sports and gossip news rather than international news speaks to what guiding factor of the media?

What is the term for the media tactic that involves focusing on a specific aspect of a story over other aspects?

In a democracy,the two essential functions of a free press are providing citizens with information about the world and ____________________.

Which is most consistent with the agenda hypothesis?

Which is a federal law,passed in 1996,that substantially lowered barriers to new firms entering the media marketplace?

Introduction

the Constitution

Federalism

Civil Rights and Liberties

Congress

the Presidency

the Bureaucracy

the Judiciary

Public Opinion

Political Participation

Interest Groups and Social Movements

Political Parties

Elections and Campaigns

Economic Policy

Social Policy

Foreign Policy

Filters