Exam 11: Media Ethics and Criminal Justice

Numerous studies have shown that most people gain their knowledge of events ______.

The ______ woman assumption assigns the category of Madonna or virgin to marriageable women.

Responsibility and competence are linked together and ______ may be the outcome of a moral failure of responsibility rather than a lack of skill.

Following George Zimmerman's shooting of unarmed Trayvon Marin 2013,the Black Lives Matter movement emerged.This called for increased investigation of and media attention to ______.

Which of the following is not true regarding the media construction of crime?

The ______ principle states that a "person's liberty may justifiably be restricted to prevent harm that that person's actions would cause to others."

Even after the Black Lives Matters movement gained momentum,news media continued to accept unexamined police accounts as definitive sources of what had occurred.Media also revealed victims' criminal histories and past conduct they considered relevant to the victims' death.

Which of the following are characteristics of a "virtuous journalist"?

Truthfulness is fundamental to trust and is associated with ______.

A clear distinction must be drawn between a story being in the public interest and a story that ______.

______ is also a factor because taking information from apparently credible sources minimizes investigative expense.

______ will be ascribed to those who acted carelessly resulting from failure to discharge a morally imposed duty to take care or behave reasonably toward others.