Question 1

Gordon says all of these pressures often overwhelm media workers' personal values, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  The likes and dislikes of audiences and advertisers 
B)  The routines of media organizations 
C)  The teachings of media ethics professors 
D)  The demands of stockholders 
A)  The likes and dislikes of audiences and advertisers 
B)  The routines of media organizations 
C)  The teachings of media ethics professors 
D)  The demands of stockholders C

Question 2

According to their positions in this chapter, which of these ethicists would recommend that media workers tell their boss to "go to hell" if he or she demanded they do something in violation of their personal values?

Accepted Answer

A)  Kittross 
B)  Gordon 
C)  Merrill 
D)  All of them 
A)  Kittross 
B)  Gordon 
C)  Merrill 
D)  All of them D

Question 3

Which of these seldom clash with the individual moral autonomy of mass communicators?

Accepted Answer

A)  Barometric pressures 
B)  Technological pressures 
C)  Economic pressures 
D)  Peer pressures 
A)  Barometric pressures 
B)  Technological pressures 
C)  Economic pressures 
D)  Peer pressures A

Question 4

Kittross says the key to responsibility is ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Altruism 
B)  Authority 
C)  Awareness 
D)  Acceptance 
A)  Altruism 
B)  Authority 
C)  Awareness 
D)  Acceptance

Question 5

Gordon says the most practical ethical approach for media workers facing conflicting pressures is:

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle's golden mean 
B)  Mill's utilitarianism 
C)  Kant's universalism 
D)  Machiavelli's ends justify the means 
A)  Aristotle's golden mean 
B)  Mill's utilitarianism 
C)  Kant's universalism 
D)  Machiavelli's ends justify the means

Question 6

Kittross recommends all of these as resources for media workers developing their ethical standards, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Schooling 
B)  Professional organizations 
C)  Politicians 
D)  Colleagues 
A)  Schooling 
B)  Professional organizations 
C)  Politicians 
D)  Colleagues

Question 7

The difference between morals and ethics is ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Morals pertain to the proper conduct of individuals and, to a great extent, the entire society, whereas ethics pertain to the science of ideal conduct within a specific group or profession. 
B)  Morals say cheating is wrong, whereas an ethical person simply doesn't cheat. 
C)  Ethics focus on what is virtuous, and morals focus on the practices of a specific group or profession. 
D)  Morality refers to the science of ethics. 
A)  Morals pertain to the proper conduct of individuals and, to a great extent, the entire society, whereas ethics pertain to the science of ideal conduct within a specific group or profession. 
B)  Morals say cheating is wrong, whereas an ethical person simply doesn't cheat. 
C)  Ethics focus on what is virtuous, and morals focus on the practices of a specific group or profession. 
D)  Morality refers to the science of ethics.

Question 8

Which one of these examples does not reflect governmental pressure on the media?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sen. Joseph McCarthy's HUAC hearings 
B)  The FCC's Fairness Doctrine 
C)  The post-9/11 PATRIOT Act 
D)  The fawning reporting on Barack Obama's presidential campaign 
A)  Sen. Joseph McCarthy's HUAC hearings 
B)  The FCC's Fairness Doctrine 
C)  The post-9/11 PATRIOT Act 
D)  The fawning reporting on Barack Obama's presidential campaign

Question 9

The concept of "responsibility" overlaps all of these, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Obligation 
B)  Debt 
C)  Requirement 
D)  Obedience 
A)  Obligation 
B)  Debt 
C)  Requirement 
D)  Obedience

Question 10

According to Louis Hodges, journalists create a conflict of interest when their self interests weaken or interfere with their obligation to serve ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Their employer 
B)  Their audience 
C)  The government 
D)  Advertisers 
A)  Their employer 
B)  Their audience 
C)  The government 
D)  Advertisers

Gordon says all of these pressures often overwhelm media workers' personal values, except ...

According to their positions in this chapter, which of these ethicists would recommend that media workers tell their boss to "go to hell" if he or she demanded they do something in violation of their personal values?

Which of these seldom clash with the individual moral autonomy of mass communicators?

Kittross says the key to responsibility is ...

Gordon says the most practical ethical approach for media workers facing conflicting pressures is:

Kittross recommends all of these as resources for media workers developing their ethical standards, except ...

The difference between morals and ethics is ...

Which one of these examples does not reflect governmental pressure on the media?

The concept of "responsibility" overlaps all of these, except ...

According to Louis Hodges, journalists create a conflict of interest when their self interests weaken or interfere with their obligation to serve ...

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Exam 2: Individual Values, Social Pressures and Conflicting Loyalties

Gordon says all of these pressures often overwhelm media workers' personal values, except ...

According to their positions in this chapter, which of these ethicists would recommend that media workers tell their boss to "go to hell" if he or she demanded they do something in violation of their personal values?

Which of these seldom clash with the individual moral autonomy of mass communicators?

Kittross says the key to responsibility is ...

Gordon says the most practical ethical approach for media workers facing conflicting pressures is:

Kittross recommends all of these as resources for media workers developing their ethical standards, except ...

The difference between morals and ethics is ...

Which one of these examples does not reflect governmental pressure on the media?

The concept of "responsibility" overlaps all of these, except ...

According to Louis Hodges, journalists create a conflict of interest when their self interests weaken or interfere with their obligation to serve ...

Ethics and Freedom: Mass Media Accountability

Gatekeepers and Manipulators: Truth, Fairness and Accuracy

The Ethics of Correctness and Inclusiveness

Codes of Ethics

New Technologies and Techniques: New Ethics

Digitally Manipulated Content

Media Ethics and the Economic Marketplace

Access to Media: Equity in Receiving and Disseminating Information

Private Lives, Public Interests in a Digital World

The Ethics of Persuasive Communication

The Ethics of New Advertising Technologies and Techniques

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