Question 1

According to Babcock, "reality shows" are essentially ...

Accepted Answer

A)  News programs for the masses 
B)  Infotainment on steroids 
C)  Stranger than fiction 
D)  Staged pseudo-events 
A)  News programs for the masses 
B)  Infotainment on steroids 
C)  Stranger than fiction 
D)  Staged pseudo-events D

Question 2

Which one of these ethicists would have been most concerned about whether tabloid news shows adequately respect the dignity of their human subjects?

Accepted Answer

A)  Aristotle 
B)  Machiavelli 
C)  Mill 
D)  Kant 
A)  Aristotle 
B)  Machiavelli 
C)  Mill 
D)  Kant D

Question 3

Babcock suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Infotainment should sacrifice information for the sake of entertainment 
B)  Infotainment should do no harm 
C)  Infotainment should follow the golden rule 
D)  Infotainment should be based on truth, not just half-truths 
A)  Infotainment should sacrifice information for the sake of entertainment 
B)  Infotainment should do no harm 
C)  Infotainment should follow the golden rule 
D)  Infotainment should be based on truth, not just half-truths A

Question 4

The type of ethics that "reality shows" often rely upon is ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Rawlsian 
B)  Machiavellian 
C)  Kantian 
D)  Confucian 
A)  Rawlsian 
B)  Machiavellian 
C)  Kantian 
D)  Confucian

Question 5

Gordon suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Use infotainment techniques to make news more appealing 
B)  Use news techniques to improvement the content of infotainment 
C)  Use infotainment techniques to make programs more sensational 
D)  Develop ethical frameworks that help audiences distinguish between news and entertainment/infotainment 
A)  Use infotainment techniques to make news more appealing 
B)  Use news techniques to improvement the content of infotainment 
C)  Use infotainment techniques to make programs more sensational 
D)  Develop ethical frameworks that help audiences distinguish between news and entertainment/infotainment

Question 6

People pay attention to the media for all of these reasons, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  News 
B)  Entertainment 
C)  Thrills 
D)  Deception 
A)  News 
B)  Entertainment 
C)  Thrills 
D)  Deception

Question 7

Babcock says "reality shows" rely upon all of these, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Stereotypes 
B)  Reality 
C)  Exaggerations 
D)  Innuendo 
A)  Stereotypes 
B)  Reality 
C)  Exaggerations 
D)  Innuendo

Question 8

Which one of these newspapers is most closely linked to infotainment?

Accepted Answer

A)  The New York Times 
B)  USA Today 
C)  Los Angeles Times 
D)  Wall Street Journal 
A)  The New York Times 
B)  USA Today 
C)  Los Angeles Times 
D)  Wall Street Journal

Question 9

Tabloid news shows concentrate on all of these, except ...

Accepted Answer

A)  Complexity 
B)  Crime 
C)  Sex 
D)  Scandal 
A)  Complexity 
B)  Crime 
C)  Sex 
D)  Scandal

Question 10

Gordon says some types of infotainment are useful

Accepted Answer

A)  Egoism 
B)  Capitalism 
C)  Utilitarianism 
D)  Idealism 
A)  Egoism 
B)  Capitalism 
C)  Utilitarianism 
D)  Idealism

According to Babcock, "reality shows" are essentially ...

Which one of these ethicists would have been most concerned about whether tabloid news shows adequately respect the dignity of their human subjects?

Babcock suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

The type of ethics that "reality shows" often rely upon is ...

Gordon suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

People pay attention to the media for all of these reasons, except ...

Babcock says "reality shows" rely upon all of these, except ...

Which one of these newspapers is most closely linked to infotainment?

Tabloid news shows concentrate on all of these, except ...

Gordon says some types of infotainment are useful

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Exam 13: Infotainment, Sensationalism and Reality

According to Babcock, "reality shows" are essentially ...

Which one of these ethicists would have been most concerned about whether tabloid news shows adequately respect the dignity of their human subjects?

Babcock suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

The type of ethics that "reality shows" often rely upon is ...

Gordon suggests all of these approaches for dealing with infotainment, except ...

People pay attention to the media for all of these reasons, except ...

Babcock says "reality shows" rely upon all of these, except ...

Which one of these newspapers is most closely linked to infotainment?

Tabloid news shows concentrate on all of these, except ...

Gordon says some types of infotainment are useful

Ethics and Freedom: Mass Media Accountability

Individual Values, Social Pressures and Conflicting Loyalties

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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