Exam 5: Institutional Corruption: Mass Media and Religion

What did California evangelist Tony Alamo not do?

Examine the Quiz Show Scandal and the music industry's use of Payola to promote new songs. What happened? Who was punished? Who was not punished?

As recently as ___________ Sony BMG Music and Warner Music Group reached settlements with the government for payola-like bribery.

Henry Lyons, the president of the influential African American Protestant National Baptist Convention, was convicted of criminal wrongdoing for:

Identify possible solutions of the problem of religious fraud.

White-collar crime mirrors American culture, with its strong emphasis on achievement and what has been termed the "fetishism of money."

The conduct of religious entrepreneurs such as Tony Alamo would seem to cast doubt on the efficacy of any self-regulating code of ethics.

Print journalism scandals have included writers manufacturing books and stories for which there was little factual basis. These have included all of the following except:

Religious affinity fraud seems especially insidious because it exploits the trust, friendship, and cohesiveness that exist in people sharing a common spiritual ________________.

In connection with "he Quiz Show Scandal most of those indicted and arrested were:

The government has been reluctant to involve itself in the policing of religious commerce because of the ________________ Amendment.

With the use of technology and family members, Peter Popoff was able to identify likely victims and design cures accordingly.

A more stringent alternative to religious corruption would be longer jail sentences for wrongdoers.

In 1976, a New York grand jury indicted the former president of ___________ and another executive from the same company for engaging in payola.

Emile Durkheim regarded religion as the ___________ of society.

________________ is the most dominant and pervasive of all modern mass media.

The mass media has been identified as among the most influential source for:

Discuss and provide examples of religious affinity scams. How do these schemes work?

The Quiz Show Scandal involved:

In a culture where money equals achievement, all of the following can occur except: