Exam 5: Institutional Corruption: Mass Media and Religion

Talcott Parsons referred to institutions as the ___________ of the society.

Which of the following televangelists avoids appeals for money?

What provisions of the United States Constitution has made authorities very hesitant to pursue schemes and scams with a faith-based initiative?

Religious affinity scams involve:

________________ broadcasting has been part of American culture since the invention of electronic media.

Religious affinity scams involve investment schemes disguised as church memberships to get tax benefits.

Payola is the practice of not reporting payments to performers.

Faith healer Peter Popoff was exposed when a skeptic got Popoff's wife on tape and he tried to cure a man of:

To thwart embezzlement, parishes and dioceses clearly need to be more ________________.

Evaluate and discuss why the government is so reluctant to become involved in the enforcement of religious fraud. Do you think there are reasons the government has become even more reluctant?

Who in the 1930s argued that money was the yardstick used to measure achievement?

Faith healer Peter Popoff used all of the following tactics in his schemes except:

Jimmy Swaggart railed against Catholics, Jews, intellectuals, mental health professionals, liberals, gays, and other social scapegoats. He was dismissed from the Assemblies of God ministry when it was disclosed that:

The government has been reluctant to involve itself in the policing of religious commerce because for the First Amendment's protection regarding the free exercise of religion.

Abraham Kennard ran a Ponzi that targeted a tight network of Catholic Priests.

Emile Durkheim believed that religion is society's consciousness of itself.

The fact that The Quiz Show Scandal occurred so early in the history of television may explain all of the modern media events except:

Alan Freed, who testified before Congress and lost his job in connection with the payola scandal, rationalized the gifts he received by saying they were:

Payola is:

A Florida organization that solicits donations for more than 75 actual charities has been accused of keeping up to 90% of the donations it collects.