Question 1

Reporters write news items using the dramatic structure of stories,whether or not the news actually fits that structure.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 2

The way the news media filters can favor certain cognitive frameworks over others.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  True

Question 3

A small proportion of the political information in your head comes to you through the news.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 4

Which of the following statements about protests is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Even the biggest protests involve only a tiny portion of the public. 
B) Media coverage of protests provides further evidence of a conspiracy between the media and elites. 
C) Media coverage of protests can create the perception that the protesters represent a significant portion of the population. 
D) For a protest to be effective,the organizers must insert the protest into the political reality of the majority of the population. 
A) Even the biggest protests involve only a tiny portion of the public. 
B) Media coverage of protests provides further evidence of a conspiracy between the media and elites. 
C) Media coverage of protests can create the perception that the protesters represent a significant portion of the population. 
D) For a protest to be effective,the organizers must insert the protest into the political reality of the majority of the population.

Question 5

Which of the following is not one of the four primary elements that guide the selection of news stories?

Accepted Answer

A) conflict 
B) complexity 
C) deviation from the norm 
D) sex 
A) conflict 
B) complexity 
C) deviation from the norm 
D) sex

Question 6

How can a journalist's efforts to provide both sides of a story work to distort reality?

Accepted Answer

A strong example will mention that not a

Question 7

Define and explain the difference between experiential and agreement reality.

Accepted Answer

Experiential reality refers to the infor

Question 8

Which of the following journalistic norms can actually increase the distortions caused by the dramatic imperative?

Accepted Answer

A) objectivity and thoroughness 
B) objectivity and fairness 
C) professionalism and fairness 
D) professionalism and objectivity 
A) objectivity and thoroughness 
B) objectivity and fairness 
C) professionalism and fairness 
D) professionalism and objectivity

Question 9

The news media provides an accessible,inexpensive,communal,and reliable source of information to form experiential reality about politics and government.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

News is not a business.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

What is the term for the set of instinctual and learned filters our minds use in sorting and processing the mass of incoming information?

Accepted Answer

A) mediated reality 
B) cognitive frameworks 
C) constructed frameworks 
D) framing dimensions 
A) mediated reality 
B) cognitive frameworks 
C) constructed frameworks 
D) framing dimensions

Question 12

Which of the following points about the news is false?

Accepted Answer

A) There is an emphasis on conflict. 
B) There is a focus on sex. 
C) There is an emphasis on what is normal. 
D) There is a focus on tragedy. 
A) There is an emphasis on conflict. 
B) There is a focus on sex. 
C) There is an emphasis on what is normal. 
D) There is a focus on tragedy.

Question 13

The image of politics presented to us by the media is distorted.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

Which of the following best describes the cockroach theory of politics?

Accepted Answer

A) Politicians enjoy staying in groups with other politicians. 
B) Elites almost never engage in poor behavior. 
C) Politicians avoid wrongdoing out of fear of media exposure. 
D) Politicians must build up an extra thick skin or exoskeleton. 
A) Politicians enjoy staying in groups with other politicians. 
B) Elites almost never engage in poor behavior. 
C) Politicians avoid wrongdoing out of fear of media exposure. 
D) Politicians must build up an extra thick skin or exoskeleton.

Question 15

According to the author,the news sells your attention.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the following political philosophers once wrote,"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed"?

Accepted Answer

A) Thomas Hobbes 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) Thomas Paine 
D) Thomas Aquinas 
A) Thomas Hobbes 
B) Thomas Jefferson 
C) Thomas Paine 
D) Thomas Aquinas

Question 17

The use of a speech to provide a cognitive framework for understanding an issue,policy,or candidate to predispose people to interpret a myriad of facts and snippets in one way rather than another is referred to as ______.

Accepted Answer

A) spin 
B) framing 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B 
A) spin 
B) framing 
C) both A and B 
D) neither A nor B

Question 18

Most news media products are available free of charge (such as through TV news and websites)or very inexpensively (such as through newspapers).How do the media make money,and what are they really selling? How does this affect the way news is framed?

Accepted Answer

The media makes money via advertising (a

Question 19

The unhindered press is meant to serve certain social and political functions.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

According to A Novel Approach to Politics textbook,virtually all of political reality is which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) a mediated reality 
B) a censored reality 
C) an unmediated reality 
D) an illusory perception 
A) a mediated reality 
B) a censored reality 
C) an unmediated reality 
D) an illusory perception

Reporters write news items using the dramatic structure of stories,whether or not the news actually fits that structure.

The way the news media filters can favor certain cognitive frameworks over others.

A small proportion of the political information in your head comes to you through the news.

Which of the following statements about protests is false?

Which of the following is not one of the four primary elements that guide the selection of news stories?

How can a journalist's efforts to provide both sides of a story work to distort reality?

Define and explain the difference between experiential and agreement reality.

Which of the following journalistic norms can actually increase the distortions caused by the dramatic imperative?

The news media provides an accessible,inexpensive,communal,and reliable source of information to form experiential reality about politics and government.

News is not a business.

What is the term for the set of instinctual and learned filters our minds use in sorting and processing the mass of incoming information?

Which of the following points about the news is false?

The image of politics presented to us by the media is distorted.

Which of the following best describes the cockroach theory of politics?

According to the author,the news sells your attention.

Which of the following political philosophers once wrote,"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed"?

The use of a speech to provide a cognitive framework for understanding an issue,policy,or candidate to predispose people to interpret a myriad of facts and snippets in one way rather than another is referred to as ______.

Most news media products are available free of charge (such as through TV news and websites)or very inexpensively (such as through newspapers).How do the media make money,and what are they really selling? How does this affect the way news is framed?

The unhindered press is meant to serve certain social and political functions.

According to A Novel Approach to Politics textbook,virtually all of political reality is which of the following?

Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real

Why Government Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics

Governing Society: We Know Who You Are

Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer You Cant Refuse

Structures and Institutions

El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive in Bad Spanish

The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function Not in Bad Spanish

Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother With the Jokes

Courts and Law: Politics Behind the Gavel, Obviously, but Whats Under the Gown

Not Quite Right,but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern Politics

International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then

Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It All

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Exam 11: Media,Politics,and Government: Talking Heads Are Better Than None

Reporters write news items using the dramatic structure of stories,whether or not the news actually fits that structure.

The way the news media filters can favor certain cognitive frameworks over others.

A small proportion of the political information in your head comes to you through the news.

Which of the following statements about protests is false?

Which of the following is not one of the four primary elements that guide the selection of news stories?

How can a journalist's efforts to provide both sides of a story work to distort reality?

Define and explain the difference between experiential and agreement reality.

Which of the following journalistic norms can actually increase the distortions caused by the dramatic imperative?

The news media provides an accessible,inexpensive,communal,and reliable source of information to form experiential reality about politics and government.

News is not a business.

What is the term for the set of instinctual and learned filters our minds use in sorting and processing the mass of incoming information?

Which of the following points about the news is false?

The image of politics presented to us by the media is distorted.

Which of the following best describes the cockroach theory of politics?

According to the author,the news sells your attention.

Which of the following political philosophers once wrote,"The force of public opinion cannot be resisted when permitted freely to be expressed"?

The use of a speech to provide a cognitive framework for understanding an issue,policy,or candidate to predispose people to interpret a myriad of facts and snippets in one way rather than another is referred to as ______.

Most news media products are available free of charge (such as through TV news and websites)or very inexpensively (such as through newspapers).How do the media make money,and what are they really selling? How does this affect the way news is framed?

The unhindered press is meant to serve certain social and political functions.

According to A Novel Approach to Politics textbook,virtually all of political reality is which of the following?

Introducing the Ancient Debate: The Ideal Versus the Real

Why Government Security, Anarchy, and Some Basic Group Dynamics

Governing Society: We Know Who You Are

Governments Role in the Economy: The Offer You Cant Refuse

Structures and Institutions

El Grande Loco Casa Blanca: The Executive in Bad Spanish

The Confederacy of Dunces: The Legislative Function Not in Bad Spanish

Brazilian Bureaucracy: Do I Even Need to Bother With the Jokes

Courts and Law: Politics Behind the Gavel, Obviously, but Whats Under the Gown

Not Quite Right,but Still Good: The Democratic Ideal in Modern Politics

International Politics: Apocalypse Now and Then

Political Culture: Sex and Agriculture, Getting Rucked Explains It All

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