Question 1

Describe the mutual exploitation model and explain how elites and the media benefit from their relationship with each other.

Accepted Answer

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Question 2

Not all conflicts are made up of two reasonably equal sides.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 3

Which of the following statements is false?

Accepted Answer

A) Name recognition is perhaps the biggest factor in democratic elections. 
B) In democratic nations,the ability to gain coverage in the news media is tremendously valuable. 
C) Members of the elite actively discourage the news media from covering their activities. 
D) The presumption among journalists is that elites are newsworthy.

Question 4

Identify and explain the various ways that the dramatic imperative affects how journalists report the news.

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Question 5

In order to understand the way the news media operate,it is essential to understand which of the following about the news?

Accepted Answer

A) The news has a left-wing bias. 
B) The news is made by those who do not take their jobs all that seriously. 
C) The news is created by those who wish to support the elite. 
D) The news is a business.

Question 6

Elites do not have the motivation and the resources to actively try to gain beneficial news coverage.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

Which of the following is a part of your experiential reality rather than your agreement reality?

Accepted Answer

A) the war in Afghanistan 
B) Sarah Palin's 2012 presidential campaign 
C) your interaction with your highly gifted political science instructor 
D) the Jewish Holocaust during World War II

Question 8

The seeming collusion between the news media and elites is best explained by ______.

Accepted Answer

A) a vast conspiracy 
B) the alien abduction model 
C) the mutual exploitation model 
D) the mutual assured destruction model

Question 9

The realities that someone has personally,directly experienced constitute that person's ______.

Accepted Answer

A) experiential reality 
B) agreement reality 
C) mediated reality 
D) constructed reality

Question 10

Framing occurs when politicians do which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A) blame others in order to escape blame themselves 
B) provide only the outlines for a bill and allow the government to fill in the details 
C) predispose people to interpret facts by carefully choosing and building a conceptual framework 
D) retire from politics to take jobs with the news media

Question 11

Faith-based religions are often based on ______.

Accepted Answer

A) agreement reality 
B) experiential reality 
C) mediated reality 
D) alternative reality

Question 12

The very premise of the dramatic story structure is action and change driven by unity.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Realities you have personally experienced are known as experiential.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The mutual exploitation model concerns the relationship between which of the following two groups?

Accepted Answer

A) the news media and elites 
B) the news media and protest groups 
C) the news media and public interest groups 
D) the news media and the attentive public

Question 15

Your mind uses a set of instinctual and learned filters for sorting the mass of incoming information and selecting which bits it will recognize and pass on to the thinking parts of your brain.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which one of the "thinkers in boxes" highlighted in this chapter is known for his defense of freedom of the press?

Accepted Answer

A) John Stuart Mill 
B) Jon Stewart 
C) Rod Stewart 
D) John Milton

Question 17

Thomas Jefferson viewed the freedom of the press as more functional than ideological.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

What product do news outlets sell?

Accepted Answer

A) news 
B) entertainment 
C) drama 
D) people's attention

Question 19

Describe the concept of mediated reality and explain the impact of mediated reality on one's understanding of the political environment.

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Question 20

The key to understanding the role of the news media in politics is understanding the consistent distortions created by the media.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

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

Describe the mutual exploitation model and explain how elites and the media benefit from their relationship with each other.

Not all conflicts are made up of two reasonably equal sides.

Which of the following statements is false?

Identify and explain the various ways that the dramatic imperative affects how journalists report the news.

In order to understand the way the news media operate,it is essential to understand which of the following about the news?

Elites do not have the motivation and the resources to actively try to gain beneficial news coverage.

Which of the following is a part of your experiential reality rather than your agreement reality?

The seeming collusion between the news media and elites is best explained by ______.

The realities that someone has personally,directly experienced constitute that person's ______.

Framing occurs when politicians do which of the following?

Faith-based religions are often based on ______.

The very premise of the dramatic story structure is action and change driven by unity.

Realities you have personally experienced are known as experiential.

The mutual exploitation model concerns the relationship between which of the following two groups?

Your mind uses a set of instinctual and learned filters for sorting the mass of incoming information and selecting which bits it will recognize and pass on to the thinking parts of your brain.

Which one of the "thinkers in boxes" highlighted in this chapter is known for his defense of freedom of the press?

Thomas Jefferson viewed the freedom of the press as more functional than ideological.

What product do news outlets sell?

Describe the concept of mediated reality and explain the impact of mediated reality on one's understanding of the political environment.

The key to understanding the role of the news media in politics is understanding the consistent distortions created by the media.