Question 1

In their efforts to "hook and keep" viewers, networks engage in _____________.

Accepted Answer

A)   crowd sourcing
B)   spinning
C)   branding
D)   "infotainment"E) A) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 2

One outcome resulting from the concentrated control of information and entertainment in the hands of fewer and fewer media companies is __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   less profitable media organizations
B)   wider ranges of reported viewpoints
C)   fewer sources of news
D)   greater access to local news coverageE) B) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Sound bites ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   are rarely, if ever, reported by the media
B)   are a type of media event
C)   are getting longer and longer
D)   are similar to classical orationsE) B) and D)
F) A) and B)

Question 4

Pressure to make a profit and the need to attract an audience can lead to _________ in the media.

Accepted Answer

A)   ideological bias
B)   racial bias
C)   traditional institutional bias
D)   commercial biasE) B) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 5

How can one determine the direction of political bias?

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Question 6

Only six companies own about __________ of the cable television market.

Accepted Answer

A)   20 percent
B)   35 percent
C)   65 percent
D)   80 percentE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 7

Explain how local news has become a casualty of media concentration.

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Local news has become a casualty of medi...

Question 8

Today's publicly aired presidential press conferences __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   are similar, in many respects, to Franklin D. Roosevelt's "fireside chats"
B)   lead to animosity between television and newspaper reporters
C)   allow presidents to convey messages directly to the public
D)   showcase spontaneous answers by presidents to tough questionsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 9

As an alternative to mainstream journalism, the blogs of "citizen journalists" __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   employ editors and fact checkers
B)   offer facts instead of opinions
C)   compete with media giants
D)   focus exclusively on national politicsE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 10

__________ do not try to be neutral.

Accepted Answer

A)   Network media
B)   Broadcast media
C)   Advocacy media
D)   Mainstream mediaE) C) and D)
F) B) and D)

Question 11

The mainstream media usually toe the government line in their coverage of __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   state and local matters
B)   national issues
C)   foreign affairs
D)   national issues and foreign affairsE) A) and C)
F) All of the above

Question 12

People today use technology, such as social networking websites, to communicate as people traditionally used __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   meetings
B)   protests
C)   word-of-mouth
D)   mass mailingsE) C) and D)
F) All of the above

Question 13

A blog is a(n)  __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   independent web log
B)   illegal method of stopping a leak
C)   monopoly of the Internet by a conglomerate
D)   example of professional, unbiased reportingE) All of the above
F) A) and D)

Question 14

Most journalists of the mainstream media are _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   more likely than not to be committed ideologues
B)   more likely to care about politics than the issues
C)   more likely than not to be Republicans, or leaning toward being Republican
D)   more likely than not to be white lower-class malesE) All of the above
F) B) and C)

Question 15

False blog posts and tabloid stories that are, nontheless, so widely circulated that the mainstream media feel pressured to report them have been called __________, by at least one writer-journalist.

Accepted Answer

A)   "fake news"
B)   "undernews"
C)   "overnews"
D)   "trash"E) B) and C)
F) C) and D)

Question 16

The bias of the mass media in presidential elections can be described as _________.

Accepted Answer

A)   conservative
B)   extreme
C)   fairly neutral
D)   liberalE) A) and C)
F) A) and B)

Question 17

Most people who watch news on television say that newscasts devote too much time to ________.

Accepted Answer

A)   entertainment
B)   "infotainment"
C)   politics
D)   pollstersE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 18

A "media event" staged for television to depict an official's position on a particular issue demonstrates the __________ relationship between politicians and reporters.

Accepted Answer

A)   symbiotic
B)   pro bono
C)   adversarial
D)   ethicalE) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 19

Most newspapers get their international and national news from the same source: the __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Drudge Report
B)   Associated Press
C)   New York Times
D)   United Press InternationalE) A) and C)
F) None of the above

Question 20

The media often expose themselves to accusations of bias because of their habitual practice of paying attention to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   substantive issues
B)   facts
C)   minor matters
D)   third partiesE) B) and D)
F) B) and C)

Exam 5: News Media

As an alternative to mainstream journalism, the blogs of "citizen journalists" __________.

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Pressure to make a profit and the need to attract an audience can lead to _________ in the media.

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The bias of the mass media in presidential elections can be described as _________.

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Most newspapers get their international and national news from the same source: the __________.

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A "media event" staged for television to depict an official's position on a particular issue demonstrates the __________ relationship between politicians and reporters.

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__________ do not try to be neutral.

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The mainstream media usually toe the government line in their coverage of __________.

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Most people who watch news on television say that newscasts devote too much time to ________.

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Most journalists of the mainstream media are _________.

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The media often expose themselves to accusations of bias because of their habitual practice of paying attention to __________.

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A blog is a(n) __________.

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False blog posts and tabloid stories that are, nontheless, so widely circulated that the mainstream media feel pressured to report them have been called __________, by at least one writer-journalist.

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How can one determine the direction of political bias?

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In their efforts to "hook and keep" viewers, networks engage in _____________.

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People today use technology, such as social networking websites, to communicate as people traditionally used __________.

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Only six companies own about __________ of the cable television market.

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Today's publicly aired presidential press conferences __________.

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Explain how local news has become a casualty of media concentration.

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Sound bites ________.

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