Question 1

The traditional media have "softened" their news by

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A)  infusing it with more partisan talk shows.
B)  infusing it with more stories about celebrities,crime,and the like.
C)  infusing it with more coverage of international affairs.
D)  focusing on editorials instead of nonpartisan facts.
E)  None of these answers is correct.F) D) and E)
G) A) and E)

Question 2

Agenda-setting is an action that falls under which of the major roles played by the press?

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A)  common-carrier
B)  signaling
C)  watchdog
D)  partisan advocate
E)  news interpreterF) C) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

The Gazette of the United States was founded to promote the policies of President

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A)  Warren Harding.
B)  Grover Cleveland.
C)  William Henry Harrison.
D)  James Madison.
E)  George Washington.F) A) and E)
G) B) and D)

Question 4

Explain the four functions of the modern media.

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Question 5

Which of the following is true of age differences in news consumption?

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A)  Younger adults are more than twice as likely as older adults to use the web for news consumption.
B)  The disparity in age for news consumption is greater with television than with newspapers.
C)  Older adults are more likely than younger adults to access the web.
D)  Age differences in news consumption shrink for Internet-based news but do not disappear.
E)  About 60 percent of young adults pay little or no attention on a regular basis to any news source.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 6

Which of the following is one of the two major advantages of journalists in covering the political game and strategic aspects of news instead of the policy frame?

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A)  Government leaders are more interested in portraying their political views than their policy accomplishments.
B)  Government leaders give journalists less access to the policy sphere.
C)  The reporting of policy positions is too simplified.
D)  The political game is a constant source of fresh material.
E)  The reporting of policy is less readily adaptable to editorial pages.F) None of the above
G) C) and D)

Question 7

One of the reasons the reporting of national news is relatively uniform among news sources is that

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A)  the government dictates much of what is reported.
B)  there are only a few important events each day that merit news coverage.
C)  the network newscasts are brief and the day's top stories tend to dominate.
D)  reporters are not given much freedom by their editors.
E)  modern journalists have become fairly lazy and use mostly wire reports to create news copy for the network newscasts.F) A) and E)
G) C) and E)

Question 8

Among the following,the news media are usually guided by events that

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A)  are timely.
B)  affect small numbers of people.
C)  occur in other countries.
D)  happen to ordinary citizens.
E)  are complicated to report.F) B) and D)
G) A) and E)

Question 9

During the era of objective journalism,the commitment of newspapers to two-sided news reporting

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A)  did not extend to their editorializing.
B)  was enshrined in the editorial section.
C)  was uniform throughout the sections of a newspaper.
D)  deteriorated democracy in the United States.
E)  All these answers are correct.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

Question 10

The FCC restriction requiring broadcasters to "afford reasonable opportunity for the discussion of conflicting views of public importance" was known as the

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A)  "Equal Time" rule.
B)  objective-reporting model.
C)  signaling function.
D)  common-carrier function.
E)  Fairness Doctrine.F) A) and B)
G) None of the above

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