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True or False: John Dewey was hopeful about democracy and believed people have the capacity for intellectual judgement and action if proper conditions are met.
True
True or False: Public goods are difficult to sustain by market transactions alone.
True
In the early 20th century, newspapers traded dependence on political forces for what other revenue producing force?
Market forces
When journalism is considered a "private company selling products" it is adhering to which model?
Market model
Which of these describes the dual-product model?
Media companies sell two products - content to consumers and attention of consumers to advertisers.
What describes "a set of skills that empower audiences to be critical analysts rather than passive consumers of media messages"?
Media literacy
True or False: Historian Daniel J. Boorstin calls news that originates with press releases, government press conferences and legislative hearings "pseudo-events." This is an example of proactive news.
False
True or False: Reactive reporting is reporting on causes and consequences.
False
Which is an example of a positive externality in journalism?
Fewer people get sick as a result of a newspaper investigation on poor food safety practices at a local restaurant.
What is an alternative name for "fixed costs" which describes the expense of producing a published work?
First copy costs
Who is the top boss in a newspaper operation?
the publisher
What is NOT a feature that would qualify a work of journalism as a public good?
the work is excludable
True or False: Conflict is a news value.
true
True or False: The "patterned, repeated practices, forms, and rules that [journalists] use to do their jobs" are referred to as routines.
true
Which describes the direction of communication in the internet model?
It's a two-way direction between senders and audiences
According to the textbook, what piece of technology has allowed journalists to interview sources from around the world without "a massive live truck?"
Skype, or other video conferencing technology
Which is one way social media has impacted news consumption?
Social media is a gateway to news
Which of these describes a benefit to having news values, according to Craft & Davis?
They offer a way to discuss the first step in how news is made
Which is an example of how the medium impacts the news-making process?
Time dictates broadcast news be edited down to the second
TRUE or FALSE: Since the 20th century, advertising has made up the majority of revenue for U.S. newspapers.
True
TRUE or FALSE: Viewer metrics can tell news organizations WHAT content audience members are reading, but cannot tell them WHY they have selected that content.
True
What pre-Internet limitations helped news compete for advertising expenditures?
Limited supply of advertising space
Name the editor who oversees the day-to-day operations of the newsroom
Managing editor
What do Craft and Davis argue the internet has caused information to become?
A commodity
According to Nelson, during the Golden Age of Broadcast News, broadcasters imagined their audiences as which of these?
A homogenous mass, rather than as a more realistic amalgamation of different interests and backgrounds
Which of the following describes a feature of convergence journalism?
A journalist using technology to perform functions previously distributed among multiple newsroom departments
What is a news beat?
A specific topic area of news coverage
What is an externality?
An activity that affects other parties without being reflected in the cost of goods or service.
Which of these topics would be an example of a proactive story?
An investigation into plans to attack the U.S. Capitol
How are media conceptualized in the public sphere model?
As public resources serving the public.
Which term describes a specific topic area of news coverage, such as local government or education?
Beat
Which statement best describes the primary task of journalism in the Dewey approach?
Building community
How do citizens trust journalists?
By taking them at their word that the information they are providing is accurate.
What is a term used to refer to the activity of users who gather, report, analyze, and share news and information?
Citizen journalism
Which is one reason for the decline of the advertising-based revenue model?
Classified ads became supplemented by internet companies such as Craigslist
Which member of a newsroom is primarily responsible for editing stories with a focus on the writing, grammar, spelling, flow, transitions, and style?
Copy editor
Which of these describes a distinctive feature of blog writing that separates the form from mainstream news writing?
Covering what went uncovered in the mainstream news
Which news value describes an ongoing issue?
Currency
Which is a trend associated with blogging that has influenced journalism?
Emphasizing transparency over objectivity
Which is a description of convergence journalism?
Enabling the mix of textual, visual, and audio content
Which is one way social media has changed the roles of news workers, according to Craft & Davis?
Engagement editors and digital curators now act as gatekeepers
Which term describes the type of story a reporter writes when they rely on sources that they have developed a relationship with as part of their established beat?
Enterprise story
According to Pew Research, what is the leading kind of news consumed on Facebook?
Entertainment
Which of these is not a news value?
Entertainment
Which of these terms describes a person who does not subscribe to a newspaper, but still benefits from the work of the newspaper?
Free rider
The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) operates as a "quasi-government trust." What revenue model is the BBC an example of?
Government support
Andrea Hart is the cofounder of City Bureau, a publication in Chicago. Hart thinks traditional journalism like daily newspapers doesn't have the trust of communities of color. Why?
Hart says traditional newspapers do an inadequate job accurately representing what goes on in areas where the bulk of the city's non- White residents live
According to Michael Schudson, what is more important than keeping the trust of the audience?
Holding government officials accountable
Which of these does Jacob Nelson call "one of the most important, yet least studied, aspects of journalism?"
How journalists perceive and pursue their audiences
Which news value refers to the measure of effect a news event will have on an audience?
Impact
Typically, articles containing multiple news values are more likely to appear where?
In a prominent role
Which is an example of how convergence is impacting journalism?
Increased engagement via social media and interactive story features
For the ideal of journalism to thrive, citizens must have a desire to be what?
Informed
What did Walter Lippmann conceive would eventually replace journalists?
Intelligence bureaus comprised of social scientists
How do Craft and Davis describe "legacy media"?
Legacy media is dependent upon heterogeneous audiences and unidirectional communication from sender to receiver.
Which describes a funding method based around charging readers by the individual article?
Micropayments
Which term describes the criteria journalists apply to decide what gets reported on?
News values
Which term describes a piece of information determined to be important or interesting enough to share with the public?
Newsworthy
Which of these examples describe journalism as a public good?
Once a piece of journalism is published, it can be shared by other means.
What is a cost involved in creating journalism?
Payroll
Which statement most closely matches what Walter Lippman believed?
People are busy and they need journalists to translate events for them.
Which of these best describes a reason audience trust in news media has declined since the 1980s?
Political parties have become more polarized and partisan media has re-emerged.
According to media scholar Jay Rosen, citizen journalism is people informing each other through employment of what?
Press tools
Which of the following is NOT a feature of blogging?
Prevalent use of photos and graphics
Which news value focuses on events close to the audience?
Proximity
Which is one obligation citizens have to journalism?
Respond to the news
What is one complication of measuring trust in journalism?
Surveys often use different names for trust and journalism
Michael Schudson writes that the term "the media" didn't really exist before which piece of technology?
Television
Which is one trend Craft & Davis identify in developing the "new news?"
The market has not found an efficient way to encourage payment for digital news access
Allowing community members to actually buy a stake in the publication is an example of which funding model of journalism?
The cooperative
Media companies sell two products. One is the content. The other is the attention of the audience reading, viewing or otherwise interacting with that content. What is this concept called?
The dual-product model
Which is a feature of the impact of social media on the production of journalism?
Unprecedented access to the audience
NPR's Sally Herships recommends reporters do three things to find story ideas. Which of these is not one of her tips?
Wait for the assignment editor to hand out news assignments
Which is an 18th century example of citizen journalism in America?
Writing and publishing a pamphlet on contemporary events
Which of these is not an obligation citizens have to journalism?
be a citizen journalist
What Web 2.0 technology does Hermida say focuses on "openness, connection, and sharing?"
blogging
Which is a change to the journalist-audience relationship created by the internet?
citizen journalism
What kind of system is the American media system?
commercial system
True or False: According to Judy Dempsey, social media is journalism.
false
