POS Chapter 7 Post Test

The penny press: A. Was created in the nineteenth century. B. Facilitated widespread literacy. C. both a and b D. was created in the twentieth century. E. led to the demise of newspapers.

C

Which of the following is NOT a national newspaper? A. Wall Street Journal B. Christian Science Monitor C. Time D. USA Today E. New York Times

C

Which of the following statements is true? A. The top news source for Americans is the radio. B. The top news source for Americans is the newspaper. C. Online sources for news are now just behind television. D. Blogs are more widely consumed than television. E. More Americans subscribe to newspapers today than 20 years ago.

C

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Americans prefer online news? A. the convenience of getting the news online B. the up-to-the-moment currency of the information available online C. the depth of the information available online D. the diversity of online viewpoints E. the accuracy and objectivity of the information found online

E

Which of the following is NOT a reason why a free media is necessary to democratic government? A. A free media is needed to investigate wrongdoing on the part of government officials. B. A free media is needed to publicize and explain governmental actions. C. A free media is needed to evaluate the performance of politicians. D. A free media is needed to shed light on matters that may otherwise be known only to a small number of government insiders with technical knowledge. E. A free media is needed to ensure economic equality.

E

The Communications Decency Act was struck down by the Supreme Court because it violated the: A. First Amendment's right to freedom of speech. B. FCC's equal time rule. C. FCC's right of rebuttal. D. FCC's Fairness Doctrine. E. Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause.

A

The media can set the political agenda in the United States by: A. identifying an issue as a problem that must be solved. B. endorsing a particular political candidate. C. accepting advertising only from businesses that are identified as being ideologically "correct." D. maintaining a strictly nonpartisan approach to news reporting. E. refusing to follow government regulations regarding the content of news broadcasts.

A

Which of the following statements is true? A. Average levels of political knowledge in the United States have increased. B. People who consume political news tend to avoid voting. C. Individuals customize the political information they receive through their choices of news outlets. D. The news environment is less polarized today than in the past. E. Journalists are less diverse today than in the past.

C

Which of the following statements best describes the changing ownership patterns in the American media? A. There has been a recent trend toward homogenization of national news as conglomerates have come to own a larger and larger percentage of media outlets. B. There has been a recent trend toward homogenization of national news as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has required print media outlets to follow the Fairness Doctrine. C. There has been a recent trend toward diversification of national news as conglomerates have come to own a smaller and smaller percentage of media outlets. D. There has been a recent trend toward diversification of national news as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 has required print media outlets to follow the Fairness Doctrine. E. There have been no meaningful changes in media ownership patterns over the last 100 years of American history.

A

Which of the following statements best describes the media's role in the Watergate affair? A. Relentless investigations by journalists revealed various abuses of power by President Nixon and led to his resignation. B. Journalists did not investigate the Watergate affair until after President Nixon resigned. C. Journalists investigated the Watergate affair but uncovered no wrongdoing on the part of President Nixon. D. The journalistic reporting of the Watergate affair was filled with errors and led to government attempts to regulate the print media's coverage. E. Journalists never reported on the Watergate affair.

A

During the nineteenth century, newspapers were controlled by ________. A. Wall Street B. political parties C. churches and other religious groups D. State governments E. the federal government

B

The Supreme Court case Red Lion Broadcasting Company v. FCC (1969) upheld ________. A. the Fairness Doctrine B. the right of rebuttal C. the equal time rule D. framing E. the agenda-setting provision

B

The press release was created A. During the administration of James Monroe in the 1810s. B. in the early twentieth century by a public relations firm working for a railroad. C. By Franklin Roosevelt in 1933. D. By Dwight Eisenhower following World War II. E. By Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War.

B

"Marriage equality" is an illustration of ________. A. horse race journalism B.agenda setting C. priming D. framing E. filtering

D

Daily Internet users who participate in society and politics through online activities are called ________. A. 2.0 participators B. online activists C. Internet junkies D. digital citizens E. web entrepreneurs

D

Google News and Real Clear Politics are good examples of ________. A. digital citizenship B. nonprofit journalism C. the penny press D. news aggregators E. niche journalism

D

If a radio station aired a personal attack against a candidate but refused to allow the same candidate the opportunity to respond to that attack on its station, the station would be violating the ________. A. Telecommunications Act of 1996 B. Fairness Doctrine C. Equal time rule D. Right of rebuttal E. Communications Decency Act

D

The United States has approximately ________ television stations and ________ daily newspapers. A. 100; 250 B. 200; 300 C. 150; 1,000 D. 2,000; 1,400 E. 3,400; 5,500

D

Which of the following statements about newspapers is NOT accurate? A. Newspapers are no longer the primary source of news for most Americans. B. Newspaper reporters break most important news stories. C. Political, social, and economic elites rely most heavily on newspapers. D. The newspaper industry has been more profitable in recent years than ever before. E. Newspapers tend to provide more detailed and complete coverage of political events than other media.

D