Pol Sci 2010 - Introduction to Government » Fall 2022 » Module 8 Quiz

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Question #1
Media coverage of a race tends to ________.
A.   accurately portray White and Black Americans as victims
B.   overrepresent African Americans as poor
C.   accurately portray all races equally
D.   overrepresent White people and the elderly as poor
Question #2
The new movement toward having everyday people act as journalists and report the news directly on social media or blogs is known as
A.   commercial journalism
B.   front-loading
C.   citizen journalism
D.   muckraking
E.   posting
Question #3
The invention of the radio was important for politics because
A.   it guaranteed that news reporting would be more accurate.
B.   it made news reporting less sensationalized.
C.   people were tired of reading newspapers.
D.   politicians could now speak directly to the public without having their ideas filtered through the media.
E.   unlike with newspapers, everyone could afford a radio.
Question #4
A conglomerate is a corporation that ________.
A.   owns only televisions and newspapers
B.   owns only radio stations
C.   owns many businesses and media networks
D.   owns all television news stations in a state
Question #5
The impact of the deregulation of broadcast journalism by the 1996 Telecommunications Act has been to
A.   increase newspaper circulation.
B.   increase competition in the news media.
C.   increase the possibilities of media monopoly.
D.   increase the quality of news coverage.
E.   free the Internet from unnecessary restrictions.
Question #6
The Federal Communications Commission oversees the programming of which entities?
A.   television
B.   television, radio, satellite, and cable
C.   television, radio, and satellite
D.   television and radio
Question #7
When a news organization decides to report a story on a tornado by focusing on how many are dead versus how many survive, it engages in
A.   agenda setting.
B.   focusing.
C.   priming.
D.   framing.
E.   news management.
Question #8
In engaging in agenda setting, priming, and framing, the news media is
A.   holding politicians accountable.
B.   demonstrating liberal bias.
C.   telling the public what to think.
D.   telling the public what to think about.
E.   providing a neutral source of information.
Question #9
Most politicians like radio and television because these media
A.   none of these
B.   are inexpensive.
C.   always allow for interaction with audiences.
D.   allow politicians to reach a broad audience without the adversarial questions of print reporters.
E.   do not give reporters the opportunity to ask questions.
Question #10
When acting as an agenda setter, the media ________.
A.   reports on corruption in government
B.   brings in advertising revenue for the media corporation
C.   covers presidential campaigns equally
D.   decides which issues deserve public attention

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