prohibits broadcasters from selling or giving time to political candidates and denying it to their opponents.
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In comparison with today's newspapers, early American newspapers were
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supported by the political parties.
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The reason the news product is designed to fascinate as well as to inform is because
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news organizations are fundamentally businesses and must obtain revenue to survive.
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The Gazette of the United States was founded to promote the policies of President
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George Washington.
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CNN and MSNBC have responded to Fox's ratings success by
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installing talk-show hosts with partisan or hard-edged appeals.
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On both radio and television, most successful partisan talk shows
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have been hosted by conservatives.
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Which of the following characteristics does the internet have that traditional media lacks?
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the ability to interact with its followers
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The commitment of the contemporary traditional media to two-sided news reporting
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does not extend to their editorializing.
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The term "framing" is used to describe
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the process of selecting certain aspects of reality and making them the most salient part of the communication, thereby conveying a particular interpretation of a situation.
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In terms of news consumption, since the 1980s young adults
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have been less informed than older ones.
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The technological change that brought about the decline of the partisan press was
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the invention of the high speed rotary press.
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American news reporting is
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None of these answers is correct.
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What story describing actions by the Bush Administration, reported by The New York Times in 2005, was then criticized by the Bush Administration as damaging to national security?
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the authorization of domestic wiretapping without judicial approval
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The traditional media have "softened" their news by
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infusing it with more stories about celebrities, crime, and the like.
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During what decade did the American news audience change from a growing to a shrinking one?
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the 1980s
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The Communications Act
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imposed on broadcasters an "equal time" restriction that prevented preference for some political candidates over others.
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On-the-scene coverage of a natural disaster is an example of the press's role of
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signaler
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The Internet has
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failed to strengthen the news-reading habits of Americans.
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The special contribution of Internet-based news is that it
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provides an outlet for opinion.
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Freedom of the press is substantial in the United States because
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(All these answers are correct)
-the libel laws favor the press over a public figure.
-of the country's tradition of free expression.
-of the judiciary's position that prior restraint of the press by government is rarely permissible.
-it is a First Amendment liberty.
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The Watergate scandal illustrates the
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power of the media to serve as watchdog to safeguard against abuse of power.
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Agenda setting is an action that falls under which of the major roles played by the press?
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signaler
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Objective reporting is based on the idea that the reporter's job is to
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report the facts and cover alternative sides of a partisan debate.
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Historically, the American press has shifted from
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a political to a journalistic orientation.
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The average length of time that presidential candidates are shown speaking without interruption on television broadcasts
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has declined sharply since the 1960s.
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The news media's common-carrier role is based on the idea that
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the press should provide a channel through which political leaders can communicate their views to the public.
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Broadcasting revolutionized the American media because it
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All these answers are correct
-was the first truly national mass medium.
-opened a direct, instantaneous channel between a leader and the people.
-reached millions of people simultaneously.
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Which of the following has the lowest public confidence rating of any major American institution?
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the news media
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One of the reasons that the reporting of national news is relatively uniform among news sources is because
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a small number of news organizations and news services generate most of the news.
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Which of the following statements is true?
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Objective journalism is based on communication of facts and fairness.
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When compared with their counterparts in Great Britain, Germany, Sweden, and Italy, U.S. journalists were more likely to
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endorse the principle of partisan neutrality.
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The news media are usually guided by events that
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are timely.
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Which institution receives the most news coverage from the national press?
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the presidency
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The media have professional norms and standards that create
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competitive pressures to report the same stories.
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_____ once said, "You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."
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William Randolph Hearst
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In contrast to European news media, American news media are more likely to
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act primarily as neutral transmitters of information.
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Which newspaper was the first to reduce the price of a daily copy to a penny?
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The New York Sun
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Which journalists are most likely to agree that they should be as nonpartisan as possible in their reporting?
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American
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Yellow journalism contributed to public support for the
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Spanish-American War.
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Which of the following statements has been shown by scholarly research to be true?
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Journalists tend to be negative.
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The federal government's licensing of broadcasting is based primarily on
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the scarcity of broadcasting frequencies.
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The media perform the signaling role by
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informing the public of important news developments as quickly as possible.
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The yellow journalism of 1900 was characterized by
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the emphasis on sensationalism as a way of selling newspapers.
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In the 1960s, presidential candidates
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received more favorable coverage than they do today.
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The news provides a selective depiction of reality because it
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emphasizes dramatic events and excludes slow, steady processes.
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