Journalism Semester 1 Exam

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What does a journalist do?

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A journalist brings timely and accurate information & ideas to a mass audience.

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Which type of source provides professional journalists with the most information? Options: Interviews, Newspapers, Online forums, Secondary sources

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Interviews

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What does relevance mean in regard to journalism?

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A news story that is about things the public is interested in.

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A news value that is based on how close something is happening to its readers/viewers.

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Proximity

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"How well known are the people in the story?" is an example of what kind of news value?

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Prominence

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What are the five freedoms in the First Amendment? Options: Religion, Speech, Bear Arms, Peacefully Assemble, Right to Remain Silent; Religion, Speech, Bear Arms, Petition the Government, The Press; Religion, Speech, The Press, Peacefully Assemble, Petition the Government; Religion, Speech, Right to Remain Silent, Peacefully Assemble, Petition the Government

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Religion, Speech, The Press, Peacefully Assemble, Petition the Government

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Why is freedom of the press so important?

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It watches and reports on what those in power do to keep the government in check.

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Publishing anything—words, pictures or symbols—that harms another person’s reputation or harms an organization’s ability to conduct its affairs in a community is called what?

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Libel

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Media law help us answer what _____ we publish, while media ethics helps us answer what _____ we publish?

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may, should

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What law is violated by using the Beatles’ “Hey Jude” without permission in a broadcast?

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Copyright