Chapter 6 Practice Review

Public broadcasting outlets that receive government funding through license fees, subsidies, or tax dollars (p. 180)

• are prohibited by the Constitution from operating in the United States.

• account for less than 5 percent of media market share in the United States.

• account for nearly one-third of media market share in the United States.

• account for approximately half of media market share in the United States.

• account for more than two-thirds of media market share in the United States.

More than three-fourths of daily print of newspapers are owned by (p. 181)

• large media conglomerates.

• the national government.

• small local companies.

• private individuals.

• the employees who run them.

Digital citizenship requires (p. 188)

• a subscription to one or more online newspapers.

• high-speed internet access and the technical and literacy skills to evaluate and use information online.

• high-speed internet access only.

• a social media account, such as Facebook or Twitter.

• maintaining a political blog.

The fact that almost 90 percent of college graduates have home broadband access but only 63 percent of high school graduates do is an example of (p. 188)

• the “college chasm.”

• the “online opening.”

• the “download disparity.”

• the “digital divide.”

• the “BA bump.”

Which of the following is not a reason that many Americans appear to prefer online news? (p. 190)

• the depth of the information available online

• the diversity of online viewpoints

• the convenience of getting news online

• the accuracy and objectivity compared to traditional media outlets

• the up-to-the-minute currency of the information available online

Media’s powers to bring public attention to a particular issue or problem is known as (p. 191)

• agenda-setting.

• framing.

• priming.

• adversarial journalism.

• selection bias.

Most leaks originate with (p. 193)

• low-level government whistleblowers.

• senior government officials, prominent politicians, and political activists.

• members of the public who witness misbehavior.

• ambassadors from foreign countries.

• members of the media.

Adversarial journalism refers to (p. 194)

• the recent shift in American society away from general-purpose sources of information and toward narrowly focused niche sources.

• an era in American history when political parties provided all of the financing for newspapers.

• an aggressive form of journalism that attempts to expose and antagonize the status quo.

• a form of reporting in which the media adopt an accepting and friendly posture toward the government and public officials.

• the process of preparing the public to take a particular view of an event or political actor.

In general, FCC regulations apply only to (p. 195)

• cable television.

• internet websites.

• over-the-air broadcast media.

• satellite radio.

• newspapers and magazines.

In Red Lion Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, the Supreme Court ruled that a radio station (p. 197)

• could not legally charge Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates different prices for commercials aired at the same time of day.

• could legally charge Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates different prices for commercials aired at the same time of day.

• was required to provide a liberal author with an opportunity to respond to a personal attack broadcast by one of the station’s conservative commentators.

• was not required to provide a liberal author with an opportunity to respond to a personal attack broadcast by one of the station’s conservative commentators.

• was not required to secure a license from the FCC if it accepted no money in grants or tax credits from the federal government.