Chapter 14

Television reporters generally derive their credibility by remaining

detached from their communities and avoiding involvement that could

reveal a point of view.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Herbert Gans found that values like ethnocentrism and small-town

pastoralism govern the stories reported on by most American journalists.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Which is NOT one of the basic criteria of newsworthiness?

• a. human interest

• b. proximity

• с. timeliness

• d. consensus

According to the textbook, newsworthiness criteria are

• a. only used by the liberal media.

• b. most closely associated with the partisan press values of the

  eighteenth century.

• с. helpful in understanding the cultural aspects of news.

• d. a useful way to define which stories get covered.

6. Based on the criteria a local broadcaster would use to determine

newsworthiness, which story would most likely be covered?

• a. Two local city council members get into a heated argument over

  building a new statue to honor a local celebrity.

• b. People in a small foreign nation elect a new president.

• c. Two local city council members agree to spend ten dollars on a

  new sign for the council chambers.

• d. A local woman takes in a stray cat.

12. What type of ethics suggests that reporters should never use deception to

get a story?

• a. herd

• b. small town

• c. absolutist

• d. situational

The golden mean is an ethical guideline related to which philosopher?

• a. John Stuart Mill

• b. Aristotle

• с. Immanuel Kant

• d. John Locke