Foundations of Journalism Unit One

the granting of a property right by a sovereign authority to an inventor

• Partisan

• Patent

• Real Time

• Eavesdrop

a strong supporter of a party, cause, or person; prejudiced in favor of a particular cause

• Patent

• Instantaneously

• Scarcity

• Partisan

exaggerated or uncontrollable emotion or excitement

• Instantaneously

• Hysteria

• Telegraph

• Discredited

The federal government had been slow to adopt the telegraph after Samuel Morse’s first successful test message in 1844.

• True

• False

brought into disrepute; having lost respect

• Innovative

• Discredited

• Pseudoscience

• Instantaneously

Joseph Pulitzer purchased the New York Journal in 1883 and told his editors to use sensationalism, crusades against corruption, and lavish use of illustrations to boost circulation.

• True

• False

statements, beliefs, or practices that claim to be both scientific and factual but are incompatible with the scientific method

• Sensationalize

• Scarcity

• Pulp Magazine

• Pseudoscience

The original The War of the Worlds story recounts a Martian invasion of New Jersey around the turn of the 20th century.

• True

• False

inexpensive fiction magazines that were published from 1896 until around 1955

• New York Journal

• Pulp Magazine

• New York World

• Radio drama

On April 8, 1865, Lincoln himself telegraphed the office from City Point, Virginia, with news of Grant’s capture of Richmond.

• True

• False