Media and Communication Quiz

What is the media's ability to choose which issues or topics get attention called?

• Muckraking

• Priming

• Agenda setting

• Framing

What term describes the coverage area assigned to journalists for news or stories?

• Beat

• Framing

• Priming

• Agenda setting

What is the idea that media affect a citizen's worldview through the information presented?

• Hypodermic theory

• Minimal effects theory

• Cultivation theory

• Priming

What is the need for a paid subscription to access published online material called?

• Indecency regulations

• Digital paywall

• Sunshine laws

• Equal-time rule

What was the FCC policy that required holders of broadcast licenses to cover controversial issues in a balanced manner?

• Fairness doctrine

• Equal-time rule

• Reporter's privilege

• Prior restraint

What is the process of giving a news story a specific context or background?

• Agenda setting

• Priming

• Muckraking

• Framing

What federal statute requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens?

• Indecency regulations

• Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

• Digital paywall

• Sunshine laws

What is the idea that information is placed in a citizen's brain and accepted?

• Cultivation theory

• Priming

• Minimal effects theory

• Hypodermic theory

What term describes printed information about a person or organization that is not true and harms their reputation?

• Libel

• Slander

• Yellow journalism

• Soft news

What is the collection of all media forms that communicate information to the general public?

• Soft news

• Mass media

• Citizen journalism

• Public relations