Journalism Semester 1 Exam

Chapter 1:

What does a journalist do?

• A journalist is responsible for editing books and novels.
• A journalist writes fictional stories for entertainment.
• A journalist only takes photographs of events.
• A journalist brings timely and accurate information & ideas to a mass audience.

Chapter 1:

Which type of source provides professional journalists with the most information?

• Interviews

• Newspapers

• Online forums
• Secondary sources

Chapter 1:

In what ways can journalists learn about their audience?

Check all that apply

• Television ratings
• Print media circulation
• Documents

• Interviews

• Observations

Chapter 2:

What does relevance mean in regard to journalism?

• The process of gathering data from various sources.

• The ability to entertain an audience.

• The physical distance between objects.

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

Chapter 2:

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

• Timeliness

• Proximity

• Conflict

• Oddity

Chapter 2:

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

• Prominence

• Conflict
• Timeliness
• Human Interest

Chapter 3:

What are the five freedoms in the First Amendment?

• 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

Chapter 3:

Why is freedom of the press so important?

• It allows the government to control information.

• It promotes censorship and limits public discourse.

• It is only important for entertainment purposes.

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

Chapter 3:

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?

• Libel

• FERPA

• Slander

• Copyright

Chapter 3 & 4:

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

• may, should

• should, may