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Newspapers & Journalism

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

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Class
Date
1.

Joseph Pulitzer's longstanding legacy in the field of journalism is ...

a)

tabloids

b)

yellow journalism

c)

objective, investigative reporting

d)

editorial, opinion pieces

2.

News agencies devote more space in print, broadcast, and digital media to news stories than to advertising.

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

3.

This not-for-profit journalistic wire service employs over 3,200 staff in 254 locations across 100 countries.

a)

CNN

b)

Associated Press

c)

New York Times

d)

The National Enquirer

4.

The practice of individuals and special interest groups creating fictitious stories and feeding them into social media streams is ...

a)

objective reporting

b)

public journalism

c)

news hole

d)

fake news

5.

News reporting on all relevant sides of an issue that allows representatives of those various sides the same coverage is ...

a)

soft news

b)

fairness

c)

frame

d)

beat

6.

Approximately 75 percent of the top 100 global newspaper agencies are located in the United States.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

7.

Journalists who use investigative reporting to uncover corporate or government misconduct, corruption, and unethical practices are known as ...

a)

paparazzi

b)

correlators

c)

citizen journalist

d)

muckrakers

8.

_______ describes media's role in deciding which topics to cover and consequently which topics the public deems important.

a)

watch dogs

b)

pseudo-events

c)

agenda setting

d)

surveillance

9.

Our freedom of press is protected by the ______________.

a)

2nd Amendment

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

1st Amendment

d)

Declaration of Independence

10.

The use of massive quantities of journalistic raw data incorporated into more readable, relevant stories and uses for audiences across numerous sources is ...

a)

convergence

b)

crowdsourcing

c)

contextualization

d)

none of these

11.

Which of the following is NOT one of the journalistic guidelines of the Associated Press?

a)

truth and accuracy in reporting

b)

maintaining the integrity of the news

c)

paying sources well for information

d)

avoiding conflicts of interest

12.

William Randolph Hearst's legacy as a yellow, or tabloid, journalist is most relatable to modern examples like the ____________.

a)

Economist magazine

b)

The New York Times

c)

The National Enquirer

d)

The Washington Post

13.

Journalism is indispensable to democratic societies; history reveals that the more democratic a society, the more news and information it tends to have.

a)

False

b)

True

14.

_______ is the structure or angle given a news story that influences reader understanding covering the events.

a)

news hole

b)

Framing

c)

objectivity

d)

beat

15.

____ reporting places the facts of a story in a broader context by relying on the reporter's knowledge and experience.

a)

Crowdsourcing

b)

Citizen

c)

Constructive

d)

Interpretive

16.

______ is a concept that describes that free press advocates a DIVERSITY of voices in the belief that the truth and the best ideas will win out in competition.

a)

Journalism

b)

News

c)

Tabloid journalism

d)

Marketplace of ideas

17.

____ can be defined as the use of raw data gathered from the public and citizens journalists including social media to help create journalism stories.

a)

Interpretive reporting

b)

Crowdsourcing

c)

Alternative journalism

d)

Constructive journalism

18.

The Daily Show, ESPN's The Rundown, and blogs are examples of _________ news sources.

a)

investigative

b)

nontraditional

c)

constructive

d)

hard