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WorksheetsJournalism History definitions
Total questions: 9
Worksheet time: 5mins
In colonial America, with what offense were newspaper reporters charged when they criticized government leaders, even if the criticism was true? The government often viewed these criticisms as an attempt to stir rebellion.
muckraking
yellow journalism
conspiracy
sedition
A newspaper that prints false and malicious information can be found guilty of what offense?
muckraking
treason
libel
yellow journalism
Which of the following was one of the earliest African American newspapers published in this country?
Ebony
Chicago Defender
Black Enterprise
Esssence
Two of the largest Hispanic-American newspapers in the country that began in Miami and New York are (choose two)?
El Diario-La Prensa
Diario Los Americas
La Estrella
La Opinion
Journalism that crusades for social justice or exposes wrongdoing and/or corruption is known as what?
yellow journalism
muckraking journalism
seditious journalism
libelous journalism
Unethical, irresponsible journalism that emphasizes hoaxes, screaming headlines, fraud, and self promotion is called _____________________________.
seditious journalism
libelous journalism
muckraking journalism
yellow journalism
Sensational, irresponsible news reports in newspapers owned by William Randolph Hearst and Joseph Pulitzer helped lead to what war?
World War I
Civil War
World War II
Spanish American War
Commentators who make careers out of being insulting and outrageous, saying whatever comes to their minds are called what?
shock jocks
news anchors
disc jockeys
editorial editors
In the early to mid 1900s, what finally led to the end of the print newspapers' monopoly over the news industry?
clay tablets
silent films
radio & television
the internet
