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Journalism questions

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is defamation?

a)

Damaging the reputation of someone

b)

A style of newspaper that exaggerates stories over facts

2.

What is not News Determinants in Newsworthiness?

a)

Prominence

b)

Proximity

c)

Human Interest

d)

Confirmation Bias

3.

How can you spot fake news?

a)

Find the original story/news

b)

Analyze the headline. Did it elect strong feelings or emotion?

c)

Look to reliable websites to fact check the news/story

d)

All of the above

4.

What is the definition of Newsworthiness?

a)

A set of morally-driven principles and rules, involved in practicing journalism and that a certain set of values should be followed by all journalists while doing their work.

b)

Something that is considered to be interesting enough to be reported in newspapers or on the radio or television.

5.

To decide in a story is newsworthy, reporters must consider it's

(a)  

6.

Which one is not what Ethical journalists do?

a)

Seek the truth and report it

b)

Not act on behalf of special interests

c)

Correct errors made

d)

Be fully open to sharing words and images on the lives of others

7.

Which one is not the First Amendment?

a)

Freedom of religion

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Freedom of press

d)

Freedom of vote

8.

What is the definition of Freedom of the press?

a)

Protect the right to publish information in print, television or on the internet

b)

Protect the right by prohibiting congress from restricting the press or the rights of individuals to speak freely

9.

Which one is not guaranteed from freedom of the press?

a)

The government cannot force them to publish something against their will or punish them for publishing truthful information.

b)

The government cannot practice censorship

c)

It cannot ban printed materials or films merely because they contain an alarming or offensive idea.

d)

Members of the press cannot face civil liabilities.

10.

The suppression of speech, public communication, or other information is

(a)  

11.

A news organization that knowingly publishes damaging false information about a person, called

(a)  

12.

The action of damaging the good reputation of someone is

(a)  

13.

What is false or misleading information presented as news?

(a)  

14.

Choose all the answers that fake news consists of

a)

Misinformation

b)

Disinformation

c)

Confirmation bias

d)

Social Media

15.

What is false information that is spread

(a)  

16.

The tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms or supports one's position/beliefs/opinion/point of view is

(a)  

17.

What is deliberately misleading or biased information; manipulated narrative or facts; propaganda

(a)  

18.

What happens if the government can prove that information will harm national security if made public?

(a)  

19.

What is prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group compared with another?

(a)  

20.

What is Prominence?

a)

How close in time the story is to the time of publication

b)

How close the story is to the audience

c)

If there are any famous or well-known individuals involved

21.

What do you call, 'How close the story is to the audience'?

(a)  

22.

What is 'How close in time the story is to the time of publication'?

(a)  

23.

What is, 'a set of morally-driven principles and rules, involved in practicing journalism and that certain set of values should be followed by all journalist while doing their work'?

a)

Ethics

b)

Accountable

c)

Bias

d)

Censorship

24.

'Does the story evoke emotions or is it unique in news determinants' is called,

(a)  

25.

What 'Correct errors made' is called?

(a)