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WorksheetsChapter 1 Bringing Information to an Audience
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Did not look like they used to. Often were only one sheet long and contained little of what they are now. Publick Occurences was first attempt.
First Websites
First Newspapers
First Newsbites
First Texting
Journalism that crusades for social justice or to expose wrongdoing.
Yellow journalism
Sedition
Libel
Muckraking
A sensational brand of journalism given to hoaxes, altered photographs, screaming headlines, frauds and endless promotions of the newspapers themselves. The term derives from the term Yellow Kid. A cartoon character popular in the late nineteenth century.
Yellow journalism
Sedition
Libel
Muckraking
(n.) a written statement that unfairly or falsely harms the reputation of the person about whom it is made; (v.) to write or publish such a statement
Yellow journalism
Sedition
Libel
Muckraking
News agencies that send bullitins and other information to newspaper, radio, and television offices all over the world
Wire Services
Tabloid Press
Penny Press
Shock Jocks
"fake" news
Wire Services
Tabloid Press
Penny Press
Shock Jocks
Newspapers that, because of technological innovations in printing, were able to drop their price to one cent, therefore making papers affordable to working and middle classes and enabled newspapers to become a genuine mass medium
Wire Services
Tabloid Press
Penny Press
Shock Jocks
Make careers out of being insulting, and outrageous, saying whatever comes to their minds apparently in the hope that their comments will offend.
Wire Services
Tabloid Press
Penny Press
Shock Jocks
A journalist's core role is to bring timely and accurate information and ideas to a mass ________.
media
audience
mania
producer
Text messages can be journalism because the information read or viewed is ________.
timely
exciting
accurate
cool
Text messages are NOT journalism because the information read or viewed is meant to communicate ________.
privately
exciting
accurate
to a mass audience
Text messages can be journalism because the information read or viewed is ________.
timely
exciting
accurate
cool
A student's older sister and her friends were talking about plastic surgery they would like to have. The student recorded video of discussion and posted in online. Was the person who posted the video acting like a journalist?
Yes
No
A student's older sister and her friends were talking about plastic surgery they would like to have. The student researched and wrote an article about plastic surgery. Was the person acting like a journalist?
Yes
No
__________ audience consists of the people who are likely to read or view your publication. People you WANT for readers or viewers, if only you can catch their attention.
Intended
Unintended
Mass
Smart
Everything you publish or broadcast has at least two audiences. __________ audience may be the larger of the two and is potentially all people for all time, including our future employers, as-yet-unborn children, political opponents, and the people who offer scholarships to high school seniors.
Intended
Unintended
Mass
Smart
__________ is one of the three ways journalist can learn from their audience and can give a profile of your audience. Examples include statistics on tests scores, demographics you can get from websites like GreatSchool.org, Ed-Data, and US Census Bureau.
Announcements
Interviews
Documents
Observation
__________ is one of the three ways journalist can learn from their audience and is evidence obtained with your own eyes, ears, and nose and is the second most powerful tool.
Announcements
Interviews
Documents
Observation
__________ are one of the three ways journalist can learn from their audience and are the backbone of journalism and essential tool for learning about people. Professional journalists estimate that they gain 75-80% of their information through this process.
Announcements
Interviews
Documents
Observation
This type of source usually provides professional journalists with the most information.
Secondary Source
Anonymous Source
Friends
Expert Source
