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Intro to Broadcast & American Journalism History

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is Journalism?

a)

Collecting and presenting information to the public

b)

News reporting presented electronically or by radio.

c)

Collecting news to present to the public.

d)

All the above

2.

Examples of Broadcast are:

a)

Internet, Radio, Podcast

b)

Television, social media, and Internet

c)

Social media and Podcast

d)

Podcast, Internet, social media, Television, and Radio

3.

True or False: Broadcast Journalism is different from Print Journalism because it is less informal than printed news.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

True or False: Broadcast Journalism is different from Print Journalism because it is with internet and social media.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

The radio was invented in:

a)

1750

b)

1800s

c)

1950

d)

1900s

6.

Who was sent to Germany to report the ongoing events and news in 1937?

a)

Edward R. Murrow

b)

Reginald Fessenden

c)

Nikola Tesla

d)

None of the above

7.

True or False: News articles are often sensationalized to entice people to "click".

a)

True

b)

False

8.

True or False: News reporters have moral and unethical responsibility to produce unreliable, subjective, and accurate reports of events.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

True or False: As news consumers who are at least now aware of how quickly misinformation can spread, it is our responsibility to share only accurate information.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

True or False: Following the war, people continued to tune into the radio and eventually the radio to listen to the news.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was used sensationalism as a way to increase readership and resulted in loud headlines on questionable behavior?

a)

Red Journalism

b)

Broadcast Journalism

c)

Yellow Journalism

d)

All the above

12.

What was the date of the first TV Commercial?

a)

January 17th, 2001

b)

April 8th, 1927

c)

April 9th, 1926

d)

April 9th,1927

13.

What years birthed radio/Broadcast?

a)

2000, 2002,2003,2004

b)

1901, 1920, 1926. 1927, 1930-1940s

c)

1800s-1900s

d)

1901, 1930, 1940-1950s

14.

What was the name of the first TV station and where was it located?

a)

ABC news in Wheaton, Maryland

b)

W3XK in Washington DC

c)

W3XK in Wheaton. Maryland

d)

New York weekly in New York City

15.

Why did the courts rule in Zenger's favor vs. the governor of New York?

a)

Establishing the truth as a solid defense against libel

b)

Published a false statement that is damaging to a person's reputation.

c)

Any government criticism was considered "sedition" which means the stirring of rebellion

d)

Sedition was a offense when the early colonies were under British rule. This was a written law.

16.

Which rights do you have according to the First Amendment?

a)

Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition, Vote

b)

Religion, Speech, Petition

c)

Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly, Petition

d)

Religion, Bear arms , Press, Assembly, Petition

17.

What is Muckraking?

a)

Investigative, socially conscious reporting

b)

Ended of Yellow Journalism ushered in the "golden age" of journalism.

c)

Industrialization led to slums and terrible conditions for the poor.

d)

All the above.