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Comm271-Principles of Journalism Quiz Review 1

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the First Amendment?

a)

The right to gather news generally, does not need handed over to the government

Right to record

Civil rights/lawsuits

b)

Arbritary arrests, search and seizure

c)

Ability to request info and receive it from government entities

d)

Right to footage from the police

2.

What is the Fourth Amendment?

a)

To do no harm

b)

Requires agencies to deliberate and take official action on agency business in an open and public meeting

c)

Ability to record if you are party to the. conversation or if one party has knowledge of the recording and consents to it.

d)

Arbritray arrests, search and seizure (legitimate reason or securing warrant)

3.

Which law prohibits law enforcement officials from searching for or seizing information from reporters?

a)

Privacy Protection Law of 1980

b)

Pennsylvania Sunshine Act

c)

Pennsylvania Act 22 of 2017

d)

PA Right to Know Law

4.

What is the Freedom of Information Act?

a)

Ability to request info and receive it from government entities, federal and national agencies

b)

Right to us a colophon

c)

Right to (limited) footage from police

d)

Right to record

5.

What is the ability to request info and receive it from government entities for state-related info in Pennsylvania?

a)

PA Act 22

b)

Fourth Amendment

c)

PA Right to Know Law

d)

Freedom of Information Act

6.

What is the Pennsylvania Act 22 of 2017?

a)

You have the right to footage from the police, just very limited and covers all audio/video footage

b)

The right to gather news generally

c)

The right to request and receive info from government entities

d)

Right to search and seizure

7.

What is one-party consent?

a)

You can record if you are party to the conversation or if one party has knowledge of the recording and consents to it.

b)

Pertains to in person-convo, phone calls, and other electronic communications.

c)

One-party consent is the minimum requirement for these conversations

d)

Anyone can listen in on a conversation and record it.

8.

What is all-party consent?

a)

To conduct the public's bussiness in private.

b)

Requires consent of all parties involved before a conversation can be recorded. Everyone's permission is needed.

c)

Legal to record face to face when recording device is in plain view

d)

Ability to record if you are party to the conversation

9.

What recording law is defined as legal to record face to face when recording device is in plain view and consent is presumed?

a)

Regarded consent

b)

One-party consent

c)

Implied consent

d)

All-party consent

10.

What is an observer?

a)

Able to record no matter what.

b)

Illegal to record a conversation to which you are not a party

c)

Sharing info and evoking emotion

d)

Government officials speaking in public can be recorded.

11.

General consensus of courts have recognized constitutional right to record (a)   engaged in duties in a public place.

12.

What is PA?

a)

All-party state

b)

One-party state

c)

Implied consent party state

d)

Observer consent state

13.

What are the ways to approach sources both generally and in trauma situations?

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a)
face to face
b)
over the phone
c)
at the scene
d)
reach out in writing
e)
third person
14.

What two states are outliers in their recording laws?

a)

Hawaii

b)

Oregon

c)

Maine

d)

Pennsylvania

15.

What is the Works Progress Administration?

a)

Program created and run from 1935-1943 employing many to carry out public works projects

b)

A project containing works of art such as slave narratives, life history, and folklore

c)

A program that helped with federal assistance

d)

Led to the creation of the Department of Agriculture

16.

This created around 100 new government offices and 40 new agencies

(a)  

17.

Created by FDR and notably contained slave narratives, life history and folklore, America Eats, and state guide books

a)

Federal Writers Project

b)

Federal Arts Project

c)

Works Progress Administration

d)

New Deal

18.

What led to the first documented conversation around ethics in journalism?

a)

Photographers in the Federal Works Projects

b)

Slave Narrative Project

c)

WWII

d)

Works Progress Administration

19.

What is the definition of documentary?

a)

How we make our approach

b)

To recognize those who came before us

c)

To do no harm

d)

To share info and/or evoke emotion

20.

What are the differences between editorial and reportage?

a)

Editorial-opinion is not reportage

b)

Reportage-confirming facts with another source

c)

Reportage-fact driven

d)

Editorial-Factual opinions

21.

To confirm something is true

a)

Evidence

b)

Verification

c)

Corroboration

d)

Fact-checking

22.

Confirming a piece of information

a)

Evidence

b)

Verification

c)

Corroboration

d)

Fact-checking

23.

To confirm a fact or story with another source

a)

Evidence

b)

Verification

c)

Corroboration

d)

Fact-checking

24.

Information that proves something to be true

a)

Evidence

b)

Verification

c)

Corroboration

d)

Fact-checking

25.

(a)   means the information can be used with no qualms.

26.

(a)   means that the information said by a source is not permissible to be used in an interview

27.

What do Maynard's Fault lines do?

a)

Divide us and prove our differences are good

Make assumptions about sources

b)

Influence how people understand news reports and how we frame news stories

Represent issues that have shaped society and divided our country

c)

Help us include the voices of people who are affected by what's happening

Prioritize them in the story

d)

Help explain why 2 people experience the same event differently

Function as the common way we identify ourselves and how we consider one's intersectionality

28.

(a)   bias is deliberately held beliefs about a person or group

29.

(a)   bias is seeking info to confirm your belief system

30.

(a)   bias are beliefs about others or ideas that are outside of our conscious awareness

31.

A bias that is the 1st information received disproportionately influencing later judgments

a)

Implicit bias

b)

Anchoring bias

c)

Availability heuristic

d)

Explicit bias

32.

A bias that focuses only on what you know/what is shown and is a lack of perspective

a)

Implicit bias

b)

Anchoring bias

c)

Availability heuristic

d)

Explicit bias

33.

A bias that aligns with thinking as a group, not individually

a)

Anchoring bias

b)

Bandwagon effect

c)

Ostrich

d)

Explicit Bias

34.

A bias in which we think we are better than others

a)

Bandwagon effect

b)

Availability heurstic

c)

Ostrich

d)

Blind spot

35.

A bias in which negative information is ignored

a)

Ostrich

b)

Anchoring bias

c)

Bandwagon

d)

Implicit bias

36.

Source audits are...

a)

A way to tell whether a story needs a diverse group of sources

b)

A way to set expectations with your editor

c)

Meetings held to make sure that news organizations are or are not including voices in their communities

d)

A public service

37.

What is engagement reporting?

a)

Interviewing with the aim of bringing readers and sources into the reporting process

b)

A way for journalists to get information out of unwilling sources

c)

An outdated method of reporting that is no longer used

d)

Public powered journalism

38.

What type of journalism is about covering what works without the fluff?

a)

Solutions journalism

b)

Engagement reporting

c)

Reaching out through the mail

d)

Gaining new sources

39.

What are the three levels of media impact?

a)

Changed groups. changed stories, changed individuals

b)

Change individuals, changed writers, changed reflections

c)

Changed information, changed media, changed news stations

d)

Changed individuals, changed groups, changed conditions