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Media and Communication Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the media's ability to choose which issues or topics get attention called?

a)

Muckraking

b)

Priming

c)

Agenda setting

d)

Framing

2.

What term describes the coverage area assigned to journalists for news or stories?

a)

Beat

b)

Framing

c)

Priming

d)

Agenda setting

3.

What is the idea that media affect a citizen's worldview through the information presented?

a)

Hypodermic theory

b)

Minimal effects theory

c)

Cultivation theory

d)

Priming

4.

What is the need for a paid subscription to access published online material called?

a)

Indecency regulations

b)

Digital paywall

c)

Sunshine laws

d)

Equal-time rule

5.

What was the FCC policy that required holders of broadcast licenses to cover controversial issues in a balanced manner?

a)

Fairness doctrine

b)

Equal-time rule

c)

Reporter's privilege

d)

Prior restraint

6.

What is the process of giving a news story a specific context or background?

a)

Agenda setting

b)

Priming

c)

Muckraking

d)

Framing

7.

What federal statute requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens?

a)

Indecency regulations

b)

Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)

c)

Digital paywall

d)

Sunshine laws

8.

What is the idea that information is placed in a citizen's brain and accepted?

a)

Cultivation theory

b)

Priming

c)

Minimal effects theory

d)

Hypodermic theory

9.

What term describes printed information about a person or organization that is not true and harms their reputation?

a)

Libel

b)

Slander

c)

Yellow journalism

d)

Soft news

10.

What is the collection of all media forms that communicate information to the general public?

a)

Soft news

b)

Mass media

c)

Citizen journalism

d)

Public relations

11.

What is the term for news coverage focusing on exposing corrupt business and government practices?

a)

Muckraking

b)

Citizen journalism

c)

Soft news

d)

Yellow journalism

12.

What is the process of predisposing readers or viewers to think a particular way?

a)

Muckraking

b)

Agenda setting

c)

Priming

d)

Framing

13.

What is a government action that stops someone from doing something before they are able to do it?

a)

Reporter's privilege

b)

Fairness doctrine

c)

Equal-time rule

d)

Prior restraint

14.

What is biased communication intended to improve the image of people, companies, or organizations?

a)

Soft news

b)

Yellow journalism

c)

Citizen journalism

d)

Public relations

15.

What term describes sensationalized coverage of scandals and human interest stories?

a)

Yellow journalism

b)

Citizen journalism

c)

Muckraking

d)

Soft news