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WorksheetsMedia and Communication Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What is the media's ability to choose which issues or topics get attention called?
Muckraking
Priming
Agenda setting
Framing
What term describes the coverage area assigned to journalists for news or stories?
Beat
Framing
Priming
Agenda setting
What is the idea that media affect a citizen's worldview through the information presented?
Hypodermic theory
Minimal effects theory
Cultivation theory
Priming
What is the need for a paid subscription to access published online material called?
Indecency regulations
Digital paywall
Sunshine laws
Equal-time rule
What was the FCC policy that required holders of broadcast licenses to cover controversial issues in a balanced manner?
Fairness doctrine
Equal-time rule
Reporter's privilege
Prior restraint
What is the process of giving a news story a specific context or background?
Agenda setting
Priming
Muckraking
Framing
What federal statute requires public agencies to provide certain types of information requested by citizens?
Indecency regulations
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
Digital paywall
Sunshine laws
What is the idea that information is placed in a citizen's brain and accepted?
Cultivation theory
Priming
Minimal effects theory
Hypodermic theory
What term describes printed information about a person or organization that is not true and harms their reputation?
Libel
Slander
Yellow journalism
Soft news
What is the collection of all media forms that communicate information to the general public?
Soft news
Mass media
Citizen journalism
Public relations
What is the term for news coverage focusing on exposing corrupt business and government practices?
Muckraking
Citizen journalism
Soft news
Yellow journalism
What is the process of predisposing readers or viewers to think a particular way?
Muckraking
Agenda setting
Priming
Framing
What is a government action that stops someone from doing something before they are able to do it?
Reporter's privilege
Fairness doctrine
Equal-time rule
Prior restraint
What is biased communication intended to improve the image of people, companies, or organizations?
Soft news
Yellow journalism
Citizen journalism
Public relations
What term describes sensationalized coverage of scandals and human interest stories?
Yellow journalism
Citizen journalism
Muckraking
Soft news
