Deck 3: Newspapers to Digital Frontiers: Journalisms Journey

Question 1

Newspapers do most of the nation's primary journalistic work.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Yellow journalism is

A)A journalism term from the 1950s for small-town papers and reporting styles
B)A journalism term for federally funded newspaper archives in the 1960s and 1970s
C)A journalism trend in the late 1800s that stressed profit, sensationalism, crime, and large headlines
D)A 1980s industry term for PR-generated stories
E)No option is correct

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Name the publication most closely associated with the rise of modern journalism.

A)The New York Times
B)USA Today
C)Time
D)The New York World

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The trend today in the newspaper business is toward independent local ownership of newspapers and away from national chain ownership.

Question 5

Penny press newspapers

A)Favored human-interest stories
B)Relied on subsidies from political parties
C)Catered to upper-class readers
D)Were sold exclusively by subscription
E)All options are correct

Question 6

History suggests that objective reporting grew out of an opportunity to provide news that would not offend particular groups to mass audiences.

Question 7

Print newspapers increase the size of their staffs as they shift to online operations.

Question 8

The inverted-pyramid style is associated with literary journalism.

Question 9

Newspaper editors believe that the public's right to know always outweighs other issues, including national security.

Question 10

Many editors discourage e-mail interviews because they think that it gives sources too much control over shaping their answers.

Question 11

Most mainstream news organizations do not have ethical expectations for journalists when they are off work.

Question 12

Which of the following eras of journalism best represents the historical arrival of newspapers as a mass medium?

A)Penny press
B)Partisan press
C)Literary journalism
D)Interpretive reporting

Question 13

Literary journalism uses the devices of fiction to construct a portrait of the real world using nonfictional experiences.

Question 14

What development spawned the rise of interpretive journalism in the 1930s and 1940s?

A)Objective reporting had not prepared people for the outbreak of World War I
B)A need by newspapers to compete against radio
C)The world's increasing complexity
D)All options are correct

Question 15

Which of the following is a characteristic of public journalism?

A)The complete objectivity of reporters
B)Journalists not only criticize communities but try to improve them
C)Emphasis on human-interest stories to attract readers
D)A focus on the most recent events
E)All options are characteristics of public journalism

Question 16

Online journalism has had little impact on the news process.

Question 17

For most journalists, the bottom line is to "get the story."

Question 18

Yellow journalism in the 1890s was the forerunner of today's tabloid newspapers.

Question 19

Which of the following is not one of the basic criteria of newsworthiness?

A)Timeliness
B)Proximity
C)Conflict
D)Consensus
E)Human interest

Question 20

Modern journalism started to develop in the nineteenth century mainly because newspapers

A)Felt a social responsibility to tell the truth
B)Realized that there were two sides to every issue
C)Discovered a scientific method for covering events
D)Wanted to attract as many readers and advertisers as possible

Question 21

Which of the following developments accounts for declining newspaper readership?

A)Competition from radio
B)Competition from television
C)The availability of newspapers on the Internet
D)All options account for declining newspaper readership Fill in the Blank

Question 22

A newshole is

A)The portion of the newspaper dedicated to commercials
B)Nonnews stories that blur the line between entertainment and hard news
C)"Softer" news (such as lifestyle, fashion, do-it-yourself, and gardening pieces)that can fill up the paper on a slow news day
D)The space left for news in the paper after the ads have been placed
E)Stories not covered by a particular newspaper because of a reporter shortage

Question 23

The majority of revenue for most newspapers comes from what source?

A)Print subscriptions
B)Online subscriptions
C)Advertising
D)Subsidiary products

Question 24

Herbert Gans studied the newsroom cultures of CBS, NBC, Newsweek, and Time during the 1970s.Which of the following is not one of the enduring values he identified within these newsroom cultures?

A)A preference for large-scale, urban settings and a focus on cities rather than rural communities
B)A focus on the power of individuals to overcome obstacles and personal adversity
C)A relatively procapitalist assumption that businesses compete for the well-being of the community rather than merely to increase profits
D)A tendency to judge other nations based on how they live up to American values
E)Gans found that all the above options characterized newsroom cultures