Deck 1: The Mirror, the Watchdog and the Marketplace

Question 1

The Federal Trade Commission regulates the Media?

Answer 1

False

Question 2

Which is NOT a characteristic of democracy?

A) an individual or small group holding power
B) freedom of expression
C) self governance
D) an independent judiciary
E) all of the above are characteristics of democracy

Answer 2

A

Question 3

The watchdog role is most closely linked with what need fulfilled by the press?

A) deliberation
B) conflict resolution
C) accountability
D) information suppression
E) representation

Answer 3

C

Question 4

The idea that in a democratic system, all people are visible to others and have the chance to be heard is most clearly linked to the concept of

A) deliberation
B) conflict resolution
C) accountability
D) information dissemination
E) representation

Question 5

The 1947 Commission on Freedom of the Press is commonly called

A) The Locke Commission
B) The Hutchins Commission
C) The Accountability Commission
D) The Truman Commission
E) The Freedoms Commission

Question 6

Which is NOT one of the five core functions the press performs in a democracy?

A) informs, analyzes, interprets and explains
B) investigates
C) creates a public conversation
D) generates governmental revenues
E) encourages accountability

Question 7

Horizontal accountability involves which of the following serving as a check on government?

A) the press
B) the public
C) corporations
D) other government entities
E) All of the above

Question 8

Match these 5 news elements with their best description.
-Prominence

A) an urgent or noteworthy WHEN
B) An unusual WHAT
C) A big WHAT
D) A nearby or well-known WHERE
E) Well known WHO

Question 9

Match these 5 news elements with their best description.
-Importance

A) an urgent or noteworthy WHEN
B) An unusual WHAT
C) A big WHAT
D) A nearby or well-known WHERE
E) Well known WHO

Question 10

Match these 5 news elements with their best description.
-Human Interest

A) an urgent or noteworthy WHEN
B) An unusual WHAT
C) A big WHAT
D) A nearby or well-known WHERE
E) Well known WHO

Question 11

Match these 5 news elements with their best description.
-Timeliness

A) an urgent or noteworthy WHEN
B) An unusual WHAT
C) A big WHAT
D) A nearby or well-known WHERE
E) Well known WHO

Question 12

Match these 5 news elements with their best description.
-Proximity

A) an urgent or noteworthy WHEN
B) An unusual WHAT
C) A big WHAT
D) A nearby or well-known WHERE
E) Well known WHO

Question 13

Name two of the five elements that makes an event, idea or tip newsworthy.

Question 14

Name 3 of the 6 elements that makes an event, idea or tip a news story Newsworthy.

Question 15

The colonists' reasons for revolt largely centered on the tyranny of British rulers in what areas?

A) political and religious
B) religious and economic
C) political and economic
D) religious and personal privacy
E) personal privacy and economic

Question 16

Walter Lippman argued that democracy is more about conversation than it is about information.

Question 17

A strong press plays the role of both a detached, independent observer and an impassioned adversarial watchdog.

Question 18

Gossip is information, not news.

Question 19

There are three types of accountability.

Question 20

The framers of the U.S. Constitution were steeped in Utilitarian philosophy.

Question 21

The framers of the U.S. Constitution were steeped in Utilitarian philosophy.

Question 22

Philosopher John Locke believed that the government was best equipped to make sense of the competing "truths" in the marketplace of ideas.

Question 23

In the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, the American people asserted their ultimate authority, reversing the flow of power.

Question 24

Deliberation and conflict resolution address democracy's need for a forum in which the interests of the public can be aired and debated and conclusions can be reached.

Question 25

Some say CNN's Anderson Cooper pushed the line between tough questioning and advocacy journalism in covering Hurricane Katrina.

Question 26

Information provided by the press is always considered ""news.""

Question 27

Name 3 of the 6 elements that makes an event, idea or tip newsworthy?

Question 28

How was the "seditious libel" of the 1700s contrary to what the founders of American democracy wanted in their new government?

Question 29

If speech is free, in what way is the press a "marketplace of ideas"?

Question 30

Accountability is described as oversight. Journalism alone has this function in a democracy.

Question 31

Social empathy contains elements of tolerance and pluralism.

Question 32

Pick the letter that best completes the following sentence. Journalism functions to

A) inform and analyze
B) interpret and explain
C) both a and b.
D) none of the above.

Question 33

The terms "press" and "news media" are interchangeable.

Question 34

The Hutchins Commission said that free expression is unique among liberties because:

A) It promotes and protects all the rest.
B) It involves speech.
C) It is free.
D) It is the First Amendment.

Question 35

When the press acts as a mirror, what is being reflected?

A) Actions of government
B) Social problems
C) Positive aspects of society
D) All of the above

Question 36

When investigative reporters take an adversarial tone, they are seeking to challenge the concentrated power of government and other powers that be in society.

Question 37

For journalism to provide what democracy requires, its first allegiance must be to the public instead of to those who wield power.