Deck 1: Global Communication: Background

Question 1

Which of these refers to the cultural, economic, political, social, and technical analysis of communication patterns and effects across and between nation-states?

A) Telecommunications systems
B) Trans American communication
C) Intercultural communication
D) International communication

Answer 1

International communication

Question 2

International communication shifted dramatically with which historical event(s)?

A) The Vietnam War
B) The fall of the Soviet Union
C) 9/11
D) Both A and C
E) Both B and C

Answer 2

Both B and C

Question 3

Increasing global interdependence since the 1990s is mainly the result of:

A) The Internet
B) An expanding global economy
C) Increased activity of the United Nations
D) Both A and C
E) Both B and C

Answer 3

An expanding global economy

Question 4

The golden age of international news coverage lasted from:

A) The 1920s to the end of the 1970s
B) The 1930s to the end of the 1990s
C) The 1940s to the end of the 1980s
D) The 1950s to the end of the 1960s

Question 5

Under which presidents did the US withdraw from UNESCO?

A) Nixon and Clinton
B) Carter and Ford
C) Reagan and Obama
D) George H . W . Bush and George W . Bush
E) None of the above

Question 6

Which of these nations have at one time withdrawn from UNESCO?

A) Canada
B) United Kingdom
C) Brazil
D) Spain
E) Russia

Question 7

The vacuum created by the ending of the Soviet Union has been filled by:

A) China
B) The European Union
C) An atmosphere of economic determinism influenced by the increasing global economy
D) An atmosphere of international tension due to the threat of terrorism and wars in the Middle East .
E) Both C and D

Question 8

How many general barriers are there to the creation of independent, pluralistic, and assertive media systems in the Latin America region?

A) Three
B) Four
C) Five
D) Six
E) None of the above

Question 9

Which of the following was central to exposing the Abu Ghraib scandal?

A) The BBC
B) CNN
C) Cell phones
D) The Internet
E) Dan Rather

Question 10

Immanuel Wallerstein became noted for:

A) Creating telenovelas
B) Openly denouncing the Crimean War
C) Inventing world system theory (WST)
D) Withdrawing the U . S . from UNESCO
E) None of the above

Question 11

Which of these is the longest running prime-time animated cartoon ever developed?

A) Sponge Bob Square Pants
B) Family Guy
C) The Simpsons
D) None of the above

Question 12

Radio and television industries in Latin America are characterized by:

A) Government ownership or control
B) Private ownership or control
C) Heavy regulations
D) Both A and C
E) Both B and C

Question 13

Latin American media is characterized by the prevalence of:

A) The Spanish language and American syndicated television series
B) American syndicated television series and Hollywood films
C) The Spanish language and the encroachment of the English language
D) The Spanish language and telenovelas
E) American syndicated television series and telenovelas

Question 14

What are telenovelas?

A) Latin American remakes of Hollywood films
B) Latin America's major television broadcasters
C) Latin America's major radio stations
D) Spanish soap operas
E) Guidelines and regulations for media in Latin America

Question 15

The first war correspondent emerged during:

A) The Crimean War
B) The Civil War
C) World War I
D) World War II
E) The Gulf War

Question 16

Which of the following does not represent the past focus of the New World Information and Communication Order (NWICO)?

A) A right to national self-determination of domestic communication policies
B) International news at the forefront of all news coverage
C) A two-way information flow reflecting more accurately the aspirations and activities of less developed nations
D) An evolutionary process seeking a more just and equitable balance in the flow and content of information
E) Both C and D

Question 17

In order to gain a more balanced flow of information, peripheral regions have called for:

A) Government control of the media
B) Limited reporter access to events
C) Licensing of reporters
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 18

The phenomenon in which large numbers of foreign correspondents descend by the planeload on international scenes of conflict or natural disasters is referred to as what?

A) The CNN effect
B) The paparazzi syndrome
C) Parachute journalism
D) Mass effect
E) Concentrated journalism

Question 19

The policies of the media are increasingly governed by:

A) Politicians
B) Bloggers
C) Marketing experts
D) Rupert Murdoch
E) Public opinion

Question 20

What theory states that global economic expansion takes place from a relatively small group of core-zone nation-states out to two other zones of nation-states, these being in the semiperipheral and peripheral zones?

A) Electronic colonialism
B) Dependency theory
C) Mercantile colonialism
D) World system theory
E) None of the above

Question 21

During the 1950s and 1960s, the United States took an insular stance in regards to international communication.

Question 22

American firms, such as Hollywood films and Microsoft, only earn a quarter of their profits overseas.

Question 23

The U.S. is a peripheral nation.

Question 24

Prior to 9/11, much of the literature on network television news focused on the preponderance of bad news.

Question 25

The post-9/11 media environment was dominated by a great deal of sympathy for the position and activities of the Bush administration in the US media.

Question 26

The export of telenovelas is expanding due to the low cost of production compared to television in the US.

Question 27

Latin American newspapers are still a substantially growing market.

Question 28

Latin American academics openly embraced North American media models.

Question 29

In the post-Cold War era, US embassies focused on trade and the expansion of US exports.

Question 30

NWICO's ultimate goal was a restructured system of media and telecommunication priorities in order for Western nations to maintain influence over international media, information, economic, cultural, and political systems.

Question 31

The high cost of international reporting has led to a decrease in foreign correspondents abroad.

Question 32

Electronic colonialism includes such imperatives as advertising, government regulation, raw materials, cheap labor, expanding markets, and copyright laws.

Question 33

The key element in the success of mercantile colonialism was the invention of the telegraph.

Question 34

Electronic colonialism is a theoretical construct that deals with the dependent relationship of poorer regions on post-industrial nations caused and established by the importation of communication hardware and foreign-produced software, along with engineers, technicians, and related information protocols.

Question 35

Immanuel Wallerstein was the first foreign war correspondent

Question 36

A defining characteristic of the peripheral zone is the agrarian nature of its economies.

Question 37

Iceland is an example of a core nation.

Question 38

According to Clifford Bob, international aid goes to those nations with the most media skills and not necessarily those with the most need or that are the most worthy.

Question 39

For the most part, modernization and globalization have succeeded in producing the predicted economic and social change.

Question 40

Multination communications conglomerates and global advertisers are all based in core nations.

Question 41

How has global media coverage changed since 9/11?

Question 42

Name three of the five barriers to the development of media in Latin America, as outlined by Hughes & Lawson.

Question 43

What were three significant results of William Russell's coverage for the London-based Times in the 19th century?

Question 44

What are the "Four eras of global colonialism"?

Question 45

Give three examples of electronic colonialism.

Question 46

What is the connection between electronic colonialism theory and world system theory?