Deck 11: Evolving Journalism: News in a Digital Age

Question 1

Which of the following is NOT true about newsreels?

A) They were generally propagandistic in tone
B) They were replaced by television news
C) They were about 1/2 hour in length
D) They covered residual news

Answer 1

They were about 1/2 hour in length

Question 2

During the press-radio war, newspapers

A) asked wire services to stop servicing radio
B) stopped printing radio schedules for free
C) reduced or cut stories about radio broadcasts
D) all of these

Answer 2

all of these

Question 3

In the late 1940s, the dominant source of news for America was

A) television
B) newspapers
C) magazines
D) radio

Answer 3

radio

Question 4

The first regularly scheduled TV news broadcasts

A) were one-half hour long
B) mostly showed reporters live on the scene
C) used newsreels for visuals
D) all of these

Question 5

Independent, self-employed journalists are called

A) embedded journalists
B) linking journalists
C) stringers
D) anchors

Question 6

An event that would not have occurred if the media hadn't been there to cover it is called a

A) pseudo-event
B) falsity
C) staged event
D) pseudo-occurrence

Question 7

____ produced early classic TV documentaries examining social problems

A) Walter Cronkite and Edward R. Murrow
B) Fred Friendly and Edward R. Murrow
C) Joseph McCarthy and Edward R. Murrow
D) Fred Friendly and Joseph McCarthy

Question 8

America's first see-it-as-it happens national news event was the assassination of

A) President John F. Kennedy
B) Lee Harvey Oswald
C) Senator Robert Kennedy
D) Martin Luther King, Jr.

Question 9

Fred Friendly, the president of CBS news, resigned because CBS showed

A) sitcom reruns instead of a Senate hearing on Vietnam
B) bloody footage from the Korean War
C) Walter Cronkite criticizing President Lyndon Johnson
D) Michael Moore criticizing President George W. Bush

Question 10

During ____, the term "credibility gap" was used to define the difference between what the Johnson administration said and what the public believed to be true, based on what they saw on television news.

A) the Civil War
B) World War II
C) the Vietnam War
D) the Iraq War

Question 11

In the 1970s, ______ percent of America watched either ABC, CBS or NBC news every day

A) 20
B) 40
C) 60
D) 80

Question 12

The first live, 24-hour-a-day all-news cable network was

A) Turner
B) CNN
C) Fox
D) MSNBC

Question 13

Fox News is known for

A) a liberal point of view
B) a conservative point of view
C) a middle-of-the-road point of view
D) different viewpoints, depending on the newscaster

Question 14

Online news first appeared

A) through a bulletin board service in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
B) through a database company, Nexis, which allowed access to newspapers
C) through AOL in the San Jose Mercury News
D) through AOL in the Chicago Tribune

Question 15

Citizen journalism

A) is subscriber supported
B) is 50 percent of the news
C) is also called participatory journalism
D) all of these

Question 16

News values include

A) importance, interest, timeliness
B) correspondents, importance, timeliness
C) importance, milestones, timeliness
D) interest, milestones, specialists

Question 17

Reporters use angles or ___ to make information interesting to the audience

A) tickers
B) anchors
C) pegs
D) nuts

Question 18

In television news, on-camera reporters are known as

A) correspondents
B) anchors
C) news gatherers
D) none of these

Question 19

Not crediting an assistant who writes news for the reporter is considered

A) ethical in print and TV news
B) ethical in print news, but not TV news
C) ethical in TV news, but not print news
D) not ethical in print or TV news

Question 20

Problems with "experts" advising news organizations include

A) they aren't available on short notice
B) their theories may help law enforcement
C) their views may be subjective
D) all of these

Question 21

The dominant source of news for Americans is

A) the Internet
B) newspapers
C) radio
D) television

Question 22

Media surveys and critics state that the media has

A) a liberal bias
B) a conservative bias
C) a centrist bias
D) all of these

Question 23

The term "impending war" prior to the war in Iraq was considered by critics to be

A) centrist bias
B) creeping bias
C) embedded journalism
D) electronic news gathering

Question 24

Embedded journalists

A) are considered a semiofficial part of the military
B) are responsible for conducting polls
C) were common during the Vietnam War
D) all of these

Question 25

Examples of news as entertainment include

A) the way television promotes its newscasts
B) the content chosen for the newscast
C) polls that ask frivolous questions
D) all of these

Question 26

Newsreels were the first sound films.

Question 27

The Biltmore Agreement stated that the television networks would air three newscasts a day.

Question 28

Radio audiences could hear live reports of Hitler's invasion of Poland in 1939.

Question 29

Edward R. Murrow was a popular wartime newscaster in London.

Question 30

Both newspapers and radio news incorrectly announced that Thomas Dewey won the presidency over Harry Truman.

Question 31

The all-news radio format originated in the 1960s.

Question 32

Videotape freed television from its reliance on film in the mid-1970s.

Question 33

Senator Joseph McCarthy attacked Edward R. Murrow as a Communist sympathizer.

Question 34

In the early years of television news, the networks were often critical of U.S. policies.

Question 35

The term "credibility gap" was used to differentiate between what the government was saying and what the public believed to be true, based on what they saw on television.

Question 36

Rush Limbaugh started Fox News.

Question 37

Videotext was a popular system for delivering electronic newspapers to homes via TV sets in the 1970s.

Question 38

Early bloggers provided news and commentary online starting in the mid-1970s.

Question 39

Another name for a video blog is a vlog.

Question 40

Headlines can be delivered to cell phones through RRS.

Question 41

News is the presentation of information that is timely, important and interesting to its audience.

Question 42

In radio news, there are three times as many male anchors as female anchors.

Question 43

Field producers are behind-the-scenes, off-screen reporters who do interviews, research and writing.

Question 44

A centrist bias refers to the mainstream mass media not reporting on radical points of view.

Question 45

Embedded journalists during the war in Iraq were considered a semi-official part of the military.

Question 46

What is residual news, and why was it featured so prominently in newsreels? What is an example of a current residual news story?

Question 47

Describe the Press-Radio War of the late 1920s and early 1930s. What was it about, and how was it resolved?

Question 48

Define "pseudo events." Give examples of pseudo-events from your experience.

Question 49

Discuss the role Edward R. Murrow played in both radio and television news. Murrow's programs became the model for what types of shows today?

Question 50

How did network coverage of the Vietnam War change throughout the war?

Question 51

Briefly trace the history of CNN news and Fox News.

Question 52

Discuss the technologies available with online news that aren't available with print, radio or television news.

Question 53

What do SNG and ENG stand for? What are they?

Question 54

Name and describe the three news values. Give an example of each from the textbook or from your own personal experience.

Question 55

Describe the roles of anchors, correspondents and producers in broadcast news.

Question 56

What use are experts and pundits to news organizations, and what problems do they create?

Question 57

From surveys, what do we know about the demographics of news audiences?

Question 58

Discuss why critics compare Rupert Murdoch to William Randolph Hearst.

Question 59

Top-level managers of news distribution companies have been accused of being too influential in terms of the content and perspective of the news. What are some examples of this? How influential should owners and publishers be in terms of news content and perspective?

Question 60

Aside from comedy news programs such as "The Daily Show," discuss two ways that news programs mix entertainment in their programming, using examples. Why is this an issue?

Question 61

Jon Stewart, host for the comedy news show The ______ Show, was named one of the most admired journalists by survey respondents.

Question 62

Prior to 1960, short films containing a few items of current events called ______ were shown in movie theaters.

Question 63

Stories about events that are long-lasting, such as those about a flood, are called ______ news.

Question 64

According to the 1933 ______ Agreement, radio networks would air only two five-minute newscasts a day, so they wouldn't interfere with newspaper sales.

Question 65

On-air discussions about the news are called ______.

Question 66

______ are independent journalists who are paid only for the material used.

Question 67

Pseudo- ______ are happenings that would not have occurred if media were not there to record them.

Question 68

A/An ______ is a long-form recorded examination of a social problem or historical subject.

Question 69

The credibility ______ is the difference between what a government says and what the public believes to be true.

Question 70

In the 1980s, a few innovative newspapers began to offer their content to online subscribers using a service called ______ boards.

Question 71

A personalized ______ service collects only information identified as being of interest to a client.

Question 72

In the early 2000s, online TV news sites were the leaders in ______ on demand, which enabled users to call up video clips of news events, both current and archived.

Question 73

"News" is the presentation of information that is ______, important and interesting to its audience.

Question 74

An angle or perspective making information interesting to the audience is called a/an _______,

Question 75

The most prominent position in broadcast news is that of the ______, the newsreader who occupies the seat in the studio.

Question 76

The point of view that is generally purported to be anti-big business and pro social programs is called a
______ bias.

Question 77

Critics say that the media has a centrist ______ because it doesn't report on radical points of view.

Question 78

______ bias is a subtle form of slanting that manifests itself in understated ways, such as the placement of stories or the choice of photos.

Question 79

Non-military reporters attached to military units are called ______ journalists.

Question 80

Critics contend that the mixing of news and _______ can be seen in the way television news promotes its newscasts and uses fearsome teasers.