Deck 13: The Media and Foreign Policy

Question 1

According to the authors, who of the following are more likely to argue that the power of the media has been overblown?

A) academics
B) politicians
C) journalists
D) mass public

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Which of the following is considered to be a junior partner of the national media?

A) NBC
B) Time
C) Miami Herald
D) CBS

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Which of the following was identified as a news organization that operates wire services?

A) Newsweek
B) Reuters
C) CNN
D) Boston Globe

Answer 3

B

Question 4

Internet-based sources, such as Politico.com and vox.com are popular among which of the following "publics"?

A) uninformed and uninterested
B) elite and attentive
C) mass and elite
D) attentive and uninformed

Question 5

Which of the following tends to be most receptive to headline news?

A) elite public
B) attentive public
C) mass public
D) they are all equally receptive

Question 6

According to the Pew Research Center, in 2019, almost half of Americans relied on what type of news?

A) radio
B) social media
C) television
D) print

Question 7

According to the authors, ______ now eclipses ______.

A) social media; print media
B) television media; radio media
C) print media; radio media
D) radio media; social media

Question 8

Older Americans tend to rely on ______.

A) radio
B) social media
C) print media
D) websites

Question 9

Younger Americans tend to rely more on ______ for their news.

A) radio
B) television
C) print
D) websites

Question 10

______ usually cover(s) more news stories and devote(s) more space to each story than the ______ media.

A) Newspapers; television
B) Television; print
C) Radio; newspapers
D) Internet; radio

Question 11

Overall, ______ tend(s) to cover more international stories.

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

Question 12

Which of the following types of stories provides people with a greater sense of immediacy?

A) radio news
B) internet news
C) television news
D) print news

Question 13

______ news coverage tends to simplify reality the most.

A) Radio
B) Newspaper
C) Television
D) Internet

Question 14

Which of the following is the major medium by which most Americans gain their information and understanding of national and international affairs?

A) radio
B) Internet
C) newspaper
D) television

Question 15

In order to receive mainstream and national media coverage, foreign news in general must ______.

A) be more consequential
B) involve people of all statuses
C) entail more happy stories
D) not exhibit any bias

Question 16

According to the classic 1979 study, Deciding What' News, which of the following international topics received the most attention by the national media?

A) foreign events that involved domestic affairs
B) American activities abroad
C) changes in public opinion
D) governmental relations among EU countries

Question 17

In 2018, international events coverage by ABC, CBS, and NBC averaged ______ minutes.

A) 100
B) 300
C) 500
D) 700

Question 18

After the Vietnam War, news media coverage tended to be more ______.

A) critical
B) ideological
C) controlling
D) passive

Question 19

Which of the following was identified as a prime example of the watchdog press?

A) the Cuban missile crisis
B) the Bay of Pigs scandal
C) the American failure in the Vietnam War
D) the Watergate crisis

Question 20

According to the authors, ______ was one of the few times that the popular interpretation became inconsistent with the presidential view.

A) the Cuban missile crisis
B) the Bay of Pigs scandal
C) the American failure in the Vietnam War
D) the Watergate crisis

Question 21

Who of the following were a part of the golden triangle?

A) Congress, the White House, the Department of Defense
B) the White House, Pentagon, the State Department
C) the Pentagon, Department of Defense, State Department
D) Congress, the State Department, the White House

Question 22

According to the Pew Research Center, revenues for ______ have been stable or growing.

A) newspapers
B) magazines
C) cable news
D) radio

Question 23

According to the Pew Research Center, the decline of ______ was particularly steep.

A) cable news
B) radio
C) newspapers
D) local television

Question 24

The ______ is considered to be the largest American wire service.

A) Reuters
B) Associated Press
C) NPR
D) CNN

Question 25

Which of the following news sources was identified as being the clearest ideological news source?

A) CNN
B) Fox News
C) Washington Post
D) New York Times

Question 26

According to the authors, coverage tends to be ______.

A) diverse
B) disjointed
C) international-centered
D) factual

Question 27

According to the text, who of the following has become more dependent on the media?

A) the president
B) the public
C) the courts
D) the international community

Question 28

The mass public tends to be ______.

A) attentive
B) uninterested
C) the least receptive
D) overly informed

Question 29

Which of the following presidents called for an "alert and knowledgeable citizenry"?

A) Nixon
B) Eisenhower
C) Johnson
D) Roosevelt

Question 30

When journalists chase the same headline stories, it is referred to as ______ journalism.

A) pack
B) objective
C) partisan
D) source

Question 31

______ is/are considered to be the most "infotainment-oriented."

A) Radio
B) Television
C) Internet
D) Newspapers

Question 32

Which of the following corporations owns the Los Angeles Times?

A) Gannett
B) Knight-Ridder
C) Tribune Media
D) McClatchy

Question 33

Which of the following is considered one of the five media conglomerates?

A) CNN
B) NBC
C) Viacom
D) National Amusements

Question 34

Which of the following was/were identified as being the most competitive medium?

A) radio
B) newspapers
C) social media
D) television

Question 35

According to Daniel Hallin (1986), journalists gave up the right to speak with a political voice of their own with the rise of so-called ______ journalism.

A) partisan
B) objective
C) pack
D) source

Question 36

Which of the following administrations has been regarded as aggressive for excluding and bullying journalists critical of its actions?

A) Trump
B) Obama
C) Clinton
D) W. Bush

Question 37

______ refers to consciously distorting information and lying.

A) Censorship
B) Propaganda
C) Disinformation
D) Fake news

Question 38

Which of the following illustrates presidential censorship and propaganda?

A) Iraq War
B) World War II
C) Korean War
D) Vietnam War

Question 39

Which of the following was identified as being "widespread throughout the Washington community"?

A) propaganda
B) censorship
C) fake news
D) leaks

Question 40

A key concern of national media organizations is to present news in a way that ______ audiences and advertisers.

A) alienates
B) isolates
C) attracts
D) segregates

Question 41

The media is not consistently liberal, conservative, or objective.

Question 42

The national media are sometimes referred to as the elite press.

Question 43

There was no outright government censorship of the news media during the Cold War.

Question 44

Most Americans are dependent on social media for information and understanding of national and international affairs.

Question 45

Journalists tends to be specialists, not generalists.

Question 46

Explain the three competing views pertaining to the media that are prevalent throughout American society.

Question 47

Explain the CNN Effect.

Question 48

Explain information bubbles.

Question 49

What are some of the suggested general conclusions made by the authors?

Question 50

Explain the concentration of ownership in the mainstream media.