1. During the Civil War:
a. reporters were accredited for the first time as war correspondents by the government.
b. the government strictly censored news reports.
c. journalists were not allowed access to the soldiers.
d. reporters were embedded with the troops.
2. Ernie Pyle:
a. was a World War II photographer.
b. wrotestoriesduringWorldWarIIthatdebunkedthe“glory”ofwar.
c. was an assistant to Mathew Brady who later became a photographer.
d. was killed covering the Vietnam War.
3. Whicheventledtowhathasbeencalledtelevision’sfinestfourdays?
a. the Cuban Missile Crisis
b. the JFK assassination
c. the Cold War
d. the premiere of network news broadcasts
4. Agenda-setting, as the term is typically used, refers to the flow of information from:
a. assignment editors to the news reporters.
b. audiences to advertisers.
c. news organizations to their audiences and one news organization to another.
d. advertisers to their audiences.
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5. The audience for print news is:
a. growing.
b. getting younger.
c. declining.
d. very stable.
6. The first TV newscasts:
a. were 15 minutes long.
b. expanded to an hour by the 1980s.
c. explored topics in depth.
d. were simulcast on network radio.
7. The Golden Age of Television:
a. began in 1952, when TV quiz shows became popular.
b. beganin1961withPresidentJohnF.Kennedy’sinauguration.
c. reached a peak with coverage of the Watergate hearings.
d. occurred when Ted Turner founded CNN.
8. Which term describes journalists who were allowed to cover the Iraq war on the frontlines,
supervised by the US military?
a. cooperative news gathering
b. front line war reporting
c. embedded
d. photojournalism
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9. News on the Internet appeals to people because:
a. it’savailable24hoursaday.
b. it compiles headlines from TV and print news services.
c. people can choose what they want when they want it.
d. All of these answers are correct.
10. The tendency of journalists to report similar quick conclusions about an event is called:
a. muckraking.
b. moderatism.
c. consensus journalism.
d. agenda-setting.
11. Which of the following was not true of newsreels in movie theaters?
a. Theyofferedaviewoftheworldmovieaudiencescouldn’tgetanywhereelse.
b. All-American News produced newsreels directed at African American audiences.
c. They were updated semi-annually.
d. They featured celebrities and events from distant locations.
12. News coverage of World War II:
a. featured the first use of TV reporters.
b. was an opportunity for radio to bring America closer to the action than they had ever been.
c. was the first opportunity for television news to reach a large audience.
d. focused exclusively on casualty counts and military logistics.
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13. The Watergate Hearings in 1973:
a. was an important television news story for more than a year.
b. were broadcast live from New York.
c. led to a televised presidential trial.
d. were ignored by most viewers, who preferred entertainment TV.
14. Which of the following is not true of the U.S. military practice of embedding reporters with
troops in the Iraq War?
a. It offers reporters access to the front lines.
b. It relies on reporters not to compromise the secrecy of military operations.
c. Itkeepsreporterswithinthemilitary’scontrol.
d. It excludes combat reporters.
15. Which of the following is not true of The Associated Press?
a. Itwasthecountry’sfirstcooperativenewsgatheringassociation.
b. It was founded overseas by six international news organizations.
c. Itistodaythenation’sprimarynewsservice.
d. Its major early competitor was The United Press.
16. Mathew Brady:
a. wasthenation’sfirstwarcorrespondentkilledinaction.
b. took photographs for the Confederate Press Association.
c. photographed the war over the objections of President Lincoln.
d. took 3,500 photographs of the Civil War.
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17. Which of the following was not true of radio news from the 1920s to the 1940s?
a. Reporters like Edward R. Murrow created word pictures in their reporting of war and other
events.
b. Radio news reported on Prohibition and the 1929 stock market crash.
c. It was often colorful and exciting reporting.
d. Most radio stations did not maintain their own news departments and instead relied on the
radio networks.
18. Which of these is not a trend affecting the future of news media?
a. online advertising
b. all-platform journalists
c. social media
d. the increase in the number of cable news networks
19. In the age of the Internet, who bears an increased burden to seek reliable information?
a. reporters
b. news consumers
c. newspaper editors
d. web site developers/managers
20. AccordingtotheImpact/Profilebox,“ErniePyle:TheWarCorrespondentWhoHated
War,”whichofthefollowingistrueaboutErniePyle?
a. He was a correspondent in World War I.
b. He is the most honored journalist in the United States.
c. He was the first embedded reporter.
d. He died 10 years after the war he was famous for covering.
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21. AccordingtotheImpact/Societybox,“Top10DigitalOnlyNewsSites,”theInternetnews
site visited most often is:
a. BuzzFeed
b. CNet
c. Mashable
d. Huffington Post
22. According to the Impact / Society box,“TheGrowingMarketforMobileNewsintheUnited
States,”whichofthefollowingistrue?
a. Three quarters of all U.S. adults now have a mobile connection to the Web through either a
smartphone or tablet.
b. Nearly one half of all U.S. adults now own a tablet device.
c. 64% of tablet owners and 62% of smartphone owners say they use the devices for news at
least weekly.
d. 73% of adults who consume news on their tablet read only the headlines of the stories.
23. AccordingtotheImpact/Convergencebox,“Young Adults Want News Every Day, Survey
Shows,”whichofthefollowingistrue?
a. Half of all Americans read their news online.
b. Two-thirds of Americans ages 18 to 34 regularly consume news online.
c. Half of the survey respondents said they actively seek news online every day.
d. Young adults tend to have only one viewpoint in their social media feeds.
24. ​The shift toward more digital news coverage has led to a need for what?
a. ​All-platform journalists who can produce all types of stories.
b. ​More veteran journalists.
c. ​Reporters with print backgrounds.
d. ​Top-notch photographers to provide images.
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25. Who founded Cable News Network (CNN) in 1980, leading to around-the-clock cable
news?​
a. ​Anderson Cooper
b. ​Ted Turner
c. ​BarbaraWalters
d. ​WalterCronkite
26. MathewBradyisconsideredthenation’sfirstphotojournalist.
a. True
b. False
27. Thenation’sfirstconsecutivelyissuednewspaperwastheBoston News-Letter, beginning
in 1704.
a. True
b. False
28. Accreditation of reporters by the government began during the Civil War.
a. True
b. False
29. The first TV network newscasts were an hour long.
a. True
b. False
30. Journalistswhopractice“agendasetting”usuallytalktoeachothertomakesurethat
they’reallwritingthesamestory.
a. True
b. False
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31. Reality shows make it difficult for an audience to distinguish true news footage from
recreated drama.
a. True
b. False
REFERENCES: Reality Shows and Advertorials Blur the Line
32. ThePentagon’spolicyofkeepingmediaisolatedfromU.S.militaryactivitiesinwartime
continued through the Iraq war.
a. True
b. False
REFERENCES: IraqWarProduces“Embedded”Reporters
33. Live coverage of the Vietnam War made viewers shy away from war reporting because it
was too graphic.
a. True
b. False
REFERENCES: TVNewsChangestheNation’sIdentity
34. During the Cuban missile crisis, President John F. Kennedy confronted Russian Premier
Nikita Khrushchev with a live challenge on television.
a. True
b. False
REFERENCES: TV News Enters Its Golden Age
35. In general, in the 1990s the American public read more newspapers and watched more
news on TV.
a. True
b. False
36. The Pew Research Center identified six major trends that are affecting how people get
their news today. Discuss four of these trends and explain how the report says the news
industry might respond.
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Social Media Spread the News
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37. Why are the 1960s known as the golden age of television news? Name at least three
events covered by television news in the 1960s that justify the term.
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: TV News Enters Its Golden Age
38. Summarize the early development of cooperative newsgathering and continuing role of
news services.
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Early News Organizations Cooperate to Gather News
39. Discuss the work of journalist Ernie Pyle in bringing the reality of World War II news to the
American people. What was the primary strength or technique of each? For what medium
did each report?
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: NewspapersandRadioPersonalizeWorldWarII 
40. List and explain three ways in which the Internet has transformed news delivery.
ANSWER: Answersmayvary.​
REFERENCES: Internet Transforms News Delivery
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