Chapter 15
Test Bank
Multiple Choice
1. In what country was Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian imprisoned for more than
500 days?
a. Syria
b. Russia
c. China
d. Iran
2. The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be allowed to print or broadcast
anything. People have a right to hear all ideas and decide for themselves what is correct.
a. authoritarian
b. libertarian
c. communist
d. social responsibility
3. The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be as free as possible but that it
also has an obligation to serve the needs of the public at large.
a. authoritarian
b. libertarian
c. communist
d. social responsibility
4. The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be an instrument of the
government to work towards the creation of a perfect state for the workers.
a. authoritarian
b. libertarian
c. communist
d. social responsibility
5. The ______ theory of the press states that the duty of the press is to serve the needs of the
people who happen to be in power in the government.
a. authoritarian
b. libertarian
c. communist
d. social responsibility
6. The BBC operates under which of the following?
a. a public service model funded by the government
b. a commercial model similar to that of the United States
c. a private/public funding model similar to that of PBS in the United States
d. a church-sponsorship model similar to that of the Christian Science Monitor
7. Which of the following is the big change that has taken place in Western European
television over the past twenty-five years?
a. Cable television has become universally available.
b. There has been a massive increase in the number of commercial stations.
c. There have been changes in the rules for broadcast decency.
d. It is much more regulated by the governments than in the past.
8. Media in Israel could be characterized as operating under which of the following models?
a. authoritarian
b. libertarian
c. communist
d. social responsibility
9. Al Jazeera is which of the following?
a. the major South African news agency
b. the official Iraqi news agency
c. an American-owned radio propaganda effort
d. an Arab-language satellite news network that broadcasts out of Qatar
10. As of 2015, the medium that residents of the Middle East and North Africa spent the most
time with was ______.
a. newspapers
b. television
c. radio
d. online
11. The most watched Arab-language news satellite news channel is which of the following?
a. ARABSAT
b. Al-Arabiya
c. Al-Hurra
d. Al Jazeera
12. The most used medium of mass communication in Africa is ______.
a. newspaper
b. radio
c. television
d. Internet
13. Many of Asia’s industrializing nations operate under which of the following theories of
the press?
a. development
b. Soviet/communist
c. libertarian
d. social responsibility
14. The community newspaper industry in India is doing which of the following?
a. shrinking
b. staying steady
c. growing
d. India doesn’t have a significant community newspaper industry.
15. Which of the following is true about Japan’s broadcasting industry?
a. It is primarily run by private industry.
b. It is primarily run using a BBC-style public service model.
c. It is run using a mix of private industry and public service models.
d. none of the above
16. The most popular category of magazines in Japan are ______.
a. fashion magazines
b. zakazukha
c. news magazines
d. manga
17. According to the group Reporters Without Borders, the most dangerous country in the
world for journalists as of 2016 was ______.
a. Afghanistan
b. Syria
c. Mexico
d. Iran
18. The media in the United States are unique in the world for which of the following
reasons?
a. Most media in the United States are government sponsored.
b. Most media in the United States are privately owned.
c. Most media in the United States are non-profit.
d. none of the above
19. Canada has laws requiring a given level of Canadian media content for which of the
following reasons?
a. because they are concerned about their culture being dominated by American media
b. because they want to preserve the Canadian media industry
c. it would put the country at odds with the North American Free Trade Agreement
d. all of the above
20. American movie companies film in Canada in part for which of the following reasons?
a. Canada doesn’t limit films producers with strict decency laws.
b. It is cheaper to film in Canada than in the United States.
c. Mexico doesn’t have a “four seasons” climate.
d. You can’t fool me; American companies don’t like filming in Canada.
21. Which of the following are true of European newspapers?
a. They tend to have an explicit political point of view.
b. They receive large subsidies from the government.
c. They tend to publish in the afternoon.
d. all of the above
22. According to the study Media Use in the Middle East, ______.
a. use of social media and messaging apps is limited and tightly controlled
b. most people who do go online do so using a computer, not a mobile device
c. almost 100 percent of adults there watch television
d. all of the above
23. In Africa which of the following is true?
a. The print media originally were designed to serve the needs of the white, colonial settlers.
b. The early print media were used to promote literacy.
c. Television is by far the most popular medium.
d. Two important newspapers receive widespread distribution throughout the entire
continent.
24. Radio is the most important medium in Africa for which of the following reasons?
a. Few people can afford TVs.
b. Radios can run off batteries.
c. Newspapers tend to serve the needs of white colonials.
d. all of the above
25. Media developed slowly in the old Soviet Union for which of the following reasons?
a. The country was so big.
b. The government didn’t want there to be national media.
c. There was no advertising to support it.
d. There was a shortage of skilled journalists.
26. Over the past thirty years, media in China ______.
a. have been so restricted that the average person in China will not ever see a TV
b. have remained relatively unchanged in availability
c. have grown massively in their level of availability
d. have increased the level of free speech
27. One of the biggest consequences of attacks on journalists around the world is which of
the following?
a. that the military has to expend resources rescuing them
b. that young people are discouraged from becoming journalists
c. that journalists are discouraged from telling stories about the countries where it is too
dangerous for them to work
d. that all of the attention from the attacks bring more attention to the areas where the attacks
take place
28. According to Marshall McLuhan, electronic media do which of the following?
a. serve to isolate people by keeping them in their homes
b. help connect people around the world into a global village
c. tend to water down individual countries’ cultures
d. tend to turn everything into entertainment
29. News about the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 broke in the West via which of the
following?
a. Big Media reporters on the ground in India
b. the BBC
c. social media reports using software such as Twitter sent by people who were nearby
d. Western media ignored the attacks