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Chapter 4: Media Organizations and Professionals
Test Bank
1. ______ refers to the establishments where journalists visit regularly expecting news.
2. Which of the following is not an example of User-Generated Contents (UGC)?
3. The practice of journalism where ordinary people, not professional journalists, write and report news
is called ___________.
5. Which of the following is not a reason to use “stars” in media production?
6. Trolling, spamming, morphing, and lurking are terms used in __________.
7. Journalists’ schedule for visiting locations and talking to sources is called _____.
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8. The “Q” score system used in media marketing and production refers to the:
9. Practices or techniques that are widely used by media professionals are referred to as ______.
10. Which of the following is considered a chief norm of news photographer?
11. Rationalizing the news-gathering process means that news outlets:
12. The “news net” refers to the:
13. The sociology of news work explains that the definition of “news” is shaped by the ______.
14. Objectivity emerged as a norm in American journalism in the:
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15. When we say that objectivity is a “method,” we mean that it is a _____.
16. Which of the following is not the reason that mainstream news among major news outlets is similar
to each other?
17. The process by which we learn the basic ground rules of a particular social role is known as:
18. At newspapers, who selects which photographs will appear in the paper?
19. In publishing houses, acquisitions editors are responsible for:
20. All of the following help booksellers select the titles to stock in their bookstores, except:
21. When we talk about the “organizational premises” that shape the work of book editors, we are
referring to:
22. New members of Internet “newsgroups” can learn the norms of the group from all of the following
except:
23. Media producers seek “stars” for their productions because stars:
24. In media sociology, these are known as the bundles of expectations that are associated with
different social positions:
25. Which of the following is not a strategy by media firms to deal with uncertainties in media
production?
Type: E
26. Flip the channels during the evening news and you will find the networks covering many of the same
stories, often in a very similar way. Pick up a couple of daily newspapers, and you will probably notice
many of the same stories prominently featured. Why is news from different outlets so much alike?
Explain.
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27. Media sociologists often say that the journalistic norm of “objectivity” is a set of socially constructed
“routine practices.” What does “objectivity” mean? Explain.
28. Why are “stars” so sought after by media producers? What do these stars bring to a media
production?
29. What are “conventions” in media organizations? Why do you think conventions are used in media
organizations?
30. “Conventions” in media organizations are arbitrary.
31. The “Q” score in media marketing quantifies stars’ appeal to the public.
32. Journalistic objectivity is socially constructed.
34. Book editors prefer unsolicited manuscripts to minimize selection bias.
35. In scholarly publishing, choices about new books are shaped by the types of books that a publisher
has previously published.
36. “Structure” in media sociology refers to media professionals and their will.
37. “Beats” are places where TV starts frequent.
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