1
Because of new technology and social media, journalists need to worry more than ever
about who gets the news first.
(A)
True
(B)
False
2
One of the challenges today to journalism‘s public-service role is the pressure for news to
be as popular as entertainment, so that news becomes “infotainment.” This challenge can
be summarized as:
A consequence of technological advances
The insidious effects of public relations disguised as news
Commercialism
A result of corporate, absentee ownership of news outlets
Feedback:
From class lecture and power point (“intro power point”)
3
About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?
Less than 2 percent
Less than 9 percent
More than 15 percent
More than 27 percent
More than 76 percent
4
The early 20th-Century journalist who called newspaper work “one of the truly sacred and
priestly offices in a democracy” was:
John Dewey
Walter Lippmann
Walter Cronkite
John Locke
Feedback:
From the “intro” power point
5
The public relies on journalists to fact-check, to make sure that truth (not falsehoods) is
reported as news. This fact-checking role is sometimes referred to as:
Surveillance
Gate-keeping
Agenda-setting
Watchdog
6
“Dying to tell the story” is a documentary about the photojournalist Dan Eldon, who was
killed covering the war in:
Somalia
Zimbabwe
Kosovo
Iraq
7
Activities that serve little purpose other than to be reproduced through publicity are
called…
breaking news
commodity
enterprise stories
beats
pseudo events
8
To capture the mass market, what two newspapers of the United Kingdom and the United
States worked to reach the maximum number of readers?
(a) The “Pony Express”
(b) The “Penny Press”
(c) The “Pauper Press”
b and c are correct
None are correct
9
When the delivery form of journalism changes…
the process of journalism changes significantly
the process of journalism changes slightly
the values of journalism change significantly
the values of journalism change slightly
the values of journalism become unimportant
10
A sudden, compelling news event covered immediately by reporters is called…
commodity
an information alert
journalism
breaking news
currency
11
Which is not a news value?
Conflict
Impact
Transparency
Timeliness
Currency
12
The statement “”news events in areas close to the audience are considered more relevant
than those far away”” explains what news value?
Conflict
Proximity
Prominence
Timeliness
Novelty/Emotions
13
The most common news value is
Impact
Prominence
Conflict
Currency
Novelty/Emotions
14
Activities that serve little purpose other than to be reproduced through publicity are
called…
breaking news
commodity
enterprise stories
beats
pseudo events
15
An edited set of video clips for a broadcast news story is called…
a beat
breaking news
an enterprise story
a commodity
a package
16
About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?
Less than 2 percent
Less that 9 percent
More than 15 percent
More than 27 percent
More than 76 percent
17
One of the great challenges facing journalism today is that technology has transformed the
gathering and delivering of news. Identify and briefly describe the three additional
challenges or trends that we discussed during the first week of class.
18
The public expects the news media to monitor key events, issues and people to determine
what is important and/or interesting. This media function is known as:
Watchdog
Agenda-setting
Mirror
Surveillance
Feedback:
From class lecture and power point on news elements and values
19
A story in the UC News Record that tells students about a tuition increase and how that
might affect their financial aide relies most heavily on what element of news?
Impact
Prominence
Novelty/emotions
Timeliness
Feedback:
From class lecture and power point, as well as chapter 3 of the text.
20
Those who send pictures or videos to news organizations are called citizen journalists?
(A)
True
(B)
False
21
A TV reporter‘s script must go through multiple reads before it is sent to edit?
(A)
True
(B)
False
22
The story of Ron Sylvester, a veteran reporter now at the Las Vegas Sun, shows that it‘s
very difficult for journalists to adapt to new modes of news delivery.
(A)
True
(B)
False
23
Information, news and journalism are NOT synonyms.
(A)
True
(B)
False
24
Because of new technology and social media journalists need to worry more than ever
about who gets the news first.
(A)
True
(B)
False
25
Human interest stories often cause news organizations to disregard the main rules of
newsworthiness.
(A)
True
(B)
False
26
Impact is always about the number of people affected.
(A)
True
(B)
False
27
Impact describes an issue’s effect on the public.
(A)
True
(B)
False
28
Enterprise stories are ones written about pseudo events.
(A)
True
(B)
False
29
All stories printed by journalists have gone through multiple drafts.
(A)
True
(B)
False
30
News companies are beginning revisit the decision to give away all their content online for
free.
(A)
True
(B)
False
31
Those whoe send pictures or videos to News Organizations are called Citizen Journalists?
(A)
True
(B)
False
32
A TV Reporters script must go through multiple reads before it is sent to edit?
(A)
True
(B)
False
33
The Newsworthiness of stories are discussed in the morning and afternoon editorial
meetings?
(A)
True
(B)
False
34
The newsworthiness of stories is discussed in the morning and afternoon editorial
meetings?
(A)
True
(B)
False
35
About how much does the Web contribute to total newspaper advertising?
Less than 2 percent
Less than 9 percent
More than 15 percent
More than 27 percent
More than 76 percent
36
The documentary “Dying to tell the story” was about a photojournalist named —- who was
killed covering the war in —- ___ .
Feedback:
From the movie we watched in class