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Chapter 13: Mass Media Globalization
Chapter 13: Mass Media Globalization
Multiple Choice Single Select
1) Throughout mass media history, what political systems with top-down governance have
been most common?
a) authoritarian
b) Democratic
c) Republican
d) sovereign
2) King Henry VIII, who cracked down on printed materials, headed a political system
classified as
a) democratic.
b) authoritarian.
c) libertarian.
d) empirical.
3) Which type of government system prevents mass-media criticism of its policies with
numerous methods?
a) democratic
b) libertarianism
c) authoritarian
d) global
4) The two countries with Marxist-Leninist regimes that are ranked by Freedom House as being
among the worst-rated countries for press freedom are
a) Peru and Libya.
b) Cuba and North Korea.
c) Brazil and Iran.
d) Haiti and South Korea.
5) King James of Scotland and later of England advocated the divine right of kings, which
claimed that legitimate monarchs were
a) elected by the people.
b) anointed by the Almighty.
c) entitled to their crowns by birthrights.
d) voted on by parliament.
6) The authoritarian line of reasoning justifies suppression of ideas and information on the
grounds that
a) truth is a monopoly of the regime.
b) the people should determine the truth.
c) democracy involves all the people.
d) the ruling class needs input from common folk.
7) Libertarian thinkers have faith in the ability of
a) individuals to make decisions based on reason.
b) royalty to guide the country.
c) the divine right of kings to rule the land.
d) government to make all decisions.
8) English writer John Milton argued for a free and open exchange of information known as the
a) right of kings.
b) marketplace of ideas.
c) democratic system.
d) idea community.
9) Libertarians believe that people sometimes err in sorting out alternatives, but those flawed
ideas can be replaced with better ones, which is known as
a) democratic reason.
b) value driven thinking.
c) the self-righting process.
d) indigenous values.
10) The free expression section of the U.S. Constitution is called
a) the Fifth Amendment.
b) the First Amendment.
c) the right to bear speech.
d) Article I.
11) Since the U.S. Constitution was written,
a) no limits have ever been placed on free speech and expression.
b) minor modifications were made to the right to free speech and expression in the 17th
amendment.
c) courts have consistently ruled that no limits can be imposed.
d) some limits have, of necessity, been imposed on free speech and expression.
12) During which war did reporters routinely submit their stories to censors to delete sensitive
military matters?
a) Civil War
b) World War I
c) World War II
d) Vietnam
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13) During which conflict were U.S. reporters dressed in officers’ uniforms and often assigned a
vehicle and driver?
a) the Civil War
b) World War II
c) the Vietnam War
d) the 2003 invasion of Iraq
14) Uncensored field reporting from the Vietnam War was dubbed
a) grassroots reporting.
b) Viet journalism.
c) jungle jive.
d) rice-roots reporting.
15) During which military action were the U.S. news media prevented from covering combat
operations?
a) World War I
b) the earliest portion of the Vietnam War
c) the U.S. invasion of Grenada
d) the 2003 invasion of Iraq
16) How does a pool system work?
a) The military keeps a pool of journalists in the front lines to ensure 24/7 coverage.
b) Reporters live and travel with military units at all times.
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c) Journalists have no specific contact with the military but are allowed to accompany them
at will.
d) Reporters are chosen on a rotating basis to cover limited-access events and share the
story.
17) Reporters who are assigned to a specific military unit are said to be
a) volunteers.
b) assignees.
c) embedded.
d) attached.
18) About how many reporters were mortally wounded in the Iraq War?
a) less than 25
b) about 50
c) roughly 75
d) more than 100
19) WikiLeaks.org has been presented as an illustration of the Internet’s potential “to force
humans into new governance structures” because it has done all of the following EXCEPT
a) being a thorn in the side of governments around the world since its founding in 2006.
b) encouraging those aware of government wrong-doing to post documentary proof on the
site.
c) notifying the SEC about illegal insider trading that affected the value of U.S. stocks.
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d) telling everyone that revealing government secrets is unethical.
20) WikiLeaks.org has been praised for fearlessly revealing government secrets that have
included all of the following EXCEPT
a) financial assistance going to the Taliban and rampant war-profiteering in Pakistan.
b) information that led to changes in Kenya’s constitution and a more open government.
c) more than a half-million classified U.S. documents on the war in Iraq and Afghanistan.
d) secret plans by the Canadian government to smuggle undocumented workers into Alaska.
21) The Australian founder and driving force behind WikiLeaks is
a) John Milton.
b) Julian Assange.
c) Rupert Murdoch.
d) Victoria Clarke.
22) The role of the United States in Afghanistan’s mass media after its government was
overthrown in 2001 and began rebuilding has included all of the following EXCEPT
a) conducting soft diplomacy by creating ways to get pro-U.S. messages directly to the
people.
b) producing Soothing Sounds, a radio show to introduce Afghanis to the best in American
music.
c) sponsoring On the Road, a TV show to build nationalism by showing viewers their own
country.
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d) USAID funding of $228,000 to start the country’s first privately-owned radio station.
23) Among the US-supported trans-border mass media that try to get messages into countries
that don’t want U.S. media reaching their people are all of the following EXCEPT
a) Radio Farda, which broadcasts in the Farsi language and is aimed into Iran and Iraq.
b) Radio Liberty, which beams its signals into Central Europe and Russia.
c) Silver Splinter, Internet programming designed to penetrate China’s Golden Shield
firewall.
d) Television Martí, which broadcasts into Cuba from blimps and planes flying near the
island.
24) Foreign governments have made all of the following attempts to stop or block U.S. efforts to
disseminate trans-border messages EXCEPT
a) establishing a very-effective Golden Shield firewall to filter Chinese Internet traffic.
b) filing complaints with the International Telecommunications Union, a part of the United
Nations.
c) jamming radio transmissions with their own high-powered distortion signals.
d) shooting down a blimp carrying the Television Martí transmitter.
25) Which U.S. government-funded broadcast service is sent into nations with state-controlled
media to articulate U.S. policies directly to the people?
a) CNN
b) Voice of America
c) National Public Radio
d) U.S. Global
26) Voice of America was created
a) after World War I.
b) during World War II.
c) at the start of the Vietnam War.
d) in conjunction with the Public Broadcasting Service.
27) The global, Qatar-based, satellite news channel for Arab audiences is called
a) Al-Jazeera.
b) CNN Arab.
c) Telemundo.
d) Arab TV.
28) Al-Jazeera was modeled after
a) the BBC.
b) CNN.
c) the Associated Press.
d) Fox News.
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29) What kind of content does Qatar-based Al-Jazeera emphasize?
a) U.S.
b) British
c) Hispanic
d) Arab
30) Which quasi-government agency is creating a Mideast entertainment production center?
a) Dubai Media Incorporated
b) Arab News One
c) Al-Jazeera
d) BBC
31) Which media technology have Islamic radicals, including Al-Qaeda, adapted to meet their
needs and promote their cause to a global audience?
a) direct satellite television
b) the telegraph
c) low-cost digital media
d) remote publishing
32) Which country suppressed challenges to government authority with the most labor-intensive
censorship initiative in history?
a) Iran
b) Iraq
c) India
d) China
33) Recently, the Chinese government has expended major resources to limit exposure to which
medium?
a) radio
b) Internet
c) television
d) newspaper
34) What is the name of the Chinese system to control internal Internet communications?
a) the Golden Shield
b) the Social System
c) Falun Gong
d) United System
35) When government reviews content before dissemination, it’s called
a) prepublication censorship.
b) postpublication sanctions.
c) instituting a firewall.
d) preventative protocols.
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36) Bloggers in China
a) operate about the same way as those in the United States.
b) must register with the government.
c) must have their content screened by the government before publication.
d) are subject to semi-annual reviews of their sites.
37) The Chinese government uses all of the following ways to monitor and control Internet
communications EXCEPT
a) automated scanning to detect prohibited words and phrases.
b) chatroom coordinators who guide the discussions in politically acceptable directions.
c) government-issued passwords are required to enter an Internet café.
d) Internet users must log on using their government-issued ID numbers.
38) How do mega-corporations remain accountable to the public?
a) The media acts as a watchdog.
b) The government institutes regulations.
c) There are international laws to follow.
d) The board of directors reports on crises and management.
39) A reporter discovers that a mega-corporation has been dumping toxic waste into public
waters. Which of the following would be the most effective means to blow the whistle?
a) Leak the story via the Internet.
b) Hold a news conference at the company.
c) Write an exposé for the New York Times.
d) Post a report on Facebook.
40) What was China’s response to Liu Di’s satirical Internet commentary on the Chinese
government?
a) To jail her for a year without charges
b) To execute her as a warning to others
c) To exile her to the United States
d) To make her write apologetic articles