Chapter 10 Practice Quiz

Journalists as Content Producers
. A series of choices about what content to create (how, for what purpose, and for whom) refers to the process of ________.

. The most accurate metaphor for news production is ________.

. Every news organization establishes a ________.

. In journalism, the term "news value" refers to ________.

. Networked journalism can best be described as:

. Journalism's fundamental guiding ideal is ________.

. The most contentious ideal of journalism is:

. ________ is considered to be the most closely related to journalism's role in democratic society.

. Freedom of the press is ________.

. The term "public sphere" refers to ________.

. News coverage is also shaped by a given news organization's particular ________ stance.

. ________ is the foundation for freedom of the press.

. The notion of the news media as a fourth estate is connected to _______.

. Most of the original news reporting found on online news sites originates with ________.

. Journalism educator John Miller argues that "blind spots" in journalism often result from ________.

. The new "post-industrial journalism," as outlined by Anderson et al., consists of all of the following except ________.

. The hybrid of journalism and promotion has resulted in which of the following?

. Journalists "frame" the news through ________.

. ________ is not a factor in the practice of framing the news.

. Journalists today face increased pressures, which result in ________.

. The best journalism mirrors society.

. A story gains "news value" due to the advertising dollars it will generate.

. Gatekeeping focuses primarily on what a news organization will cover, not how the event will be covered.

. "Push" technologies refer to the interactive capacities of digital technologies.

. The "news hole" refers to how a story is framed within a wider discourse about the issue or event.

. Many people reject the notion of objectivity as a news value because it's so easy to separate facts from opinions.

. Our trust in journalism has been eroded by its increasing commercialization, corporatization, and concentration.

. By refusing to discriminate among opinions, journalists do not bring us closer to the truth, as much of the news coverage on climate change shows us.

. In lieu of focusing on the ideal of objectivity, journalists can focus instead on balance and fairness in order to achieve the same results.

. Journalists must operate within the negative constraints of restraint laws, such as the legal category of 'contempt of court'.

. Freedom of the press means journalists have the right to publish or broadcast anything they believe the public deserves to know.

. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects freedom of the press.

. Like doctors, lawyers, and other professionals, journalists require mandatory formal training and are governed by a regulatory body.

. Journalists' life experiences and personal characteristics such as race, ethnicity, sex or age generally do not affect their reporting, as they are trained to be objective.

. To defend against an accusation of defamation or libel, a journalist can claim that the accusation is true and fair comment.

. Digital media are the sole cause for the economic challenges today's news organizations face.

. Advertorials are promotional materials thinly disguised as news stories.

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