Practice Quiz Chapter 14

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. Journalism has long considered itself the main conduit of political information for the public and therefore key to __________ processes.

social correct incorrect

ethical correct incorrect

educational correct incorrect

democratic correct incorrect

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. __________ are short, catchy utterances designed to capture media attention.

Sound bites correct incorrect

Advertorials correct incorrect

Frames correct incorrect

Memes correct incorrect

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. Digital media can also facilitate physical gatherings, dubbed __________ by Howard Rheingold.

astroturf campaigns correct incorrect

trial balloons correct incorrect

smart mobs correct incorrect

media oligarchies correct incorrect

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. According to Kathleen Hall Jamieson, negative political advertising can promote __________.

greater campaign donations for the candidate being attacked correct incorrect

an expansion of the constituency that supports the candidate making the negative charges correct incorrect

falsehoods and false inferences correct incorrect

apathy about the electoral process correct incorrect

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. A(n) __________ is a media item of cultural interest that spreads through repetition and replication via the Internet.

meme correct incorrect

echo effect correct incorrect

news leak correct incorrect

pseudo-event correct incorrect

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. Viewers thought John F. Kennedy won the first televised debate between him and Richard M. Nixon. Who did radio listeners think won?

Kennedy correct incorrect

Nixon correct incorrect

Neither: listeners thought it was a draw. correct incorrect

The debate moderator correct incorrect

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. A news leak differs from a trial balloon in that a news leak is used __________.

to provide secret information to journalists correct incorrect

in everyday situations, whereas trial balloons are used just for trials correct incorrect

only for corporate situations, not government situations correct incorrect

only in stories involving international affairs correct incorrect

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. Pew found that over half of the public got their news on the 2016 presidential election from social media sites, with __________ being the most popular platform.

Instagram correct incorrect

Twitter correct incorrect

Facebook correct incorrect

Snapchat correct incorrect

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. The money candidates need to run for national or even state offices is so great partly because of the cost of __________.

political advertising correct incorrect

security details correct incorrect

campaign travel correct incorrect

campaign headquarters correct incorrect

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. An independent expenditure-only committee is also called a __________.

PAC correct incorrect

Super PAC correct incorrect

WAC correct incorrect

Super WAC correct incorrect