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1. The way a country’s political system is organized affects the…

1. The way a country’s political system is organized affects the way media within the country operate.

Group of answer choices

a.True

 

b.False

 

 

2. The developmental theory says the media is not supposed to promote the country’s social and economic goals.

Group of answer choices

a.True

 

b.False

 

 

3. Which of the following is not an element necessary to prove libel?

 

a. the defendant personally knows the injured party

 

b. the statement injured the person’s reputation or income or caused mental anguish.

 

c. the statement was communicated to a third party.

 

d. people who read or saw the statement would be able to identify the person, even if that person was not actually named.

 

 

4.The U.S. media operate under the libertarian theory, at least in theory.

 

a.True

 

b.False

 

5.”Through drawing attention to some aspects of politics at the expense of others, the media might help to set the terms by which political judgments are reached.” This quotation explains the phenomenon known as

 

priming

 

the CNN Effect

 

indictment

 

Taylor Swifting

 

 

6.The U.S. Supreme Court has held that obscenity is protected by the First Amendment.
 

 

a.True

 

b.False

 

 

7.”Reflexive Control,” a strategy used by the Russian government, is the ability to use information on someone else so that they make a decision on their own accord. This might involve

 

a.releasing embarrassing information so that voters make a choice, on their own, to view a candidate negatively.

 

b.setting off an electromagnetic pulse that prevents computers in a region from functioning.

 

c.hacking a voting machine so that the results are different from what voters intended.

 

d.No answer text provided.

 

 

8. The audience share of the original three broadcast networks— ABC, CBS and NBC—has remained stable since the introduction of cable networks and satellite delivery services.
 

 

a.True

 

b.False

 

9The two-step flow of communication is:

a.between TV advertisers and children.

 

b.from presidential candidates to the public.

 

c.the connection between TV programs and aggressive behavior.

 

d.the transmittal of information from mass media to opinion leaders and then to friends.

 

 

10.

 

The Walt Disney Co. is an example of a company that is:

 

a.a megalopolis.

 

b.a newspaper chain.

 

c.vertically integrated.

 

d.privately owned.