5.11 Lesson Assessment: The Media Pool 1. 100% QUIZ GRADE!

1. Which statement about a major dynamic in the American media is true?

The media is influenced by foreign governments.

The media is owned by private corporations. CORRECT

The media is unable to influence voter choices.

The media is too small to have an impact on government.


2. Newspapers are an example of what type of media?

print CORRECT

government-controlled

broadcast

cable broadcast

3. What has the tabloid press been called?

purple journalism

objective writing

journalistic evenhandedness

yellow journalism CORRECT

4. What were members of the press and writers who uncovered corporate misconduct called?

muckrakers CORRECT

dilettantes

nutcrackers

buckeyes

5. What term is sometimes used for the media's ability to set the political agenda?

logrolling

gatekeeping CORRECT

horse trading

agenda holding

6. Which of the following terms has been applied to the press?

the vital estate

the last estate

the wealthy estate

the fourth estate CORRECT

7. Freedom of the press is guaranteed in which amendment?

the First CORRECT

the Eighth

the Last

the Tenth

8. Which of the following is not an example of the new media?

chat rooms

e-mail

mobile telephony

radio CORRECT

9. Presidential press conferences are attended by which of the following?

journalists from the president's party

political insiders

the White House Reporters Union

the White House Press Corps CORRECT

10. A blogger is someone who has which of the following characteristics?

is reluctant to use new technology in matters of politics

uses social media to publish his or her books

recruits campaign workers

presents news and his or her opinions online CORRECT