KU -JMC 101 Final Exam Complete Test,
Practice Questions, Verified Answer Key,
and Study Guide for (Latest 2026 Edition)
Narrative -CORRECTANSWER A story with a beginning, middle, and end structure. A
problem is introduced and solved.
Selective exposure -CORRECTANSWER Living in your own bubble. You choose what
to listen to. We seek media that reinforces our cultural beliefs.
Mass communication -CORRECTANSWER Delivering a message to a large audience
that may be distant and diverse.
Medium -CORRECTANSWER A channel or system of communication
Libel -CORRECTANSWER Written defamation that is damaging, false, and identifies
another person or institution. This is civil, not criminal but you can be sued.
Censorship -CORRECTANSWER Control of legally designated authority of what is said
and what is written.
Empiricism -CORRECTANSWER The idea that all learning comes from experience and
interactions. Base stories on evidence
, Printing press -CORRECTANSWER Revolutionized society by standardizing language,
spreading ideas, increasing literacy, and growing the printing industry.
"Marketplace of ideas" -CORRECTANSWER Rationale for freedom of expression
based on the analogy to the economic concept of a free market. They insisted that
human rights were natural and not simply handed down by the government or by kings.
Partisan Press -CORRECTANSWER A 1775 newspaper allied to one political party
during the revolution. Most papers supported the rebellion: Whig, Others supported the
British Co
Publick Occurrences -CORRECTANSWER 1690 by publisher Benjamin Harris,
published one issue before being suppressed by the British Government because they
hated the British Government.
Penny Press -CORRECTANSWER It democratized the media where publishers could
serve broad public tastes rather than elite segments of a community. It included
ordinary men and women and was available to all social classes.
Agenda-setting function -CORRECTANSWER To influence the importance of one issue
or another in the public's mind. A cultural issue people need to pay attention to.
Practice Questions, Verified Answer Key,
and Study Guide for (Latest 2026 Edition)
Narrative -CORRECTANSWER A story with a beginning, middle, and end structure. A
problem is introduced and solved.
Selective exposure -CORRECTANSWER Living in your own bubble. You choose what
to listen to. We seek media that reinforces our cultural beliefs.
Mass communication -CORRECTANSWER Delivering a message to a large audience
that may be distant and diverse.
Medium -CORRECTANSWER A channel or system of communication
Libel -CORRECTANSWER Written defamation that is damaging, false, and identifies
another person or institution. This is civil, not criminal but you can be sued.
Censorship -CORRECTANSWER Control of legally designated authority of what is said
and what is written.
Empiricism -CORRECTANSWER The idea that all learning comes from experience and
interactions. Base stories on evidence
, Printing press -CORRECTANSWER Revolutionized society by standardizing language,
spreading ideas, increasing literacy, and growing the printing industry.
"Marketplace of ideas" -CORRECTANSWER Rationale for freedom of expression
based on the analogy to the economic concept of a free market. They insisted that
human rights were natural and not simply handed down by the government or by kings.
Partisan Press -CORRECTANSWER A 1775 newspaper allied to one political party
during the revolution. Most papers supported the rebellion: Whig, Others supported the
British Co
Publick Occurrences -CORRECTANSWER 1690 by publisher Benjamin Harris,
published one issue before being suppressed by the British Government because they
hated the British Government.
Penny Press -CORRECTANSWER It democratized the media where publishers could
serve broad public tastes rather than elite segments of a community. It included
ordinary men and women and was available to all social classes.
Agenda-setting function -CORRECTANSWER To influence the importance of one issue
or another in the public's mind. A cultural issue people need to pay attention to.
