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SMPA 1050 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
news is different from other platforms because: Answer: it is codified
within the constitution
hostile media effect Answer: people tend to see the press as biased
against the things they care a lot about, the more they care about that
thing the more likely they are to think the media is biased against them
media literacy Answer: ability to read the news critically; identify
biases in who wrote it, who published it, and realizing your own
biases
Bernard Goldberg Answer: "bias is what comes naturally"
news objectivity Answer: not the same as science objectivity;
journalists must not have an obvious perspective
politicians and lying Answer: someone must know they are lying for it
to truly be a lie
Bush claimed US did not torture Answer: can you say he was lying? or
was it just a false claim?
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AP style on alt right Answer: avoid using the term generically without
a definition, term may be used as a public relations device to make its
supporters actual beliefs less clear and more acceptable to a broader
audience, use white nationalist instead
The Commission on the Freedom of the Press Answer: there isn't just a
right to inform, but a right to be informed
Party press era Answer: news sponsored by politicians/ parties; roles
of reporters-stenographers; audience-economic and political elites;
definition of news-politicians to people-mercantile and political
penny press era Answer: sought large circulation; advertising model;
role of reporters-politically independent; audience-masses; definition
of news-people to politicians-news over editorial, social life, facts
muckrackers Answer: extensions of penny press; focus on people
against politicians; magazines and investigative journalism
political communication triangle Answer: politicians-press-public;
only works with an independent media, which started in the penny
press era
party press model (upside down model) Answer: politicians
© 2025 All rights reserved
SMPA 1050 Questions with Answers (100% Correct
Answers)
news is different from other platforms because: Answer: it is codified
within the constitution
hostile media effect Answer: people tend to see the press as biased
against the things they care a lot about, the more they care about that
thing the more likely they are to think the media is biased against them
media literacy Answer: ability to read the news critically; identify
biases in who wrote it, who published it, and realizing your own
biases
Bernard Goldberg Answer: "bias is what comes naturally"
news objectivity Answer: not the same as science objectivity;
journalists must not have an obvious perspective
politicians and lying Answer: someone must know they are lying for it
to truly be a lie
Bush claimed US did not torture Answer: can you say he was lying? or
was it just a false claim?
© 2025 All rights reserved
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AP style on alt right Answer: avoid using the term generically without
a definition, term may be used as a public relations device to make its
supporters actual beliefs less clear and more acceptable to a broader
audience, use white nationalist instead
The Commission on the Freedom of the Press Answer: there isn't just a
right to inform, but a right to be informed
Party press era Answer: news sponsored by politicians/ parties; roles
of reporters-stenographers; audience-economic and political elites;
definition of news-politicians to people-mercantile and political
penny press era Answer: sought large circulation; advertising model;
role of reporters-politically independent; audience-masses; definition
of news-people to politicians-news over editorial, social life, facts
muckrackers Answer: extensions of penny press; focus on people
against politicians; magazines and investigative journalism
political communication triangle Answer: politicians-press-public;
only works with an independent media, which started in the penny
press era
party press model (upside down model) Answer: politicians
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