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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Objectivity Answer: -treating facts without influence from personal
feelings or prejudices
-western media is built on this
-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Answer: -thinking in the way of a collective view
-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Answer: -developing an understanding of your own
media habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources
and messages
secular media Answer: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Answer: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled
with democrats
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detachment Answer: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the reader
-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Answer: -idea that partisans see media as less
sympathetic to their side, more sympathetic to the opposing side, and
generally hostile to their point of view
-important to look at media through a filter to avoid this
credibility Answer: -quality of a source
ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Answer: -Those media channels that reach the
broadest audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Answer: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an
editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
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social desirability Answer: tailoring your answer to what you think the
other person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Answer: work that encompasses fact-
checking, explanatory and investigative reporting, but more generally
applies to the journalistic work of holding the powerful accountable
lie Answer: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
-literally means the person involved knows that what they said is false
ex: Bush and using the word torture
He Said-She Said Journalism Answer: -creates artificial balance that
sometimes obscures the truth
-journalist gathers as much info as possible to present both sides of the
story while remaining neutral
Hutchins Commission Answer: -formed to inquire after the proper
function of media in a modern democracy
-journalists have a duty to inform the public so that they can be an
active citizen
-The Commission on the Freedom of the Press
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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions with Answers (100%
Correct Answers)
Objectivity Answer: -treating facts without influence from personal
feelings or prejudices
-western media is built on this
-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Answer: -thinking in the way of a collective view
-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Answer: -developing an understanding of your own
media habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources
and messages
secular media Answer: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Answer: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled
with democrats
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detachment Answer: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the reader
-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Answer: -idea that partisans see media as less
sympathetic to their side, more sympathetic to the opposing side, and
generally hostile to their point of view
-important to look at media through a filter to avoid this
credibility Answer: -quality of a source
ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Answer: -Those media channels that reach the
broadest audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Answer: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an
editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
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social desirability Answer: tailoring your answer to what you think the
other person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Answer: work that encompasses fact-
checking, explanatory and investigative reporting, but more generally
applies to the journalistic work of holding the powerful accountable
lie Answer: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
-literally means the person involved knows that what they said is false
ex: Bush and using the word torture
He Said-She Said Journalism Answer: -creates artificial balance that
sometimes obscures the truth
-journalist gathers as much info as possible to present both sides of the
story while remaining neutral
Hutchins Commission Answer: -formed to inquire after the proper
function of media in a modern democracy
-journalists have a duty to inform the public so that they can be an
active citizen
-The Commission on the Freedom of the Press
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