MACS 100 Final Exam Questions With All Correct Answers 2025|2026
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1. News on TV has what? liveness and intimacy
2. Liveness sense of simultaneity with real-life events, possibly for
un- scripted moments
3. Intimacy combination of audio and visuals allow for profound
emotional connection
4. History of broadcast
TV Evening News -shape national consciousness and consensus
-seen as fulfilling networks public interest mandate, not ex-
pected to serve commercial interest
-responsible for telling us the news of the world
-consensus press
5. consensus press speaking in concert with the vested interests of
government
and corporate leadership
6. Broadcasting TV Evening news -pressure to be profitable
-ride in tabloid-style "infotainment"
-consolidation and downsizing, dramatic ettect on what
stories get researched
7. Infotainment broadcast material that is intended both to entertain
and to inform
8. Media Event interruption of the media cycle that is covered and
constructed by the media (super bowl, MMA fight)
9. 24- Hour Cable News -CNN, FOX, MSNBC
-Highly graphic style-images and text over visuals
-intended both to entertain and to inform
-keep viewers tuned in with constant "breaking news"
amidst "flow" of short news segments
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, MACS 100 Final Exam Questions With All Correct Answers 2025|2026
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-emphasis on liveness and speed
-leads to problems of proportion and repetition
-hyping stories
10. Fairness Doctrine & Equal Time Must allow equal opportunity to each candidate to
have equal
Rule tv time
11. Election TV - Media Event
-Horse race instead of substantive policy coverage
-Political ads & media bias
12. Corporate bias stories are framed to support the interest of business,
don't challenge corporate interest. Very corporate
consolidation, reaflrmation as leaders of their own
company
13. Official bias putting more weight on oflcial sources(gov, military,
business executives), reaflrms the status quo (ones
with power)
14. Medium bias tv's ability to be intimate with its audience, melodramatic
ele- ments(anti-war movement)
15. Political bias interlocking of news media and politicians
-importance of adversarial, openly partisan journalism
16. Fake news false and often sensationalist information
disseminated under the guise of news reporting
17. False equivalence the equating of two things that are not of equal
importance or
have equal evidence
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Late Update!!!
1. News on TV has what? liveness and intimacy
2. Liveness sense of simultaneity with real-life events, possibly for
un- scripted moments
3. Intimacy combination of audio and visuals allow for profound
emotional connection
4. History of broadcast
TV Evening News -shape national consciousness and consensus
-seen as fulfilling networks public interest mandate, not ex-
pected to serve commercial interest
-responsible for telling us the news of the world
-consensus press
5. consensus press speaking in concert with the vested interests of
government
and corporate leadership
6. Broadcasting TV Evening news -pressure to be profitable
-ride in tabloid-style "infotainment"
-consolidation and downsizing, dramatic ettect on what
stories get researched
7. Infotainment broadcast material that is intended both to entertain
and to inform
8. Media Event interruption of the media cycle that is covered and
constructed by the media (super bowl, MMA fight)
9. 24- Hour Cable News -CNN, FOX, MSNBC
-Highly graphic style-images and text over visuals
-intended both to entertain and to inform
-keep viewers tuned in with constant "breaking news"
amidst "flow" of short news segments
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, MACS 100 Final Exam Questions With All Correct Answers 2025|2026
Late Update!!!
-emphasis on liveness and speed
-leads to problems of proportion and repetition
-hyping stories
10. Fairness Doctrine & Equal Time Must allow equal opportunity to each candidate to
have equal
Rule tv time
11. Election TV - Media Event
-Horse race instead of substantive policy coverage
-Political ads & media bias
12. Corporate bias stories are framed to support the interest of business,
don't challenge corporate interest. Very corporate
consolidation, reaflrmation as leaders of their own
company
13. Official bias putting more weight on oflcial sources(gov, military,
business executives), reaflrms the status quo (ones
with power)
14. Medium bias tv's ability to be intimate with its audience, melodramatic
ele- ments(anti-war movement)
15. Political bias interlocking of news media and politicians
-importance of adversarial, openly partisan journalism
16. Fake news false and often sensationalist information
disseminated under the guise of news reporting
17. False equivalence the equating of two things that are not of equal
importance or
have equal evidence
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