CCJ 4037 FSU EXAM 1 QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Media Influence Ans✓✓✓Accounts of criminal activities in film,
television drama, music lyrics, computer games, and websites are
arguably of greater salience in discussions
Entertain Ans✓✓✓The
Does the media accurately report facts? Ans✓✓✓False
"Window to the World" Ans✓✓✓distorter of the world (over
representation)
agenda-setting Ans✓✓✓journalists will prioritize some stories over
others
(pragmatic concerns)
framing of a story Ans✓✓✓edit words, adopt a particular tone, decide
on the visual images that will accompany the story, etc. (ideological
process)
2 Factors for a New Millennium Ans✓✓✓1) Production processes of
news organizations and the structural determinants of news-making
, 2) Assumptions made about the audience:
Newsworthiness Ans✓✓✓Editors and journalists select, produce, and
present news according to a range of professional criteria that are used
as benchmarks to determine a story
What are the 2 News Values Ans✓✓✓1) Public Appeal
2) Public Interest
Public Appeal Ans✓✓✓measured quantitatively through 'sales and
ratings
ex: focus on dramatic, sensationalistic or celebrity component
Public Interest Ans✓✓✓more complicated to measure; external
influences
ex: corporate or political pressure
Threshold Ans✓✓✓Events have to meet a certain level of
perceived importance or drama in order to be
considered newsworthy.
DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALREADY
GRADED A+
Media Influence Ans✓✓✓Accounts of criminal activities in film,
television drama, music lyrics, computer games, and websites are
arguably of greater salience in discussions
Entertain Ans✓✓✓The
Does the media accurately report facts? Ans✓✓✓False
"Window to the World" Ans✓✓✓distorter of the world (over
representation)
agenda-setting Ans✓✓✓journalists will prioritize some stories over
others
(pragmatic concerns)
framing of a story Ans✓✓✓edit words, adopt a particular tone, decide
on the visual images that will accompany the story, etc. (ideological
process)
2 Factors for a New Millennium Ans✓✓✓1) Production processes of
news organizations and the structural determinants of news-making
, 2) Assumptions made about the audience:
Newsworthiness Ans✓✓✓Editors and journalists select, produce, and
present news according to a range of professional criteria that are used
as benchmarks to determine a story
What are the 2 News Values Ans✓✓✓1) Public Appeal
2) Public Interest
Public Appeal Ans✓✓✓measured quantitatively through 'sales and
ratings
ex: focus on dramatic, sensationalistic or celebrity component
Public Interest Ans✓✓✓more complicated to measure; external
influences
ex: corporate or political pressure
Threshold Ans✓✓✓Events have to meet a certain level of
perceived importance or drama in order to be
considered newsworthy.
