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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions and Correct
Answers
Objectivity Ans: -treating facts without influence from personal
feelings or prejudices
-western media is built on this
-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Ans: -thinking in the way of a collective view
-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Ans: -developing an understanding of your own
media habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources
and messages
secular media Ans: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Ans: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled
with democrats
detachment Ans: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the
reader
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-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Ans: -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 Ans: -quality of a source
ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Ans: -Those media channels that reach the
broadest audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Ans: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an
editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
social desirability Ans: tailoring your answer to what you think the
other person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Ans: work that encompasses fact-
checking, explanatory and investigative reporting, but more
generally applies to the journalistic work of holding the powerful
accountable
lie Ans: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
-literally means the person involved knows that what they said is
false
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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions and Correct
Answers
Objectivity Ans: -treating facts without influence from personal
feelings or prejudices
-western media is built on this
-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Ans: -thinking in the way of a collective view
-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Ans: -developing an understanding of your own
media habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources
and messages
secular media Ans: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Ans: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled
with democrats
detachment Ans: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the
reader
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-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Ans: -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 Ans: -quality of a source
ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Ans: -Those media channels that reach the
broadest audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Ans: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an
editor that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
social desirability Ans: tailoring your answer to what you think the
other person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Ans: work that encompasses fact-
checking, explanatory and investigative reporting, but more
generally applies to the journalistic work of holding the powerful
accountable
lie Ans: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
-literally means the person involved knows that what they said is
false
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