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True/False Quiz



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Question 1.
The central idea of democracy is that ordinary citizens should control what their government does.

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Question 2.
The media are not considered actors in American politics, but instead they are seen as outside factors simply observing and reporting what goes on in politics.

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Question 3.
By and large, newspapers were more partisan in the earlier part of our nation's history than they are today.

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Question 4.
The growth of telegraphed national news and large-circulation newspapers led to a new sort of news that was bland, with "objective" news stories that relied heavily on interviews and that scrupulously attributed all opinions to named sources.

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Question 5.
By 1963, television had become the major source for news for most Americans.

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Question 6.
There has been a strong tendency for newspapers to merge.

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Question 7.
Most newspapers and television stations today rely on the same sources for news.

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Question 8.
An effect of the centralization and unification of the mass media has been an increase in news coverage of controversial topics.

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Question 9.
Except for coverage of a few favorite nations, foreign news coverage in the United States tends to be episodic.

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Question 10.
Most news stories are drawn from situations over which the newsmakers have substantial control, such as news conferences.

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Question 11.
Mutually beneficial relationships tend to develop between government officials and reporters because reporters need access and information while officials want favorable publicity.

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Question 12.
Even though reporters rely heavily on official government sources for information, public officials have little, if any, control over what journalists report and how they report the news.

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Question 13.
Most interpretation of the news is left up to "experts" who are asked by reporters to comment on current events.

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Question 14.
The experts and commentators featured in the media reflect a broad spectrum of opinion.

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Question 15.
A great deal of systematic evidence suggests that the personal values of reporters and journalists dramatically affect their work.

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Question 16.
The owners and top managers of most media corporations tend to be very conservative.

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Question 17.
The media have little effect on people's policy preferences.

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Question 18.
The government has less legal control over the media in the United States than in most other countries in the world.

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Question 19.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have any power to pressure television and radio stations to provide a certain number of hours of news and public affairs broadcasting.

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Question 20.
Equal time provisions of the 1934 Communications Act cannot be suspended by the government for any reason.

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