14. Multiple Choice

Question 1

More than any other single news source, Americans get their news from …

Answer 1

television

Question 2

The Internet media have …

Answer 2

increased their market share relative to print media over the last decade.

Question 3

Up until about the mid-1990s, what were the main two classes of media?

Answer 3

print and broadcast

Question 4

Which news source reaches the majority of Americans?

Answer 4

television

Question 5

Generally speaking, radio news is essentially a …

Answer 5

headline service without pictures

Question 6

Per broadcast hour, radio stations usually devote how much time to coverage of the news?

Answer 6

5 minutes

Question 7

Most nationwide radio talk shows tend to support causes and candidates who are …

Answer 7

conservative

Question 8

Rush Limbaugh’s show is an example of the …

Answer 8

conservative dominance of the talk-radio format.

Question 9

Infotainment shows …

Answer 9

appeal to a large section of people under 35 years of age.

Question 10

In recent years, much of the content of the news, especially local news, has shifted away from politics and public affairs toward …

Answer 10

soft news

Question 11

Which current popular television program presents comedic parodies of political figures and calls itself “America’s most trusted name in fake news”?

Answer 11

The Daily Show

Question 12

Why do newspapers remain an important source of news?

Answer 12

The broadcast media largely cover stories already broken by major newspapers.

Question 13

What is the prime source of news for educated and influential individuals?

Answer 13

newspapers

Question 14

In terms of profitability, today’s newspaper industry is …

Answer 14

in serious economic trouble.

Question 15

Which age group is most likely to get political news on the Internet?

Answer 15

18–34

Question 16

Which choice best describes the relationship between the government and broadcast media?

Answer 16

Government does not own the communications networks but does regulate broadcast media.

Question 17

American radio and television are regulated by an independent regulatory agency established in 1934 called the …

Answer 17

Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Question 18

How often must radio and TV stations renew their FCC licenses?

Answer 18

every five years

Question 19

Between the hours of 6 A.M. and 10 P.M., radio and television stations are prohibited from airing …

Answer 19

explicit sexual references.

Question 20

How did media ownership in the United States change after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?

Answer 20

It became more concentrated.

Question 21

The Communications Decency Act, which made it illegal to make “indecent” sexual material on the Internet accessible to those less than 18 years of age …

Answer 21

was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.

Question 22

A federal requirement that broadcasters provide candidates for the same political office an equal opportunity to communicate their messages to the public is called the …

Answer 22

equal time rule

Question 23

A television station that sells commercial time to a state’s Republican gubernatorial candidate but not the Democratic gubernatorial candidate is subject to which of the following regulations?

Answer 23

equal time rule

Question 24

In the 1969 case of Red Lion Broadcasting Company v. Federal Communications Commission, the Supreme Court upheld the FCC’s determination that a radio station was required to provide a liberal author with an opportunity to respond to an attack from a conservative commentator that the station had aired based on the regulation known as the …

Answer 24

right of rebuttal

Question 25

Which age group is most likely to use television as their primary source of political news?

Answer 25

over 55

Question 26

What is the fastest growing news medium in the United States, including for political news, with the percentage of the population using it monthly growing from 8 to 22 percent from 2008 to 2016?

Answer 26

podcasts

Question 27

What was the main effect that the 2001 court case A&M Records v. Napster had on the news media?

Answer 27

Internet distribution of copyrighted material became legally similar to other forms of distribution.

Question 28

In the case of New York Times v. United States, the so-called Pentagon Papers case, the Supreme Court ruled against …

Answer 28

prior restraint

Question 29

In the case of Cable News Network v. Noriega, the Supreme Court ruled that prior restraint is permissible to preserve …

Answer 29

the right to a fair trial

Question 30

An effort by a government agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful is also known as …

Answer 30

prior restraint