14. Multiple Choice Flashcards
More than any other single news source, Americans get their news from …
television
The Internet media have …
increased their market share relative to print media over the last decade.
Up until about the mid-1990s, what were the main two classes of media?
print and broadcast
Which news source reaches the majority of Americans?
television
Generally speaking, radio news is essentially a …
headline service without pictures
Per broadcast hour, radio stations usually devote how much time to coverage of the news?
5 minutes
Most nationwide radio talk shows tend to support causes and candidates who are …
conservative
Rush Limbaugh’s show is an example of the …
conservative dominance of the talk-radio format.
Infotainment shows …
appeal to a large section of people under 35 years of age.
In recent years, much of the content of the news, especially local news, has shifted away from politics and public affairs toward …
soft news
Which current popular television program presents comedic parodies of political figures and calls itself “America’s most trusted name in fake news”?
The Daily Show
Why do newspapers remain an important source of news?
The broadcast media largely cover stories already broken by major newspapers.
What is the prime source of news for educated and influential individuals?
newspapers
In terms of profitability, today’s newspaper industry is …
in serious economic trouble.
Which age group is most likely to get political news on the Internet?
18–34
Which choice best describes the relationship between the government and broadcast media?
Government does not own the communications networks but does regulate broadcast media.
American radio and television are regulated by an independent regulatory agency established in 1934 called the …
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
How often must radio and TV stations renew their FCC licenses?
every five years
Between the hours of 6 A.M. and 10 P.M., radio and television stations are prohibited from airing …
explicit sexual references.
How did media ownership in the United States change after the passage of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
It became more concentrated.
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 …
was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court.
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 …
equal time rule
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?
equal time rule
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 …
right of rebuttal
Which age group is most likely to use television as their primary source of political news?
over 55
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?
podcasts
What was the main effect that the 2001 court case A&M Records v. Napster had on the news media?
Internet distribution of copyrighted material became legally similar to other forms of distribution.
In the case of New York Times v. United States, the so-called Pentagon Papers case, the Supreme Court ruled against …
prior restraint
In the case of Cable News Network v. Noriega, the Supreme Court ruled that prior restraint is permissible to preserve …
the right to a fair trial
An effort by a government agency to block the publication of material it deems libelous or harmful is also known as …
prior restraint
