Chapter 11-Evolving Journalism

Question 1

Newsreels

Answer 1

Short films dealing with current events, shown in movie theaters prior to the advent of television.

Question 2

Residual News

Answer 2

Stories about events that are recurrent or long-lasting.

Question 3

Commentaries

Answer 3

On-air discussions about the news.

Question 4

Stringers

Answer 4

Independent journalists who are paid only for material used.

Question 5

Pseudo Events

Answer 5

Happenings that would not have occurred if media were not there to record them.

Question 6

Documentary

Answer 6

A long-form recorded examination of a social problem or historical subject.

Question 7

Credibility Gap

Answer 7

The difference between what government says and what the public believes to be true.

Question 8

News On Demand

Answer 8

Information that users can access whenever they want.

Question 9

Videotext

Answer 9

An experimental system for delivering electronic newspapers to homes via television sets.

Question 10

Bulletin Board Services (BBS’s)

Answer 10

Early online news services.

Question 11

Video On Demand (VOD)

Answer 11

Television clips that users can access whenever they want.

Question 12

News

Answer 12

The presentation of information that is timely, important, and interesting to its audience.

Question 13

News Values

Answer 13

Characteristics that define news, including timelines, importance, and interest.

Question 14

Peg

Answer 14

An angle, or perspective, that makes information interesting to the audience.

Question 15

Anchor

Answer 15

The primary newsreader, who appears in the broadcast news studio.

Question 16

Satellite News Gathering (SNG)

Answer 16

Reporting the news with equipment that enables transmission via satellite.

Question 17

Electronic News Gathering (ENG)

Answer 17

Reporting that uses portable field equipment.

Question 18

Backpack Journalists

Answer 18

Television correspondents who work alone with a laptop computer and a handheld camera in the field.

Question 19

Liberal Bias

Answer 19

Point of view that is generally purported to be anti-big business, pro-big government, antireligion, and anti-Republican.

Question 20

Conservative Bias

Answer 20

A point of view that is generally purported to be pro-big business, anti-big government, proreligion, and anti-Democrat.

Question 21

Centrist Bias

Answer 21

Failure of the news media to report on radical points of view.

Question 22

Creeping Bias

Answer 22

A subtle form of slanting that manifests itself in understated ways.

Question 23

Embedded Journalists

Answer 23

Nonmilitary reporters attached to a military unit.