Chapter 14

Question 0

Newsworthiness

Answer 0

Information most worthy of transformation into news stories.

Question 1

News

Answer 1

Process of gathering information and making narrative reports.

Question 2

Ethnocentrism

Answer 2

Reporters judge other countries and cultures on the basis of how “they love up to or imitate American practices and values.”

Question 3

Responsible capitalism

Answer 3

Underlying value, contending that journalists sometimes naively assume that business people compete with one another not primarily to maximize profits but “to create increased prosperity for all.”

Question 4

Small-town pastoralism

Answer 4

Favoring:
small over large
rural over urban

Question 5

Individualism

Answer 5

Most prominent value underpinning daily journalism.

Question 6

Conflict of interest

Answer 6

Any situation in which journalists may stand to benefit personally from stories they produce.

Question 7

Sound bite

Answer 7

The part of the broadcast news report in which an expert, a celebrity, a victim, or a person-in-the-street responds to some aspect of an event or issue.