Communication Flashcards
The capacity of news media to select some aspects of a story that promote a particular problem definition, causal interpretation, moral evaluation, and/or treatment recommendation is know as media:
A. Agenda Setting
B. Cultivation
C. Framing
D. Priming
Framing
Which of the fallowing daily newspaper is published in the United Kingdom?
A. The Independent
B. Time Out
C. The Daily Herald
D. The Observer
The Independent
What policies, which mandated that the media broadcasters present a diversity of perspectives on contentious or controversial subjects in order to prevent domination by a single viewpoint, was repealed by the U.S. Congress in 1987?
A. The Communications Decency Act
B. The Equal Time Rule
C. The Media Bias Rule
D. The Fairness Doctrine
The Fairness Doctrine
Weber Shandwick, Fleishman-Hillard, Hill and Knowlton, and Ketchum, Inc. are among the largest U.S based:
A. Newspaper Chains
B. Media Conglomerates
C. Public Relations Agencies
D. Media-Research Firms
Public Relations Agencies
Which of the fallowing entities operates independently of the State Department and reports directly to Congress?
A. Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau
B. Public Affairs Bureau
C. International Information Programs Bureau
D. The Broadcasting Board of Government
The Broadcasting Board of Government
The U.S. Information and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, popularly known as the Smith-Mundt Act, prohibits the U.S. government from:
A. Allocating domestic broadcast spectrum to international broadcasting platforms sponsored by foreign governments.
B. Participating in cultural or educational exchange programs with governments that are not signatories of the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights.
C. Disseminating information intended for foreign audiences with the U.S. borders
D. Intentionally releasing false or misleading information to foreign audiences
Disseminating information intended for foreign audiences with the U.S. borders
U.S. citizens are unlikely to be able to listen to or read U.S. public diplomacy outreach materials because of which of the fallowing acts of Congress?
A. Fullbright-Hayes
B. McCain-Feingold
C. Percy-Abzug
D. Smith-Mundt
Smith-Mundt
Which of the fallowing entities/programs is an official organ of U.S. government public diplomacy efforts?
A. The Edward R. Murrow Center of Public Diplomacy efforts?
B. The National Endowment for Democracy
C. The International Visitors Program
D. Business for Diplomatic Action
The International Visitors Program
In the 1960s and ‘70s, writers such as Tom Wolfe, Gay Talese, and Joan Didion often wrote from the point of view of their sources, one of the techniques that defined a form of reporting known as.
A. Civic Journalism
B. Investigative reporting
C. Muckraking
D. New Journalism
New journalism
Which of the fallowing terms is commonly used to reflect the contribution that the attractiveness of a nation’s culture and values can make to its international standing?
A. National branding
B. The CNN effect
C. Psychological operations
D. Soft power
Soft power
What type of speech is used when advocating a solution to a societal problem or arguing for action on legislative matters?
A. Informative
B. Persuasive
C. Commemorative
D. Technical
Persuasive
Relationship between the U.S. and the country of Lapatria are at an all-time low. In order to best engage with the local press, the embassy spokesperson should
A. Avoid face-to-face contact with the press until diplomatic relations stabilize
B. Invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the U.S. position
C. Hold a press conference to explain the U.S. position on the tension
D. Set up a Web page explaining the U.S. position on the matter
Invite influential journalists to the embassy for one-on-one interviews to explain the U.S. position
A series of editorial appear in the Lapatrian press condemning the lack of donor aid from the U.S. government. To counter these criticisms most effectively, a Foreign Service Officer would:
A. Lobby for the expansion of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) support for development in Lapatria
B. Publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private as well as public U.S. philanthropic activities in Lapatria
C. Host a press conference denouncing the criticism as unjust
D. Contact the State Department home office regarding the expansion of donor aid to Lapatria
Publish booklets and disseminate press releases that stress the importance of private as well as public U.S. philanthropic activities in Lapatria
Which of the fallowing international broadcasting service, directed to audiences in the Middle East region, is funded by the U.S. Government?
A. Al Jazeera
B. Al-Arabiya
C. Radio Farda
D. Radio Dijla
Radio Farda
Public diplomacy, as defined by the Department of State, differs from propaganda in that public diplomacy
A. Carefully avoid controversial issues
B. Must aways be based on fact and the truth
C. Often clashes with U.S. foreign policy interests
D. Is conducted exclusively by private citizens
Must aways be based on fact and the truth
