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Question 1

Cathartic theory

Answer 1

people release violent inclinations by seeing them portrayed

Question 2

Narcotizing dysfunction

Answer 2

People deceive themselves into believing they’re involved when actually they’re only informed.

Question 3

Subliminal Message

Answer 3

cannot be consciously perceived

Question 4

multistep flow

Answer 4

media affects individuals through complex interpersonal connections

Question 5

minimal effects theory

Answer 5

Theory that media effects are mostly indirect.

Question 6

Bobo doll studies

Answer 6

Kids seemed more violent after seeing violence in movies

Question 7

Powerful effects theory

Answer 7

Theory that media have immediate, direct influence

Question 8

Third Person effect

Answer 8

One person overestimating the effect of media messages on other people.

Question 9

527 Status

Answer 9

For political support groups that independently create and finance campaign advertising

Question 10

Agenda setting

Answer 10

The process through which issues bubble up into public attention through mass media selection of what to cover.

Question 11

Watchdog role

Answer 11

Concept of the press as a skeptical and critical monitor of government.

Question 12

Framing

Answer 12

Selecting aspects of a perceived reality for emphasis in a mass media message, thereby shaping how the audience sees the reality

Question 13

fourth estate

Answer 13

The press as a player in medieval power structures, in addition to the clerical, noble and common esstates.

Question 14

Swiftboating

Answer 14

Smear campaigns, generally by 527s

Question 15

Attack ads

Answer 15

A subspecies of negative ads, especially savage in criticizing an opponent, many playing loosely with context and facts.

Question 16

Equal time rule

Answer 16

Government requirement for stations to offer competing political candidates the same time period and the same rate for advertising

Question 17

Fairness doctrine

Answer 17

Former government requirement that stations air all sides of public issues

Question 18

CNN Effect

Answer 18

The ability of television, through emotion-raising video, to elevate distant issues on the domestic public agenda

Question 19

Embeds

Answer 19

News reporters who are with military units on missions

Question 20

pool system

Answer 20

Reporters chosen on a rotating basis to cover an event to which access is limited

Question 21

soft diplomacy

Answer 21

Government’s low key initiatives to create a favorable context for foreign relations. Includes direct-to-the-people media messages

Question 22

firewall

Answer 22

A block on unauthorized access to a computer system while permitting outward communication

Question 23

Authoritarianism

Answer 23

Top-down governance such as a monarchy or dictatorship

Question 24

Natural rights

Answer 24

Inherent human rights, including self-determination

Question 25

First Amendment

Answer 25

The free-expression section of the U.S. Constitution

Question 26

Nation-building

Answer 26

Encouraging governance and infrastructure systems in developing countries

Question 27

Nation-state

Answer 27

A sovereign state whose people share a political system and usually language or ethnicity.

Question 28

Principled Leaking

Answer 28

Concept that government and corporate employees serve a better good in whistle-blowing on corrupt, deceitful and secret practices.

Question 29

Prior Restraint

Answer 29

Prohibiting expression in advance

Question 30

Copyright

Answer 30

Protects the ownership rights of creative works, including books, articles and lyrics.

Question 31

Intellectual property

Answer 31

Creative works

Question 32

Piracy

Answer 32

Theft of copyright-protected material

Question 33

Hate speech

Answer 33

Offensive expressions, especially those aimed at racial, ethenic and sexual orientation minorities

Question 34

Indecency

Answer 34

Term used by the Federal Communications Commission to encompass a range of words and depictions improper on public airwaves

Question 35

Infringement

Answer 35

A violation of copyright

Question 36

pornography

Answer 36

sexually explicit depictions that are protected from government bans

Question 37

public airwaves

Answer 37

Concept that broadcast should be subject to government regulation because the electromagnetic spectrum is a public asset

Question 38

Reckless disregard

Answer 38

Supreme court language for a situation in which public figures may sue for libel

Question 39

Canons of Journalism

Answer 39

First Media code, 1923

Question 40

Freebies

Answer 40

Gifts for which the giver may expect favors in return

Question 41

Plaigiarism

Answer 41

Using someone else’s work without permission or credit

Question 42

Junket

Answer 42

Trip with expenses paid by someone who may expect favors in return

Question 43

Situational Ethics

Answer 43

Make ethics decisions on the basis of situation at hand

Question 44

Libertarian theory

Answer 44

Given good information and time, people ultimately make right decisions

Question 45

Code of Ethics

Answer 45

Statement that defines acceptable, unacceptable behavior

Question 46

Pragmatic ethics

Answer 46

Judge acts by their results

Question 47

Selective editing

Answer 47

Misrepresentation through omission and juxtaposition

Question 48

Categorical Imperative

Answer 48

A principle that can be applied in any and all circumstances with moral certitude

Question 49

Bullet Model

Answer 49

Another name for the overrated powerful effects theory