Test 2

Question 1

An NSA data analyst who exposed the NSA to the public

Answer 1

Edward Snowden

Question 2

This took out the the protection of the American’s identity when being monitored, this is when they started monitoring people looking for terrorist connections

Answer 2

The Program

Question 3

This is the act of The Program monitoring calls, emails, etc. and looking for key words

Answer 3

Warrant-less wiretapping

Question 4

This is the idea that people are inherently good and if well informed they will make the right and good decision

Answer 4

Self-Righting Principle

Question 5

These are lies exposed to specifically damage someone’s reputation; these are written

Answer 5

Libel

Question 6

This is meant to damage someone’s reputation; this is spoken

Answer 6

Slander

Question 7

This is defined as the reporting on public figures as knowledge of its falsity or reckless disregard for whether or not it is true

Answer 7

Actual malice

Question 8

This is the power of the government to prevent the publication or broadcast of expression

Answer 8

Prior restraint

Question 9

These laws made it illegal to criticize anyone in the government

Answer 9

Seditious Libel Laws

Question 10

These are things considered vulgar by a culture; these do change with time and culture

Answer 10

Obscenity

Question 11

This states that journalists should be unbiased, cover both sides, and cover things of actual importance

Answer 11

Fairness Doctrine

Question 12

These are things that are created and owned by someone; this ownership lasts 70 years after the person’s death

Answer 12

Copyright

Question 13

This was created to collect “royalties” from people who use people’s copyrighted properties without permission

Answer 13

Music Licensing Company

Question 14

These are the rules of behavior or moral principles that guide our actions in certain situations

Answer 14

Ethic

Question 15

These are fundamental cultural values; what is justice? what does it mean to be good?

Answer 15

Metaethics

Question 16

These “ethics” are more or less generalized theories, rules, and principles of ethical or moral behavior

Answer 16

Normative ethics

Question 17

What kind of ethics apply both general guidelines and big rules to very specific situations?

Answer 17

Applied ethics

Question 18

In applying ethics, the person making the decisions is called what?

Answer 18

Moral agent

Question 19

These laws are to protect confidants; journalists do not have to share the name of their source

Answer 19

Shield laws

Question 20

This is when reporters accept military control over their output in exchange for close contact with the troops

Answer 20

Embedding

Question 21

This is when reporters act deferentially toward news sources to ensure continued access

Answer 21

Access journalism

Question 22

This person is the mediator between the readers and the company

Answer 22

Ombudsman

Question 23

This is when England taxed literature to shut some people up and pay back debts from the French and Indian War

Answer 23

Stamp Tax

Question 24

This is the total amount of space devoted to editorial content according to the amount of advertising sold

Answer 24

News hole

Question 25

This uses exaggeration, fear, and scandal to get people’s attention

Answer 25

Sensationalism

Question 26

This is the writing structure that is placing the important news at the beginning of the story and the least important at the end

Answer 26

Inverted pyramid

Question 27

This type of journalism focuses almost entirely on sensationalism and populism to gain readership

Answer 27

Yellow journalism

Question 27

What are the 7 cannons of journalism?

Answer 27

1) Responsibility
2) Freedom of Press
3) Independence
4) Sincerity, truthfulness, accuracy
5) Impartiality
6) Fair play
7) Decency

Question 28

What did Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin have in mind when they said that US media should be the “fourth estate”?

Answer 28

They should be protected by the government as well

Question 29

What was the name of America’s first newspaper?

Answer 29

Publik Occurence

Question 30

What were the three great quality newspapers?

Answer 30

New York Times, Wallstreet Journal, Christian Science Monitor

Question 31

These act as brokers for papers, featuring items such as comics, columns, and crossword puzzles

Answer 31

Feature syndicates

Question 32

These are papers that provide a different viewpoint on the news; typically radically biased

Answer 32

Alternative press

Question 33

How did the introduction of the wire service change journalism?

Answer 33

It made it to where each paper had to make its articles appropriate for other papers to print

Question 34

The line at the beginning of a news story that gives the authors name

Answer 34

Byline

Question 35

This person usually owns the paper and does all the business side

Answer 35

Publisher