Quiz 1

Which of these is spelt correctly?

What does "impartial" mean?

Presenting your own opinion

Being favourable towards one side

Being unbiased

Being very wise

What does "detrimental" mean?

Harmful

Helpful

Degrading

Insane

What does "skewed" mean?

Meat on a stick

Oblique

Negative

Slanted

This quote is needed to help you answer questions 6 - 9.

“Entertainment has superseded the provision of information; human interest has supplanted the public interest; measured judgement has succumbed to sensationalism.”

This quote is needed to help you answer questions 6 - 9.

“Entertainment has superseded the provision of information; human interest has supplanted the public interest; measured judgement has succumbed to sensationalism.”

Choose a synonym for "superseded":

Enhanced

Replaced

Choose a synonym for "supplanted":

Appealed

Removed

Choose a synonym for "succumbed":

Yielded

Overcome

What does "sensationalism" mean?

Provoking anger

Provoking awesomeness

Provoking deep thought

Provoking emotive reactions

What concerns some media commentators about contemporary television news bulletins?

There are no longer enough crimes, wars and famines to make the news interesting anymore.

People only get their news from the internet nowadays

Audiences' worldview will be skewed negatively due to sensationalised news.

Viewers are not emotionally equipped to handle bad news.

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