J1100 Exam

Which of the following is a potential threat to journalistic independence?
Powerful Sources
Competitive Pressures
A push for profits
All of the above
Journalists owe their allegiance to which of the following ?
Political Parties
Their editors
Their religious convictions
The public
Which of the following statements best describes Craft and Davis' approach to objectivity?
The objectivity that describes a characteristic specific to print journalists only
All of these options
That objectivity describes a process or set of methods
That objectivity describes a personal trait that is achievable
What do Craft and Davis identify as the "core value" of journalism?
Efficiency
Timeliness
Independence
Objectivity
How to Craft and Davis define a structural bias?
A type of bias that is inherent to journalism practice, which favors certain kinds of news topics and presentations over others
A bias towards the status quo
None of these options
A bias towards one particular party
Studies show that which of the following is the least important determinant of news content:
News routines
A journalist's political motives
Commercial pressures
Organizational constraints
Which of the following points is made by Politico columnist Jack Shafer in his article about CNN and Donna Brazile?
That news organizations ought to hire more partisan commentators
That news organizations use partisan commentators to create an illusion of impartiality and balance
That partisan commentators bring perspectives that enrich and enhance the journalistic product
None of these options
The Newhouse roundtable discussing the 2016 election suggests which of the following was a journalistic failure in its coverage of the campaign?
An over-reliance on polls
Focusing too much on what leaders and elites were saying
Not looking outside of the “DC beltway” at what was going on in rural communities
All of these options
Media scholar Jay Rosen devised the phrase “the view from nowhere” to describe what journalistic problem?
Journalists’ anxiety about being seen as taking sides
None of these options
The absence of journalists from rural communities
The over-reliance on pollsters and pundits
€The public should be able to get information on all sides of an issue, and all of those sides should be given equal weight.” Is this statement true or false?
True
False
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