Exam 7: The News and Social Media

A) Agenda setting
B) Framing
C) Softening
D) Sensationalizing
E) Investigating

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The Federal Communications Commission (F...

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A) Newspapers
B) Television
C) Personal correspondence
D) Radio
E) The Internet

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A) John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress
B) Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian
C) Jeremy Rifkin's Beyond Beef
D) Upton Sinclair's The Jungle
E) Rachel Carson's Silent Spring

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A) The FCC has little control over wireless frequencies because Congress has not given it this authority.
B) The media is limited with the stories that they can cover related to the government because of censorship by the FCC.
C) The government established the FCC to distribute and regulate the radio, television, and wireless frequencies.
D) The Supreme Court ruled that allowing the FCC to regulate interstate telephone service was a violation of the Commerce Act.
E) The FCC has permitted large corporations to secure control of the telephone, cable, satellite television, and Internet services.

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A) Sourcing
B) Blogging
C) Socializing
D) Framing
E) Priming

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A) The Department of Communications
B) The states
C) The Federal Communications Commission
D) The Constitution
E) Themselves, with no government oversight

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A) A key merger between a phone and cable company in the early 2000s
B) The Supreme Court supporting companies' right to make a profit by offering multiple products
C) The Telecommunications Act of 2001
D) The Telecommunications Act of 1996
E) The First Amendment

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A) Americans invent new media every decade; less attention is focused on international affairs.
B) Americans adopt new media quickly; there are more options for getting news than ever before.
C) Americans are increasingly less interested in the news; technology cannot make up for the lack of interest.
D) Americans adopt new media quickly; they abandon previous options when new technology emerges.
E) Americans are resistant to new technology; there are more options for getting news than ever before.

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A) Attempt to tighten national control over media ownership and product content
B) Attempt to deregulate all privately owned media
C) Encourage restrictions on web pages
D) Relax the rules governing media ownership
E) Spark an increase in government-owned media outlets

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A) Companies to own more media outlets
B) The government to seize stations from defiant companies
C) Companies to receive tax benefits from state governments
D) The government to fully regulate cable television
E) The FCC to raise the national audience reach cap from 35% to 45%

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A) Hard news
B) Blogosphere politics
C) Net neutrality
D) Gerrymandering
E) Agenda setting

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