POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo Salas

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POSC 100 Study Guide Ricardo
Salas

• Part 3
• Assignment 20

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Notice

• Dear students
• The odd-numbered questions are answered for
  you. The answers to the even-numbered questions
  are the result of your readings. This is to
  assure that you are understanding the material.
  Good luck!

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Assignment 20
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The Media

• T or F Questions (11)
• Multiple Choice questions (11)
• Fill-in Questions (2)

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True or False Questions

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True or False

• 1/11
• Unlike Great Britain, it is quite easy for a
  politician to win a libel case against the media.

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Answer

• 1/11
• False

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True or False

• 2/11
• The First Amendment has been interpreted
  broadly by the Supreme Court giving maximum
  flexibility to the press to cover politics in
  nearly any way it chooses.

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Answer

• 2/11

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True or False

• 3/11
• Although most newspapers have a partisan bias
  in their editorial pages, nearly all of them
  accord the Republican and Democratic parties
  their points of view.

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Answer

• 3/11
• True

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True or False

• 4/11
• The New York Times devotes more news space to
  Americas social problems than does the
  editorially conservative Wall Street Journal
  which devotes more of its space to the problems
  of corporate America.

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Answer

• 4/11

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True or False

• 5/11
• Broadcasters do not have to give equal air
  time to an opposing candidate running for the
  same office because of the First Amendment.

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Answer

• 5/11
• False

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True or False

• 6/11
• European news organizations are more
  committed to political neutrality than their
  American counterparts.

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Answer

• 6/11

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True or False

• 7/11
• Content analysis studies have revealed a
  large or consistent liberal bias on the evening
  newscasts.

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Answer

• 7/11
• False

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True or False

• 8/11
• Compared to his Democratic rivals, George W.
  Bush received more favorable coverage during the
  2000 presidential campaign but less favorable
  coverage during the 2004 campaign.

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Answer

• 8/11

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True or False

• 9/11
• Rupert Murdoch followed Ted Turners model
  when he created the 24 hour Fox News Network,
  wanting to show fairness and equality in
  reporting the political news.

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Answer

• 9/11
• False

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True or False

• 10/11
• Liberal blogs are nearly as scathing in their
  denunciation of Democratic leaders who supported
  the War in Iraq, as they are against the Bush
  administrations pursuit of the war.

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Answer

• 10/11

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True or False

• 11/11
• According to Patterson, prior to Watergate,
  the common-carrier role was clearly the dominant
  relationship between reporters and public
  officials.

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Answer

• 11/11
• True

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Multiple Choice Questions

• The following questions are multiple choices.
  Select the most appropriate answer.

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1/11

• Why are the major news organizations focused
  on the fighting in Iraq rather than its
  reconstruction?
• a) Fighting is a more difficult story to tell
• b) Because war is more sensational,
  attracting and
• simple to tell
• c) Reconstruction is too compelling
• d) The American people love fighting more
  peace.

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Answer

• 1/11
• b

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2/11

• The American press initially was tied to which
  of the following?
• a) political party system
• b) private enterprise
• c) the federal government
• d) state governments.

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Answer

• 2/11

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3/11

• What was the most significant reason for
• the decline of America's partisan press?
• a) corruption
• b) the inability to generate sales
• c) changing demographics
• d) technological change.

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Answer

• 3/11
• d

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4/11

• Late nineteenth century journalism that
• emphasized a "shrieking, gaudy,
• sensation-loving kind of reporting to lure
• the reader
• a) yellow journalism
• b) tabloid journalism
• c) sensational journalism
• d) black journalism.

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Answer

• 4/11

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5/11

• A circulation battle between William
• Randolph Hearts New York Journal and
• Joseph Pulitzers New York World is
• believed to have contributed to the
• outbreak of the
• a) Mexican-American American War
• b) Spanish-American War
• c) the War with the Philippines
• d) American Civil War

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Answer

• 5/11
• b

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6/11

• A model of reporting which is based on the
  "facts" rather than opinions and was "fair" in
  that it presented both sides of a partisan
  debate
• a) independent reporting
• b) responsible journalism
• c) objective journalism
• d) conscientious writing.

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Answer

• 6/11

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7/11

• Broadcasters, which are licensed and
• regulated by the following, must meet
• certain performance standards
• a) the Federal Broadcasting Bureau
• b) the Electronic Media Commission
• c) the Airways Regulatory and Investigative
  Bureau
• d) the Federal Communications Commission.

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Answer

• 7/11
• d

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8/11

• Up until the late 1980s, broadcasters were
• bound to treat fairly all sides of the
• debate on controversial public issues
• a) the Fairness Doctrine
• b) the Equal-Treatment Principle
• c) the Shared Social Responsibility Act
• d) the Community Standards Rule.

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Answer

• 8/11

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9/11

• Network coverage of the Democratic-
• controlled Congress of 1993-94 was nearly
• 70 negative, deriding the legislature as a
• a) lazy-incompetent Congress
• b) do-nothing Congress
• c) dishonest-corrupt Congress
• d) bought-off Congress.

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Answer

• 9/11
• b

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10/11

• In what area are liberal and conservative
• blogs similar?
• a) their scathing attacks on their own
  parties
• b) their operational budgets
• c) their lack of respect for the mainstream
  media
• d) their lack of creativity and
  professionalism

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Answer

• 10/11

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11/11

• Why are reporters not nearly as well suited as
• political leaders to the role of public
• representative?
• a) Reporters have a greater accountability to
  the public
• than do political leaders
• b) Representation requires a point of view
  that is lacking
• among the media representatives
• c) Reporters are made responsible to the
  public by a
• formal mechanism
• d) Reporters are the laughing stock of the
  public who
• have become contemptuous of their actions.

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Answer

• 11/11
• b

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Fill-in Questions

• The following questions have missing critical
  words. Fill in the most appropriate missing word.

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1/2

• The news is mainly an account of obtruding
• events,
• a) particularly those which are ________ (new or
• unfolding developments rather than old or
  static ones),
• b) __________ (striking developments rather than
  commonplace ones),
• c) and ____________ (developments that arouse
  people's concerns and emotions as opposed to
  remote ones.)

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Answer

• 1/2
• Timely
• Dramatic
• Compelling

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2/2

• In fulfilling its responsibility to provide
  public
• information, the news media effectively performs
• three significant roles
• a) the ___________ role (the press brings
  relevant events and problems in to public view),
• b) ________ _________ (the press serves as a
  channel through which political leaders can
  address the public),
• c) and __________ (the press scrutinizes official
  behavior for evidence of deceitful, careless, or
  corrupt acts.

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Answer

• 2/2

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Presidential Powers John W. Dean pgs. 303-306
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True or False

• 1/4
• The constitution contains expressed
• provisions for emergency or crisis
• situations.

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Answer

• 1/4
• False

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2/4

• Abraham Lincoln launched the Civil War
  unilaterally without Congressional action,
  following the secession of seven Southern states.

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Answer

• 2/4

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3/4

• The present emergency laws and regulations
  that expand the powers of the President are more
  dangerous than in the past, argues Dean, because
  this is a protracted war on terrorism that will
  allow for the maintenance of such an expansion in
  perpetuity.

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Answer

• 3/4
• True

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4/4

• Each national crisis has left the nation a
  little less democratic than before, argues Dean
  when citing Rossiter.

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Answer

• 4/4

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Multiple Choice Questions

• 1/4
• An American President possesses awesome
• powers that political scientists have described
  as
• the powers of a
• (a) constitutional monarchy,
• (b) constitutional dictatorship,
• (c) legal prime minister,
• (d) benign sovereign.

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Answer

• 1/4
• b

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2/4

• According to John Dean, democracy works
• best in times of
• a) peace b) war
• c) crisis d) conflict.

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Answer

• 2/4

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3/4

• Following the Civil War, the Supreme Court ruled
• that the government within the Constitution, has
  all
• the powers granted to it which are necessary to
• preserve its existence
• a) Lincoln vs. Ferguson
• b) Ex Parte Jonhson
• c) Ex Parte Milligan
• d) Hamilton vs. Davis

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Answer

• 3/4
• c

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4/4

• Citing Rossiter, what is the greatest danger
• from a constitutional dictatorship resulting
• from some sort of crisis?
• a) loss of civil liberties
• b) the trampling of the Constitution
• c) the abuse of power
• d) the allowance of maintaining the
  expanded
• powers.

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Answer

• 4/4

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The End