How much television does the average American child watch per week?
25 Hours
In the United States, the government controls and owns a very large percentage of the
media.
False
Which of the following is not one of th
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How much television does the average American child watch per week?
25 Hours
In the United States, the government controls and owns a very large percentage of the
media.
False
Which of the following is not one of the five biggest media corporations in the United
States?
Microsoft
The link between violence in the media and school shootings has been proven to be
direct.
False
Media _____ refers to a worldwide educational movement that aims to teach to people
to understand how the media affect both individuals and society as a whole.
literacy
People can reject lessons they learned through socialization.
True
Which of the following is not true about media and behavior?
There is no data that supports that the media affects our behavior.
After seeing an ad for jeans, Ashley tells her mom that she wants to buy those jeans
immediately. This is an example of the media impacting Ashley's _____.
behavior
Carlos grew up believing that it's not normal for boys to play with dolls because his older
brothers and male friends didn't play with dolls, and because he only saw girls in doll
commercials. This is an example of the media affecting Carlos' _____.
socialization
The Federal Communications Commission has always had a heavy hand in regulating
the media in the United States; in fact, the FCC is much more strict in regulating the
media than are the regulatory agencies in most of the world's countries.
False
As a Democrat, President Bill Clinton strongly disagreed with President Ronald
Reagan's media deregulation policies and worked hard to undo them.
FalseMost of the U.S. media was controlled by 50 corporations in 1983, and that number
dropped to 23 in 1990 and down to five today.
True
Which is TRUE about the PICON standard?
PICON stands for "public interest, convenience, or necessity."
Five corporations own over 90 percent of the media in the US.
True
Political parties and churches often were not allowed to have a radio station in the
1920s.
False
PICON stands for "private interest, convenience, or necessity."
False
Deregulation means that many rules imposed by the FCC are lifted.
True
The primary purpose of TV, magazines, movies is to entertain.
False
Television news usually is more detailed than the news found in newspapers.
False
News found on the Internet tends to be more accurate than news found in newspapers.
True
National Public Radio is controlled by a combination of government, corporate
sponsorship, and individual donations.
True
Most American cities have more local newspapers today than they did in 1900.
False
Which of the following types of news was NOT considered sensationalistic?
objective journalism
"The media doesn't tell us what to think, but it tells us what to think about" describes the
_____ function of the media.
agenda setting
A newspaper decides not to run a story about an economic crisis that's affecting
hundreds of thousands of peopl
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