This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Media > Politics > Media And Politics – Quiz 5 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Media And Politics Quiz 5 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What is the primary drawback of television as a source of political information? A) It is not commercially supported. B) It reaches fewer Americans than any other form of media. C) It is less informative due to short news stories. D) It is biased towards liberal political ideology. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It is less informative due to short news stories. 2. What is a press release in the context of media and politics? A) A detailed news story. B) A disclosure of confidential information to a journalist. C) A news story with minimal revisions. D) A story written by politicians released to the press. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A story written by politicians released to the press. 3. Explain the concept of media ownership and its impact on the media's role in politics. A) Media ownership results in increased diversity of viewpoints. B) Media ownership can impact the media's role in politics by leading to biased reporting, censorship, and limited diversity of viewpoints. C) Media ownership leads to more objective reporting. D) Media ownership has no impact on the media's role in politics. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Media ownership can impact the media's role in politics by leading to biased reporting, censorship, and limited diversity of viewpoints. 4. Among the significant events in the development and recognition of citizen journalism which received much attention from the mainstream media in recent time was during the London Bombing on 7 July 2055 and A) 2006 Iranian Election. B) 2009 Iranian Election. C) 2019 Iranian Election. D) 2012 Iranian Election. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 2009 Iranian Election. 5. What is a serious complaint about broadcast and print journalism? A) They are less informative due to short news stories. B) They have an incentive not to report on stories critical of their parent organizations or advertisers. C) They have a bias towards conflict and scandal. D) They are primarily financed by advertising. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) They have an incentive not to report on stories critical of their parent organizations or advertisers. 6. What is the primary factor that influences the news according to the text? A) Advertisers. B) Journalists. C) Consumers of news. D) Politicians. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Journalists. 7. What is the definition of "Media" ? A) A means of communicating to a large number of people. B) A survey of random people meant to evaluate opinions on a certain topic. C) A group that works together to achieve a goal. D) A matter on which there are two or more viewpoints. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) A means of communicating to a large number of people. 8. Television Advertisement:Get all of your stains out by using new and improved Ultra Suds and wash your blues away! A) Bandwagon. B) Testimonial. C) Glittering generalities. D) Name calling. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glittering generalities. 9. What feature defines a tabloid? A) Long articles. B) Big headlines. C) Few images. D) Focus on content. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Big headlines. 10. Democracy requires that citizens be informed because they must be able to make educated voting choices. A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. 11. What type of propaganda uses negative words or feelings against an idea, product or person? A) Name calling. B) Transfer. C) Glittering generalities. D) Snob appeal. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Name calling. 12. Which of the following is NOT one of the ways in which the media affect politics? A) By providing information on both parties. B) By contributing to election campaign funds. C) By focusing public attention on particular issues. D) By providing in-depth coverage of national issues. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By contributing to election campaign funds. 13. Which voting amendment extended suffrage to 18 year olds? A) 18th. B) 19th. C) Show. D) 26th. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 26th. 14. The workshop organized by MalaysiaKini was a brainchild of the CEO of Malaysiakini news portal known as A) Premesh Chindran. B) Premesh Chandran. C) Pramesh Chandran. D) Premesh Chandren. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Premesh Chandran. 15. A technique that is designed to send the message that a product or person is "just like you." A) Plain Folks. B) Testimonial. C) Transfer. D) Tricks of the Trade. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Plain Folks. 16. The technique always shows the subject of the message in a positive light, but provides little or no information. A) Transfer. B) Testimonial. C) Glittering Generality. D) Plain Folks. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Glittering Generality. 17. How can the media provide oversight and checks on the political system? A) By ignoring political scandals and corruption. B) By conducting investigative journalism, fact-checking political statements, holding politicians accountable through reporting, and providing a platform for public discourse and debate. C) By promoting biased reporting and favoring certain political parties. D) By spreading misinformation and propaganda. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) By conducting investigative journalism, fact-checking political statements, holding politicians accountable through reporting, and providing a platform for public discourse and debate. 18. By 2010, what did most MPs have? A) Their own website. B) Their own twitter account. C) Their own newspaper. D) Their own Instagram account. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Their own website. 19. Which comes last? A) Industrial Age. B) Information Age. C) Prehistoric Age. D) Electronic Age. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Information Age. 20. The media plays a common-carrier role by providing a line of communication between the government and the people A) TRUE. B) FALSE. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) TRUE. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesMedia QuizzesMedia And Politics Quiz 1Media And Politics Quiz 2Media And Politics Quiz 3Media And Politics Quiz 4Media And Politics Quiz 6 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books