KU -JMC 101 FINAL EXAM QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS | ALREADY GRADED A+
Narrative - correct-answer -A story with a beginning, middle, and end structure. A
problem is introduced and solved.
Selective exposure - correct-answer -Living in your own bubble. You choose what
to listen to. We seek media that reinforces our cultural beliefs.
Mass communication - correct-answer -Delivering a message to a large audience
that may be distant and diverse.
Medium - correct-answer -A channel or system of communication
Libel - correct-answer -Written defamation that is damaging, false, and identifies
another person or institution. This is civil, not criminal but you can be sued.
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Censorship - correct-answer -Control of legally designated authority of what is said
and what is written.
Empiricism - correct-answer -The idea that all learning comes from experience and
interactions. Base stories on evidence
Printing press - correct-answer -Revolutionized society by standardizing language,
spreading ideas, increasing literacy, and growing the printing industry.
"Marketplace of ideas" - correct-answer -Rationale for freedom of expression
based on the analogy to the economic concept of a free market. They insisted that
human rights were natural and not simply handed down by the government or by
kings.
Partisan Press - correct-answer -A 1775 newspaper allied to one political party
during the revolution. Most papers supported the rebellion: Whig, Others
supported the British Co
Publick Occurrences - correct-answer -1690 by publisher Benjamin Harris,
published one issue before being suppressed by the British Government because
they hated the British Government.
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Penny Press - correct-answer -It democratized the media where publishers could
serve broad public tastes rather than elite segments of a community. It included
ordinary men and women and was available to all social classes.
Agenda-setting function - correct-answer -To influence the importance of one
issue or another in the public's mind. A cultural issue people need to pay attention
to.
Narrative - correct-answer -A story with a beginning, middle, and end structure. A
problem is introduced and solved.
Selective exposure - correct-answer -Living in your own bubble. You choose what
to listen to. We seek media that reinforces our cultural beliefs.
Mass communication - correct-answer -Delivering a message to a large audience
that may be distant and diverse.
Medium - correct-answer -A channel or system of communication