JMC 101 Introduction to Journalism and Mass
Communications Final Exam Study Set||Verified
Exam!!||, University of Kansas William Allen White
School of Journalism and Mass Communications,
2026/2027-Question Examination with Answers and
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Which type of journalism developed in the early 1990s in
response to dissatisfaction with media treatment of social
and political issues?
a) Electronic journalism
b) Alternative journalism
c) Public journalism
d) Platypus journalism
e) Citizen journalism - Answer-c) Public jornalism
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News reporting that offers the same coverage to all
relevant sides of an issue and all representatives of those
various sides is known as what?
a) Integrity
b) Accuracy
c) Truth
d) Fairness
e) Objectivity - Answer-d) Fairness
Which type of journalism, also called radical journalism,
departs considerably from the traditions of objective
reporting and often purposely defies professional
conventions?
a) Alternative journalism
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b) Public journalism
c) Citizen journalism
d) Electronic journalism
e) Platypus journalism - Answer-a) Alternative journalism
"Man Bites Dog," a commonly used headline in beginning
journalism classes, suggests that news becomes news
when it is what?
a) Extraordinary
b) Realistic
c) Entertaining
d) Ordinary
e) Manipulative - Answer-a) Extraordinary
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Who was Ida B. Wells?
a) A noted nineteenth-century African American journalist
b) The first woman publisher in Canada
c) The wife of Frederick Douglass, who helped publish the
North Star
d) The founder of the Provincial Freeman, a weekly
newspaper targeting blacks
e) A noted African-American magazine publisher - Answer-
a) A noted nineteenth-century African American journalist
Journalist Edward R Murrow is known for what changes in
the television news world?
a) The invention of the foundations of journalism
b) The invention of television newscasts