SMPA 1050 Midterm 2025/2026 Exam
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Hostile Media Effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The more one cares about an
issue/party/political figure, the more they think media coverage is biased
AGAINST their preference
The cure to the hostile media effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔media literacy
Media literacy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Understand how to be a critical reader of media,
understand media biases and your own biases
Goldberg's book Bias claims that media has a liberal bias naturally, but doesn't
present - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Empirical evidence. he uses anecdotes.
Goldberg's book Bias implicates that - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- we need to know more
about who journalists are to understand bias.
- bias is LESS likely to be evident where it is MOST obvious because that's where
journalists are more on guard
,T/F newspapers had a slant until mid 19th century - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
What is the "we're mum" in "he said/she said/we're mum" indicate - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The journalist has nothing to say and isn't adjudicating between the two parties
What is the problem in an argument b/w 2 parties if one party lies? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Journalists have trouble saying that she lied unless everyone agrees that she
lied
What are examples of press not saying that someone is lying, even when they are?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- During Clinton's impeachment, he asked what the meaning of
the word "is" is
- Media didn't call Bush admin's torture of terrorists "torture" because they felt they
were weighing in partisan debate
What does Lowery say is the the reason white perspectives are accepted as
objective neutral? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- When black and brown reporters challenge
these conventions, they are pushed out, reprimanded, and robbed of new
opportunities
- "objective journalism" is built upon subjective decision-making
, What does Lowery believe is the solution for unfair "objective journalism" - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Instead of focusing on objectivity, focus on fairness and truth
What was the Kerner Commission - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A WH report that found that
media didn't cover communities of color well because newsrooms were mostly
white
What did the Hutchens Commission say? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔There isn't just a right
to inform, but a right to be informed
What did Woods say about the press calling someone racist? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He
said to avoid the term, just describe what's being said and what's offensive about it
What did Yglesias say about the press calling someone racist? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Avoiding calling someone racist works in a world where the media wants to
appeal as many people as possible. With the rise of digital platforms, they only
need to make some people happy. Also, controversy can drive clicks
What was Tom Cotton's op-ed about? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He called for deployment
of military to protest hot spots to quell riots
Why did NYT reporters protest Tom Cotton's op-ed? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It incited
violence against Black people and was bad journalism in that it was reporting on a
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Questions and Answers | 100% Solved
Hostile Media Effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔The more one cares about an
issue/party/political figure, the more they think media coverage is biased
AGAINST their preference
The cure to the hostile media effect - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔media literacy
Media literacy - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Understand how to be a critical reader of media,
understand media biases and your own biases
Goldberg's book Bias claims that media has a liberal bias naturally, but doesn't
present - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Empirical evidence. he uses anecdotes.
Goldberg's book Bias implicates that - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- we need to know more
about who journalists are to understand bias.
- bias is LESS likely to be evident where it is MOST obvious because that's where
journalists are more on guard
,T/F newspapers had a slant until mid 19th century - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔True
What is the "we're mum" in "he said/she said/we're mum" indicate - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔The journalist has nothing to say and isn't adjudicating between the two parties
What is the problem in an argument b/w 2 parties if one party lies? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Journalists have trouble saying that she lied unless everyone agrees that she
lied
What are examples of press not saying that someone is lying, even when they are?
- 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- During Clinton's impeachment, he asked what the meaning of
the word "is" is
- Media didn't call Bush admin's torture of terrorists "torture" because they felt they
were weighing in partisan debate
What does Lowery say is the the reason white perspectives are accepted as
objective neutral? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔- When black and brown reporters challenge
these conventions, they are pushed out, reprimanded, and robbed of new
opportunities
- "objective journalism" is built upon subjective decision-making
, What does Lowery believe is the solution for unfair "objective journalism" - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔Instead of focusing on objectivity, focus on fairness and truth
What was the Kerner Commission - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔A WH report that found that
media didn't cover communities of color well because newsrooms were mostly
white
What did the Hutchens Commission say? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔There isn't just a right
to inform, but a right to be informed
What did Woods say about the press calling someone racist? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He
said to avoid the term, just describe what's being said and what's offensive about it
What did Yglesias say about the press calling someone racist? - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Avoiding calling someone racist works in a world where the media wants to
appeal as many people as possible. With the rise of digital platforms, they only
need to make some people happy. Also, controversy can drive clicks
What was Tom Cotton's op-ed about? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔He called for deployment
of military to protest hot spots to quell riots
Why did NYT reporters protest Tom Cotton's op-ed? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔It incited
violence against Black people and was bad journalism in that it was reporting on a
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PRIVACY STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
