JMC 101 University of Kansas Exam #2 Questions and
Answers
Journalism - -The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news
websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
-News - -Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important
events.
-Watchdog Function - -Watchdog journalists gather information about the actions of
people in power and inform the public in order to hold elected officials to account.
-Agenda-Setting Function - -The study of agenda-setting describes the "ability (of the news
media) to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda".
-Bias - -Media bias occurs when journalists or news organizations allow their own
opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it.
-Editorializing - -(of a newspaper, editor, or broadcasting organization) make comments
or express opinions rather than just report the news.
-Conflict of Interest - -At its broadest, conflict of interest comprises a variety of situations
where undeclared obligations or loyalties exist that might plausibly stand between
journalists or journalism organizations and the public they principally serve.
-Plagiarism - -Plagiarism is traditionally defined as taking someone else's work and
presenting it as your own. In journalism, it is considered one of the primary sins of the
profession. Many journalists have lost their jobs or faced legal action for lifting others'
writing or other production.
-Theft - -Newspaper theft is a crime where significant portion of a newspaper print or
other publication is stolen or destroyed in order to prevent others from reading its content,
including those publications that are available for free.
-Deception - -
-Fabrication - -Media professionals break ethical codes when they invent or create
information that has no basis in truth. In simple terms, when journalists fabricate
information, they are lying.
-Burning a Source - -Disclosing the identity of a source who gives you information in
confidence
-Anonymous Sources - -An anonymous source is someone who is interviewed by a
reporter but does not want to be named in the article the reporter writes.
, -Pull Quote - -Pull quotes are made up of text that is pulled from the text—that is,
duplicated—and presented on the page as an attention-grabbing visual element. Pull
quotes are commonly used in magazines and on news websites to hook a reader's attention
with a juicy quote from the story.
-Drop Cap - -Drop caps, short for dropped capitals, are large single letters that are several
lines larger than the surrounding text and are taken from the first word of the paragraph.
Drop caps are more than decoration: They lead readers' eyes to the beginning of an article,
prompting them to read the text.
-Surveillance - -
-Budget Line - -Your "budget line" is what you would give your editor when proposing to
do a story (a/k/a story proposal). You are trying to sell the story to your editor — and to
give yourself at least a rough plan for developing and writing the story. Begin each budget
line with a one-‐word title (called a "slug").
-Inverted Pyramid - -The inverted pyramid structure simply means placing the most
fundamental information in the lead paragraph of the story, and then arranging the
remaining details, from most important to least important, in the following nut graphs.
-Wire Service - -A wire services provides news reports to media outlets, and are also
called news agencies, news cooperatives, and news services. Wire services prepare hard-
news articles, features, and other material to be used by media outlets, with little or no
editing needed.
-Yellow Journalism - -Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude
exaggeration.
-Investigative Journalism - -Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which
reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial
injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.
-Freemium vs. Premium - -Allowing subscribers to choose their ad tolerance by paying
more
-Visual Storytelling - -Visual Storytelling is the process of communicating through visual
media. Visuals in storytelling help with connection and make information easy to
understand and digest. Media methods include illustration, enhanced graphics, videos and
even music.
-Consumer Magazines - -Consumer magazines get revenue two ways: ads and people
buying.
Answers
Journalism - -The activity or profession of writing for newspapers, magazines, or news
websites or preparing news to be broadcast.
-News - -Newly received or noteworthy information, especially about recent or important
events.
-Watchdog Function - -Watchdog journalists gather information about the actions of
people in power and inform the public in order to hold elected officials to account.
-Agenda-Setting Function - -The study of agenda-setting describes the "ability (of the news
media) to influence the importance placed on the topics of the public agenda".
-Bias - -Media bias occurs when journalists or news organizations allow their own
opinions to affect the news that they report and the way that they report it.
-Editorializing - -(of a newspaper, editor, or broadcasting organization) make comments
or express opinions rather than just report the news.
-Conflict of Interest - -At its broadest, conflict of interest comprises a variety of situations
where undeclared obligations or loyalties exist that might plausibly stand between
journalists or journalism organizations and the public they principally serve.
-Plagiarism - -Plagiarism is traditionally defined as taking someone else's work and
presenting it as your own. In journalism, it is considered one of the primary sins of the
profession. Many journalists have lost their jobs or faced legal action for lifting others'
writing or other production.
-Theft - -Newspaper theft is a crime where significant portion of a newspaper print or
other publication is stolen or destroyed in order to prevent others from reading its content,
including those publications that are available for free.
-Deception - -
-Fabrication - -Media professionals break ethical codes when they invent or create
information that has no basis in truth. In simple terms, when journalists fabricate
information, they are lying.
-Burning a Source - -Disclosing the identity of a source who gives you information in
confidence
-Anonymous Sources - -An anonymous source is someone who is interviewed by a
reporter but does not want to be named in the article the reporter writes.
, -Pull Quote - -Pull quotes are made up of text that is pulled from the text—that is,
duplicated—and presented on the page as an attention-grabbing visual element. Pull
quotes are commonly used in magazines and on news websites to hook a reader's attention
with a juicy quote from the story.
-Drop Cap - -Drop caps, short for dropped capitals, are large single letters that are several
lines larger than the surrounding text and are taken from the first word of the paragraph.
Drop caps are more than decoration: They lead readers' eyes to the beginning of an article,
prompting them to read the text.
-Surveillance - -
-Budget Line - -Your "budget line" is what you would give your editor when proposing to
do a story (a/k/a story proposal). You are trying to sell the story to your editor — and to
give yourself at least a rough plan for developing and writing the story. Begin each budget
line with a one-‐word title (called a "slug").
-Inverted Pyramid - -The inverted pyramid structure simply means placing the most
fundamental information in the lead paragraph of the story, and then arranging the
remaining details, from most important to least important, in the following nut graphs.
-Wire Service - -A wire services provides news reports to media outlets, and are also
called news agencies, news cooperatives, and news services. Wire services prepare hard-
news articles, features, and other material to be used by media outlets, with little or no
editing needed.
-Yellow Journalism - -Journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude
exaggeration.
-Investigative Journalism - -Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which
reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, racial
injustice, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing.
-Freemium vs. Premium - -Allowing subscribers to choose their ad tolerance by paying
more
-Visual Storytelling - -Visual Storytelling is the process of communicating through visual
media. Visuals in storytelling help with connection and make information easy to
understand and digest. Media methods include illustration, enhanced graphics, videos and
even music.
-Consumer Magazines - -Consumer magazines get revenue two ways: ads and people
buying.
