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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions and Answers
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Objectivity Ans: -treating facts without influence from personal feelings
or prejudices
-western media is built on this
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-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Ans: -thinking in the way of a collective view
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-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Ans: -developing an understanding of your own media
habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources and
messages
secular media Ans: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Ans: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled with
democrats
detachment Ans: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the reader
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-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Ans: -idea that partisans see media as less
sympathetic to their side, more sympathetic to the opposing side, and
generally hostile to their point of view
-important to look at media through a filter to avoid this
credibility Ans: -quality of a source
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ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Ans: -Those media channels that reach the broadest
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audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Ans: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor
that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
social desirability Ans: tailoring your answer to what you think the other
person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Ans: work that encompasses fact-checking,
explanatory and investigative reporting, but more generally applies to
the journalistic work of holding the powerful accountable
lie Ans: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
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SMPA 1050- Midterm Questions and Answers
(100% Correct Answers) Already Graded A+
Objectivity Ans: -treating facts without influence from personal feelings
or prejudices
-western media is built on this
© 2026 Assignment Expert
-eastern people expect media to be subjective
liberal prism Ans: -thinking in the way of a collective view
Guru01 - Stuvia
-similar to group think
-happens even tho journalists try to avoid it
media literate Ans: -developing an understanding of your own media
habits and critically evaluating and analyzing media sources and
messages
secular media Ans: -tends to be liberal media that isn't religiously
motivated
natural bias Ans: occurs naturally because newsrooms are filled with
democrats
detachment Ans: -modern objectivity
-take yourself and biases out of the story as to not influence the reader
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2
-"he said, she said"
Hostile Media Effect Ans: -idea that partisans see media as less
sympathetic to their side, more sympathetic to the opposing side, and
generally hostile to their point of view
-important to look at media through a filter to avoid this
credibility Ans: -quality of a source
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ex: fox news=/= untrustworthy
mainstream media Ans: -Those media channels that reach the broadest
Guru01 - Stuvia
audiences
-commit to objectivity as the norm
-motivated by business efforts
editorials Ans: a newspaper article written by or on behalf of an editor
that gives an opinion on a topical issue.
social desirability Ans: tailoring your answer to what you think the other
person wants; this effects polling
accountability journalism Ans: work that encompasses fact-checking,
explanatory and investigative reporting, but more generally applies to
the journalistic work of holding the powerful accountable
lie Ans: -could be mistaken as intention, stupidity, or ignorance
