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1
Progressives believe that
People are generally good and will often do the right thing
The media should embrace new and modern ideas
All of the above are correct
Change is inevitable. Planned change can lead to desirable consequences
2
News is always about new events; old events never make news.
False
True
3
A person who writes news is called...
a correspondent
All of the above
a reporter
a journalist
4
Constructivist theorists of news believe that
Reporters interview 5 sources to construct news
Journalists create news using inverted pyramid
All of the above
publishers and audiences define news by influencing each other
5
Ideology is about attitude to change
True
False
6
The goal of people who own private news organisations is to
inform the public
hold government accountable
make money
entertain the audience
7
Which of these are the 7 news values?
Sports, politics, accidents, weather, war, music, celebrity
Celebrity, Conflict, Human interest, impact, oddity, proximity, timeliness
Headline, byline, caption, column, backpage, publisher, editor
All f the above
8
Idealist theory of news proposes that
News must be about great ideals
News values reveal what news look, sound or feel like
All of the above
News should be about democracy and liberty
9
A realist theorist of news believes that
News is anything that is published in a newspaper or broadcast on TV
News must be about things that will go into history books
News must be something about war
News must be based on material facts that amount to truth
10
Conservatives believe that
Change is good; the more the better
People are generally good and they will often do the right thing
Preserve what exists and fix it if needed
All perspectives matter