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1
According to the textbook, the most important African American pre-civil war newspaper was:
Free Speech and Headlight
The liberator
The North Star
Cherokee Phoenix
2
Which editor is in charge of editorial cartoons?
Layout Editor
Editorial Editor
Copy Editor
Graphic Design Editor
3
(1765)Enforcement of this monetary requirement against publishers sought to reduce circulation:
Partisan Press Reparations
Alien and Sedition laws
Malicious Intent
The Stamp Act
4
Which woman took over publishing the
New York Weekly
when her husband was jailed for false and seditious writing?
Anna Zenger
Melody Campbell
Jane Swisshelm
Pamela Franklin
5
El Misisipi
was printed in German in the state of Mississippi
.
True
False
6
Which British action turned colonial printers into revolutionaries!
Publishing of the Boston News- Letter
The Stamp Act
The jailing of Peter Zenger
7
"It is our God given right to move westward" This philosophy is known as:
"The truth will set you free!"
Manifest Destiny
The Stamp Act
Alien and sedition laws
8
Which one of the following was
not
a new development which reached new readers (19th century)
Tabloid Format
Frontier Journalism
Ethnic & Native Amer. Newpapers
Alternative press
9
Who was the publisher who stated: "Right is of no sex; truth is of no color....all are brethren"?
Jane Swisshelm
Frederick Douglass
William Lloyd Garrison
Ida B Wells
10
Yellow journalism is directly responsible for our involvement in the Spanish American war.
True
False
11
In what paper did the first comic strip appear?
New York World
San Francisco Examiner
Philadelphia Gazette
New York Sun
12
According to the textbook. more than half of what is published in newspapers are advertisements. (2013)
True
False
13
Which publisher was the first women to report from the floor of the senate?
Anna Zenger
Elizabeth Timothy
Jane Swisshelm
Ida B Wells
14
New agencies that sell articles for publication to many newspaper simultaneously are:
Syndicates
Affiliates
Readership
Ghostwriters
15
The main source of income for newspapers is subscribers.
True
False
16
Newspapers write their own news they do not buy non-editorial stories from other news agencies.
False
True
17
Which publisher
first
dropped the cost of his paper to one penny in order to increase sales?
Benjamin Day
William Bradford
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
18
The first newspaper published in published 1690, with one single issue was:
The Boston-News Letter
Publick Occurrences
Pennsylvania Gazette
American Weekly Mercury
19
In 1731 who created the first library in American Colonies
James Franklin
John Campbell
Ben Franklin
John Peter Zenger
20
Which of the following was
not
a "strong social movement" created by the alternative press:
yellow journalism
Women's Suffrage
Emancipation
21
______________is a fee for an access system set up by a newspaper to charge readers for internet content
Internet portal
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)
Firewall
Paywall
22
The film
Citizen Kane
is "loosely" based on the life of what decadent Newspaper magnet?
Orson Welles
William Lloyd Garrison
William Randolph Hearst
Joseph Pulitzer
23
The alternative press challenged conventional wisdom and espoused radical ideas?
True
False
24
Editor Elijah Hicks'
"Cherokee Phoenix"
supported cherokee removal; While the new editor Boudinot did not!
True
False
25
Which one of the following was
not
a technological advancement that propelled "Frontier Journalism"
The Telegraph
Mechanized Printing
Cheaper Newsprint
The Pony Express
26
The term
yellow journalism
is attributed to which 2 publishers?
Alexander & Davies
Kane & Hearst
Hearst & Pulizter
Day & Bradford
27
Ida B. Wells printed the weekly,
The North Star
supporting emancipation.
True
False
28
The skull and crossbones protested "no taxation without representation" it was found on what paper?
Pennsyvannia gazette
South Carolina Gazette
Territorial Enterprise
Boston Examiner
29
What medium presented the biggest threat to newspapers in the 1950's
Radio
Magazines
Tabloid Journalism
Television
30
Consolidation increase chain ownership
False
True
31
What
(two-way communication)
technology spurred on Frontier Journalism?
Mechanical printing
The Telegraph "the cricket"
Cheaper newsprint (paper)
32
Mark Twain got his literary start by writing for what frontier paper?
Oregon Spectator
Territorial Enterprise
Hannibal Times
Rocky Mountain News
33
The dissident press and the alternative press are synonymous.
False
True
34
Tabloid format
is 11 x 14. Tabloids feature many photographs and sensational stories which are often untrue.
False
True
35
Ethnic newspapers where frequently printed in other languages.
True
False
36
Ethnic and Native American papers sought to create a sense of community and ethnic identity.
True
False
37
The first newspaper to appear without the crown's "published by authority" label
New York Weekly Journal
none of the above!
Pennsylvania Gazette
New England Courant
38
The biggest emerging competitors for news readers are internet only news sites called:
Internet portals
News affiliates
News Syndicates
News aggregators
39
Alternative Press (1960's) targeted issues such as Anti- Vietnam War sentiment, Civil Rights, and Gay Rights.
True
False
40
Managing editors oversee all news departments. They report to the Editor-in-Chief or the Publisher.
True
False
41
Teenagers are turning to newspapers more than ever for entertainment and information.
False
True
42
Hogan's Alley
was the comic that told about the exploits of a character called the Cisco Kid.
True
False
43
Freedom's Journal
was published by:
Frederick Douglass
Ida B Wells
Russwurm & Cornish
Jane Swisshelm
44
Language that authorities believe could incite a rebellion against the government is called:
Libelous
a Zinger
Seditious
Tabloid journalism
