Question 1

Crimes committee by children are typically not newsworthy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

______ select, produce, and present news according to a range of professional criteria that are used as benchmarks to determine a story's newsworthiness.

Accepted Answer

A)  producers 
B)  politicians 
C)  editors 
D)  cameramen 
A)  producers 
B)  politicians 
C)  editors 
D)  cameramen C

Question 3

Framing constitutes all of the following except:

Accepted Answer

A)  edit words. 
B)  adopt particular tones. 
C)  prioritize stories. 
D)  decide on the visuals. 
A)  edit words. 
B)  adopt particular tones. 
C)  prioritize stories. 
D)  decide on the visuals. C

Question 4

______ million people are governed by probation or parole.

Accepted Answer

A)  2.1 
B)  3.6 
C)  4.7 
D)  5.1 
A)  2.1 
B)  3.6 
C)  4.7 
D)  5.1

Question 5

Individuals in the media often choose events that:

Accepted Answer

A)  convey meanings. 
B)  offer solutions. 
C)  provide pictures of the world. 
D)  all of these. 
A)  convey meanings. 
B)  offer solutions. 
C)  provide pictures of the world. 
D)  all of these.

Question 6

All of the following are responsible for sifting through and selecting news items except:

Accepted Answer

A)  TV news producers. 
B)  producers. 
C)  bloggers. 
D)  politicians. 
A)  TV news producers. 
B)  producers. 
C)  bloggers. 
D)  politicians.

Question 7

An article in ______ prompted Truman Capote to write a true crime novel.

Accepted Answer

A)  The Washington Post 
B)  The New York Times 
C)  The Chicago Tribune 
D)  The New York Post 
A)  The Washington Post 
B)  The New York Times 
C)  The Chicago Tribune 
D)  The New York Post

Question 8

The threshold of a potential story does not vary.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

What are the two factors that media images are dependent on?

Accepted Answer

The first factor is that the picture of

Question 10

The news is not an accurate representation of the overall picture of crime.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The most notorious figure in the history of the British criminal justice system is ______.

Accepted Answer

A)  Myra Hindley 
B)  Ian Brady 
C)  Jeffrey Dahmer 
D)  John Wayne Gacy 
A)  Myra Hindley 
B)  Ian Brady 
C)  Jeffrey Dahmer 
D)  John Wayne Gacy

Question 12

A binary opposition story is most often that of a story of good versus evil.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Which of the news structures/news values posits that the United States is prone to accusations of ethnocentrism?

Accepted Answer

A)  proximity 
B)  threshold 
C)  individualism 
D)  predictability 
A)  proximity 
B)  threshold 
C)  individualism 
D)  predictability

Question 14

Framing is an ideological process.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 15

Crime trends are very simple and do not take time to unfold.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 16

Which of the news structures/news values posits that events must be reducible to a minimum number of parts or themes?

Accepted Answer

A)  threshold 
B)  simplification 
C)  proximity 
D)  risk 
A)  threshold 
B)  simplification 
C)  proximity 
D)  risk

Question 17

Truman Capote's true crime masterpiece, In Cold Blood, was first published in:

Accepted Answer

A)  1960. 
B)  1963. 
C)  1966. 
D)  1969. 
A)  1960. 
B)  1963. 
C)  1966. 
D)  1969.

Question 18

The term "serial killer" did not exist in its current cultural form until an ______ agent properly named it.

Accepted Answer

A)  CIA 
B)  NSA 
C)  FBI 
D)  DEA 
A)  CIA 
B)  NSA 
C)  FBI 
D)  DEA

Question 19

Adopting tones is part of a process known as agenda setting.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

What are news values?

Accepted Answer

According to the authors, news

Crimes committee by children are typically not newsworthy.

______ select, produce, and present news according to a range of professional criteria that are used as benchmarks to determine a story's newsworthiness.

Framing constitutes all of the following except:

______ million people are governed by probation or parole.

Individuals in the media often choose events that:

All of the following are responsible for sifting through and selecting news items except:

An article in ______ prompted Truman Capote to write a true crime novel.

The threshold of a potential story does not vary.

What are the two factors that media images are dependent on?

The news is not an accurate representation of the overall picture of crime.

The most notorious figure in the history of the British criminal justice system is ______.

A binary opposition story is most often that of a story of good versus evil.

Which of the news structures/news values posits that the United States is prone to accusations of ethnocentrism?

Framing is an ideological process.

Crime trends are very simple and do not take time to unfold.

Which of the news structures/news values posits that events must be reducible to a minimum number of parts or themes?

Truman Capote's true crime masterpiece, In Cold Blood, was first published in:

The term "serial killer" did not exist in its current cultural form until an ______ agent properly named it.

Adopting tones is part of a process known as agenda setting.

What are news values?

Theorizing Media and Crime

Media and Moral Panics

Media Constructions of Children: Evil Monsters and Tragic Victims

Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women

The Police Image and Policing the Image

Crime Films and Prison Films

Crime and the Surveillance Culture

The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance

Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Crime

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Exam 2: The Construction of Crime News

Crimes committee by children are typically not newsworthy.

______ select, produce, and present news according to a range of professional criteria that are used as benchmarks to determine a story's newsworthiness.

Framing constitutes all of the following except:

______ million people are governed by probation or parole.

Individuals in the media often choose events that:

All of the following are responsible for sifting through and selecting news items except:

An article in ______ prompted Truman Capote to write a true crime novel.

The threshold of a potential story does not vary.

What are the two factors that media images are dependent on?

The news is not an accurate representation of the overall picture of crime.

The most notorious figure in the history of the British criminal justice system is ______.

A binary opposition story is most often that of a story of good versus evil.

Which of the news structures/news values posits that the United States is prone to accusations of ethnocentrism?

Framing is an ideological process.

Crime trends are very simple and do not take time to unfold.

Which of the news structures/news values posits that events must be reducible to a minimum number of parts or themes?

Truman Capote's true crime masterpiece, In Cold Blood, was first published in:

The term "serial killer" did not exist in its current cultural form until an ______ agent properly named it.

Adopting tones is part of a process known as agenda setting.

What are news values?

Theorizing Media and Crime

Media and Moral Panics

Media Constructions of Children: Evil Monsters and Tragic Victims

Media Misogyny: Monstrous Women

The Police Image and Policing the Image

Crime Films and Prison Films

Crime and the Surveillance Culture

The Role of the Internet in Crime and Deviance

Reconceptualizing the Relationship Between Media and Crime

Filters