Deck 4: The Ethics of Correctness and Inclusiveness

Question 1

According to John Michael Kittross, fairness in communication and diversity would be ...

A) Exclusive, not inclusive
B) Politically correct
C) Inclusive, not exclusive
D) Politically incorrect

Answer 1

C

Question 2

In the United States, as elsewhere, there is more diversity ...

A) Between racial and ethnic groups than within them
B) Within most newsrooms than in society overall
C) Within racial and ethnic groups than between them
D) In the ranks of media owners than ever before

Answer 2

C

Question 3

The 1947 Hutchins Commission on Freedom of the Press required all of these of the mass media, except ...

A) Minority representation in newsrooms proportionate to their percentage of the nation
B) The presentation and clarification of society
C) Complete access to the most intelligent thought of the day
D) A forum for the exchange of comment and criticism

Answer 3

A

Question 4

What most links the global community?

A) Airlines
B) Mass media
C) Railroads
D) Shipping

Question 5

For the mass media, Gordon says, diversity is much more than an ethical issue; it's a matter of ...

A) Economic survival
B) Political correctness
C) Making quotas
D) Saving face

Question 6

By 2003, which minority group had the percentage of prime-time TV portrayals closest to it actual percentage of the U.S. population?

A) Latinos
B) Women
C) People over age 60
D) African Americans

Question 7

Gordon agrees that the media need to make

A) The stereotypes that persist
B) It
C) The tendency of people to be insensitive and only view things from their familiar perspectives
D) Simple ignorance about people unlike them

Question 8

Which of these metaphors for U.S. diversity is outdated, according to David Gordon?

A) Salad bowl
B) Pizza
C) Melting pot
D) Rainbow

Question 9

Media that deal realistically with diversity are important to all of the following, except ...

A) The minority culture
B) The Ku Klux Klan
C) The majority culture
D) Society overall

Question 10

According to John Merrill, rather than emphasizing balance and diversity in its coverage, the mass media would be better off emphasizing ...

A) Harmony
B) Community
C) Equity
D) Truth