Deck 15: Global Media: Communication Around the World

Question 1

American movie companies film in Canada in part for which of the following reasons?

A)Canada doesn't limit films producers with strict decency laws.
B)It is cheaper to film in Canada than in the United States.
C)Mexico doesn't have a "four seasons" climate.
D)You can't fool me,American companies don't like filming in Canada.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

Which of the following is the big change that has taken place in Western European television over the past 25 years?

A)Cable television has become universally available.
B)There has been a massive increase in the number of commercial stations.
C)There have been changes in the rules for broadcast decency.
D)It is much more regulated by the governments than in the past.

Answer 2

B

Question 3

Many of Asia's industrializing nations operate under which of the following theories of the press?

A)development
B)Soviet/communist
C)libertarian
D)social responsibility

Answer 3

A

Question 4

British journalist Marie Colvin was best known for ______.

A)covering war zones around the world
B)wearing a black eye patch after she lost her eye in a grenade attack
C)being targeted for death by the Syrian military
D)all of these

Question 5

As of 2017,the medium that residents of the Middle East and North Africa spent the most time with was ______.

A)newspapers
B)television
C)radio
D)online

Question 6

The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be an instrument of the government to work toward the creation of a perfect state for the workers.

A)authoritarian
B)libertarian
C)communist
D)social responsibility

Question 7

The ______ theory of the press states that the duty of the press is to serve the needs of the people who happen to be in power in the government.

A)authoritarian
B)libertarian
C)communist
D)social responsibility

Question 8

The media in the United States are unique in the world for which of the following reasons?

A)Most media in the United States are government sponsored.
B)Most media in the United States are privately owned.
C)Most media in the United States are nonprofit.
D)none of these

Question 9

Canada has laws requiring a given level of Canadian media content for which of the following reasons?

A)because they are concerned about their culture being dominated by American media
B)because they want to preserve the Canadian media industry
C)because it would put the country at odds with the North American Free Trade Agreement
D)all of these

Question 10

Al Jazeera is which of the following?

A)the major South African news agency
B)the official Iraqi news agency
C)an American-owned radio propaganda effort
D)an Arab-language satellite news network that broadcasts out of Qatar

Question 11

In which country was Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian imprisoned for more than 500 days?

A)Syria
B)Russia
C)China
D)Iran

Question 12

The community newspaper industry in India is doing which of the following?

A)shrinking
B)staying steady
C)growing
D)India doesn't have a significant community newspaper industry.

Question 13

The most watched Arab-language satellite news channel is which of the following?

A)ARABSAT
B)Al-Arabiya
C)Al-Hurra
D)Al Jazeera

Question 14

The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be as free as possible but that it also has an obligation to serve the needs of the public at large.

A)authoritarian
B)libertarian
C)communist
D)social responsibility

Question 15

Media in Israel could be characterized as operating under which of the following models?

A)authoritarian
B)libertarian
C)communist
D)social responsibility

Question 16

The most used medium of mass communication in Africa is ______.

A)newspaper
B)radio
C)television
D)Internet

Question 17

Which of the following is true about Japan's broadcasting industry?

A)It is primarily run by private industry.
B)It is primarily run using a BBC-style public service model.
C)It is run using a mix of private industry and public service models.
D)none of these

Question 18

The BBC operates under which of the following?

A)a public service model funded by the government
B)a commercial model similar to that of the United States
C)a private/public funding model similar to that of PBS in the United States
D)a church-sponsorship model similar to that of the Christian Science Monitor

Question 19

The ______ theory of the press states that the press should be allowed to print or broadcast anything.People have a right to hear all ideas and decide for themselves what is correct.

A)authoritarian
B)libertarian
C)communist
D)social responsibility

Question 20

The most popular category of magazines in Japan is ______.

A)fashion magazines
B)hip-hop magazines
C)news magazines
D)manga

Question 21

The first medium to move messages faster than a person could travel was the telegraph.

Question 22

A lawsuit from war reporter Marie Colvin's family claims that the Syrian government deliberately killed her by targeting a building she was in with artillery fire.

Question 23

Broadcasting in Europe tends to be heavily regulated.

Question 24

Newspaper circulation in Latin America has fallen by 23% over the past 17 years.

Question 25

A major consequence of the imprisonment of journalists in Iran is that fewer news organizations are willing to station reporters in the country.

Question 26

Latin America has a growing newspaper industry.

Question 27

One of the biggest consequences of attacks on journalists around the world is which of the following?

A)that the military has to expend resources rescuing them
B)that young people are discouraged from becoming journalists
C)that journalists are discouraged from telling stories about the countries where it is too dangerous for them to work
D)that all of the attention from the attacks bring more attention to the areas where the attacks take place

Question 28

Only about half of the households in Western Europe own television sets.

Question 29

Canada and France have local-content laws that require their media to carry a certain percentage of content produced within their own countries.

Question 30

The development media theory says that Third World nations need a different kind of press than do nations with fully developed economies.

Question 31

Which of the following are true of European newspapers?

A)They tend to have an explicit political point of view.
B)They receive large subsidies from the government.
C)They tend to publish in the afternoon.
D)all of these

Question 32

Over the past 30 years,media in China ______.

A)have been so restricted that the average person in China will not ever see a TV
B)have remained relatively unchanged in availability
C)have grown massively in their level of availability
D)have increased the level of free speech

Question 33

Radio is the most important medium in Africa for which of the following reasons?

A)Few people can afford TVs.
B)Radios can run off batteries.
C)Newspapers tend to serve the needs of White colonials.
D)all of these

Question 34

According to Marshall McLuhan,electronic media do which of the following?

A)serve to isolate people by keeping them in their homes
B)help connect people around the world into a global village
C)tend to water down individual countries' cultures
D)tend to turn everything into entertainment

Question 35

In Africa,which of the following is true?

A)The print media originally were designed to serve the needs of the White,colonial settlers.
B)The early print media were used to promote literacy.
C)Television is by far the most popular medium.
D)Two important newspapers receive widespread distribution throughout the entire continent.

Question 36

The BBC World Service continues to be primarily a shortwave radio service around the world,staying away from online and social media.

Question 37

Palestinians often use social and mobile media to bypass official Israeli government censorship.

Question 38

Media developed slowly in the old Soviet Union for which of the following reasons?

A)The country was so big.
B)The government didn't want there to be national media.
C)There was no advertising to support it.
D)There was a shortage of skilled journalists.

Question 39

Mexican journalist Javier Valdez was murdered because ______.

A)he was reporting on a sex scandal in the Mexican government
B)he was reporting on corruption in the mobile phone industry in Mexico
C)he was reporting on the connections between drug trafficking and the government
D)all of these

Question 40

News about the terror attacks in Mumbai in 2008 broke in the West via which of the following?

A)Big Media reporters on the ground in India
B)the BBC
C)social media reports using software such as Twitter sent by people who were nearby
D)Western media ignored the attacks

Question 41

Reporters from Al Jazeera receive better treatment in the Arab world than do Western journalists.

Question 42

In the Democratic Republic of Congo,the government shuts down access to the Internet anytime opposition protests are held.

Question 43

According to Kai Hafez,what are the three types of the press in the Arab world?

Question 44

Satellite television is largely unavailable in the Arab world.

Question 45

Small media,such as social media,video cameras,and faxes,are difficult to censor because it is hard for the government to control access to them.

Question 46

According to the 2018 World Press Freedom Index,the United States is one of the top three countries in the world for freedom of the press.

Question 47

According to Marshall McLuhan,our media industry makes the world seem to be a smaller and more limited place.

Question 48

Why did Indian television reporters engaged in self-censorship during the Mumbai terrorist attacks in 2008?

Question 49

The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo was attacked by terrorists after it ran an in-depth exposé on corruption the Syrian government.

Question 50

Talk radio is one of the most open venues for free speech in China.

Question 51

Several Russian journalists have been murdered or have died under mysterious circumstances after criticizing the Russian government.

Question 52

Russia has never had a tradition of a free press.

Question 53

How does the BBC avoid charges of being a colonial voice with its program Focus on Africa?

Question 54

Al Jazeera Sports is a popular channel for sports news in Arab countries.

Question 55

All India Radio is the dominant source of radio programming and news in India.

Question 56

What two Latin American countries produce the most television programming?

Question 57

During the Arab Spring protests and revolutions of 2011,social and mobile media were used both as a source of news about the protests and as an organizing tool for the protestors.

Question 58

Media can reach most of Africa by using only three languages.

Question 59

What are the five dimensions Alan Wells says we should use to analyze press systems around the world?

Question 60

For refugees fleeing from Syria,inexpensive smartphones are typically their main source of Internet and mass media access.

Question 61

Why is it difficult to broadcast to large areas of Africa?

Question 62

What are the "small media" in the Middle East?

Question 63

In a brief essay,compare and contrast the media industries of the United States with those of Canada and Western Europe.How are they similar? How are they different?

Question 64

You are an editor of an American newspaper considering reprinting cartoons from the satirical French newspaper Charlie Hebdo.First,write an editor's note defending the publication of the cartoons,and then write one explaining why you are not going to run them.

Question 65

What is the core of the Last Rights critique of Four Theories of the Press?

Question 66

What are the two most prominent languages for newspapers in Africa?

Question 67

During the Mumbai,India,terror attacks,local television journalists were very cautious about what they did and did not report.In a brief essay,explain why Indian reporters engaged in substantial self-censorship of the news they reported on the attacks.

Question 68

What is the development theory of the press?

Question 69

In a brief essay,discuss the following issues: What are the "four theories" of the press? What characterizes each of them? Provide an example of each.

Question 70

What is Al Jazeera?

Question 71

Name two ways the Russian government controls its press?

Question 72

In a brief essay,explain why the late Marie Colvin felt it was important for her to risk her life covering stories about the lives of ordinary people living in war zones.