Question 1

Which type of media-driving force must show a profit regardless of the social effects, while encouraging redundancy and boundary pushing?

Accepted Answer

A)   organizational
B)   commercial
C)   cultural
D)   individual B

Question 2

The media's role in terrorism is evolving primarily in reaction to __________.

Accepted Answer

A)   The internet
B)   Television news coverage
C)   Radio coverage
D)   Video games A

Question 3

All of the following statements regarding media-based anticrime efforts are true EXCEPT __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Anticrime efforts appear to be an effective means of disseminating information and influencing attitudes, but their ability to significantly affect behavior has not been established.
B)   Although useful in specific areas, media-based anticrime programs are not likely to significantly reduce the overall crime rate.
C)   Media-based anticrime programs can have significant immediate effects.
D)   Media-based anticrime programs can have significant long-term effects. D

Question 4

Media content lends support to preventive or rehabilitative criminal justice policies over punitive policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

All of the following statements are true regarding media and social construction, EXCEPT __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   America's popular media sets the stage for how we understand crime.
B)   We spend more money trying to deal with the problem.
C)   Information about crime and justice flows in unabated content looping cycles.
D)   All of the above statements are true.

Question 6

The media portrays the most successful crime fighters as armed civilians and elite rogue law enforcement officers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 7

One of the postulates that drive expectations about future media, crime, and justice interactions is that the media, more often than not, construct the criminal justice system and its people negatively and as ineffective; yet the cumulative effect is support for more police, more prisons, and more money for the criminal justice system.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

There are conflicting arguments regarding the media's effects on unwanted behaviors and public policies. Which of the following is the model of causality that concedes a statistical association between the media and some negative behaviors, but argues that the connection is due not to a causal relationship but to persons predisposed to certain behaviors seeking out particular types of media and concurrently behaving in ways similar to the behavior displayed in the media. Therefore, media can be safely ignored.

Accepted Answer

A)   Negligible cause model
B)   Nonlinear cause model
C)   Primary cause model
D)   Bidirectional cause model

Question 9

The social construction perspective prevents us from recognizing claims makers.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

Future media scenarios must be considered due to the fact that the technologies and capabilities are already available.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 11

The media has the capacity to influence criminal behavior with a widespread criminalizing effect.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 12

The dominant crime-and-justice portrait shows that the most effective crime fighters are those who work within the criminal justice system, adhering to due process considerations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

By constructing crime-and-justice reality, the media subtly affect crime-and-justice policies.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 14

The single most significant social effect of media crime-and-justice content is on which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)   Its effect on generating crime
B)   Its effect on criminal justice policies
C)   Its effect on behaviors
D)   None of the above

Question 15

Which type of media-driving force comes into play in a wide-scale social acceptance of the media-generated predator criminal icon, which entertains and comforts us?

Accepted Answer

A)   organizational
B)   commercial
C)   cultural
D)   individual

Question 16

Research suggests that the media's influence on criminality is an immediate concern due to all of the following considerations EXCEPT _________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Media effects motivate terrorists.
B)   The media likely have more of a copycat effect on violent crime than property crime.
C)   People seeking notoriety imitate crimes.
D)   Violence-prone children and individuals who have difficulty distinguishing fact from fantasy are particularly at risk for aping media violence.

Question 17

The "smug hack" icon is the media's portrayal of which of the following criminal justice personnel?

Accepted Answer

A)   police
B)   prosecutors
C)   defense attorneys
D)   correction officers

Question 18

Cumulatively, the media's crime-and-justice content forwards the all of the following claims EXCEPT __________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Crime fighters need more training and resources because they are not capable of solving crimes legally.
B)   Criminals can be rehabilitated in prison.
C)   Crime is a result of individual characteristics and is not related to social structure, racism, or poverty.
D)   The courts allow dangerous offenders to avoid guilt.

Question 19

Media-driven social trends have moved us toward more open public institutions and enhanced scrutiny of public trends. As a result, new media have done all of the following EXCEPT ________________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Increased the public's tolerance for surveillance
B)   Decreased media trial coverage
C)   Revealed previously low-visibility criminal justice events
D)   Increased the acceptance of media technology and entertainment formatting in crime and justice

Question 20

The future of crime-and-justice reality provides for differing scenarios. The scenario that frames a free-wheeling infotainment media which dominates the culture in a technologically resplendent journalism driven by an intrusive, near sadistic voyeurism is known as ________________.

Accepted Answer

A)   Surveillance
B)   Interactivity
C)   The crime and justice spectacle
D)   None of the above

Exam 11: New Media, Crime, and Justice in the Twenty-First Century

Which type of media-driving force must show a profit regardless of the social effects, while encouraging redundancy and boundary pushing?

The media's role in terrorism is evolving primarily in reaction to __________.

All of the following statements regarding media-based anticrime efforts are true EXCEPT __________________.

Media content lends support to preventive or rehabilitative criminal justice policies over punitive policies.

All of the following statements are true regarding media and social construction, EXCEPT __________________.

The media portrays the most successful crime fighters as armed civilians and elite rogue law enforcement officers.

The social construction perspective prevents us from recognizing claims makers.

Future media scenarios must be considered due to the fact that the technologies and capabilities are already available.

The media has the capacity to influence criminal behavior with a widespread criminalizing effect.

The dominant crime-and-justice portrait shows that the most effective crime fighters are those who work within the criminal justice system, adhering to due process considerations.

By constructing crime-and-justice reality, the media subtly affect crime-and-justice policies.

The single most significant social effect of media crime-and-justice content is on which of the following?

Which type of media-driving force comes into play in a wide-scale social acceptance of the media-generated predator criminal icon, which entertains and comforts us?

Research suggests that the media's influence on criminality is an immediate concern due to all of the following considerations EXCEPT _________________.

The "smug hack" icon is the media's portrayal of which of the following criminal justice personnel?

Cumulatively, the media's crime-and-justice content forwards the all of the following claims EXCEPT __________________.

Media-driven social trends have moved us toward more open public institutions and enhanced scrutiny of public trends. As a result, new media have done all of the following EXCEPT ________________________.

The future of crime-and-justice reality provides for differing scenarios. The scenario that frames a free-wheeling infotainment media which dominates the culture in a technologically resplendent journalism driven by an intrusive, near sadistic voyeurism is known as ________________.