Journalism Today

Chapter 1: Looking Back: the History of American Media

Multiple Choice Quiz

Select the letter that correctly completes the sentence or answers the question.

1.
What technology influenced the adoption of the inverted pyramid as the standard newswriting format?
A)the Internet
B)television
C)the telegraph
D)the printing press
2.
What was the cause of the evolution in newspaper design in the mid-1800s?
A)competition
B)the printing process
C)government
D)advertising
3.
What role did newspapers play in the development of the United States?
A)They spoke out against British taxes.
B)They rallied the revolutionaries in colonial America.
C)neither of the above
D)both of the above
4.
Who wrote “The History of the Standard Oil Company,” one of the first attacks on big business?
A)John H. Sengstacke
B)William Randolph Hearst
C)John D. Rockefeller
D)Ida Tarbell
5.
What newspaper played a role in encouraging African Americans to leave the South and move to the North?
A)New York Times
B)Black Enterprise
C)Chicago Defender
D)Saturday Evening Post
6.
In what city did regular daily radio programs begin in 1920?
A)Chicago
B)Detroit
C)New York
D)Pittsburgh
7.
Which constraint for print journalists does the Internet eliminate?
A)fairness
B)accuracy
C)neither of the above
D)both of the above
8.
Which of the following are shock jocks considered to be?
A)muckrakers
B)entertainers
C)journalists
D)controversial sports figures
9.
Which of the following characteristics describes “yellow journalism”?
A)self-promoting
B)untruthful
C)neither of the above
D)both of the above
10.
Which trial was pivotal in establishing the freedom of the press in the United States?
A)Hazelwood
B)Tinker
C)Daniels
D)Zenger
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