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A potentially vulnerable company will face confrontational private politics irrespective of the amount of self-regulation.
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One of the keys to managing an activist environment is to understand the broader public support of their agenda.
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As long as the management of the company is cooperative, it does not need to assess the demands of the activists group or the public.
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Activists target individuals in both their personal and professional roles.
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An important component of a private politics campaign is the selection of a target.
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Use of secondary sources, such as, policy studies or scientific investigations to call attention to an issue restricts the social pressure of activists.
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Even though activists groups have access to the media, public institutions, and the general public they do not have any standing before the courts to sue a firm.
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A company that manufactures products with high switching costs is susceptible to private politics.
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Activists using cooperative private politics organize corporate and market campaigns to advance issues on their agendas.
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Activists and interest groups implement confrontational strategies to influence the behavior of economic agents.
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The effectiveness of private politics social pressure is independent of the extent to which companies accept social responsibilities.
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Companies operating in developing countries are susceptible to private politics because groups in developed countries closely monitor operations in these countries.
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The performance of firms or its policies remain unaffected by boycotts and campaigns.
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A companys susceptibility to private politics is independent of its lines of business.
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Direct pressure and boycotts are examples of private nonmarket actions.
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Nonmarket issues are addressed largely in the shadow of public institution.
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Private politics can be motivated by self-interest and broader concerns.
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Activists and interest groups use threat of legislation and regulation strategies.
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Since the general public sentiment favors righteousness, private politics does not need to implement strategies to influence the outcome of an issue.
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The success of private politics is independent of public support.
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Elaborate on how the news media maintains balance and fairness in their treatment of issues.
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Give an account of the concept of newsworthiness.
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What are the different forms of treatments that news media coverage can provide?
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How does the news media help identify and interpret nonmarket issues?
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How can the news media help in bringing notice to nonmarket issues?
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Which of the following is true of defense against defamation?
a) The media is given absolute protection from defamation by the First Amendment.
b) The truth defense constitutes an absolute defense in all U.S. states.
c) The truth defense is subject to limitations in certain states of the U.S.
d) The defense of privilege cannot be bought against written or broadcast statements.
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Which of the following is true of slander?
a) It requires a showing of actual damages.
b) It is not protected under any state law.
c) It pertains to statements that are either written or broadcast.
d) It does not apply to statements made to third parties.
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Libel is similar to slander in that they both ________.
a) dont pertain to statements that are published or broadcast
b) only apply to statements made in public
c) require actual damages to be shown to be considered as violation
d) are governed by state law and common law
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Libel differs from slander in that libel does not________.
a) pertain to statements that are published or broadcast
b) apply to statements made to third parties
c) require a showing of actual damages
d) come under the purview of any state law
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Which of the following is true of defamation charges?
a) It only protects individuals from defamation.
b) It protects both corporations and individuals from defamation.
c) It does not protect in cases where the statements made to third parties.
d) Defamation cases are completely governed by federal law in the U.S.
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In the United States, under which of the following political spectra would journalists be categorized?
a) liberal
b) moderate
c) socialist
d) right-wing
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The TTC News Channel is covering a natural fire that has started in the vicinity of the village of San Cristen, prompting the possibility of a complete evacuation of the village. Some of the houses of San Cristen have already been destroyed. According to the theory of media coverage and treatment, which of the following would most likely increase the newsworthiness of this issue on the third day of the fire?
a) an interview with a resident of San Cristen who has been an eyewitness to the fire
b) an interview with a celebrity on what he or she thinks of the San Cristen fire
c) an interview with a forest ranger on how the forests ecology could change after the fire
d) an interview with a political representative of San Cristen on how to avoid further fires in San Cristen
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The Williamsons Daily, a newspaper publication in the state of Gretshen, had 4 main news articles on a particular day. Of their four main reporters, Steiner was covering the hospitalization of a famous baseball player due to an overdose of permitted steroids; Joan was covering the possible landfall from a hurricane; Mark was covering corruption charges alleged against a state senator; and Jessica was covering the reduction in employment rates in the local district of Kross due to a successful government program.
According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, who among the following reporters articles is most likely to be high on societal significance but high on audience interest?
a) Jessica
b) Mark
c) Joan
d) Steiner
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The Williamsons Daily, a newspaper publication in the state of Gretshen, had 4 main news articles on a particular day. Of their four main reporters, Steiner was covering the hospitalization of a famous baseball player due to an overdose of permitted steroids; Joan was covering the possible landfall from a hurricane; Mark was covering corruption charges alleged against a state senator; and Jessica was covering the reduction in employment rates in the local district of Kross due to a successful government program.
According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, who among the following reporters articles has high societal significance but has very low audience interest?
a) Steiner
b) Joan
c) Mark
d) Jessica
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The Williamsons Daily, a newspaper publication in the state of Gretshen, had 4 main news articles on a particular day. Of their four main reporters, Steiner was covering the hospitalization of a famous baseball player due to an overdose of permitted steroids; Joan was covering the possible landfall from a hurricane; Mark was covering corruption charges alleged against a state senator; and Jessica was covering the reduction in employment rates in the local district of Kross due to a successful government program.
According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, who among the following reporters is most likely to get extensive coverage with position taking and advocacy for their articles?
a) Steiner
b) Joan
c) Mark
d) Jessica
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According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, under which of the following types of coverage is the weather most likely categorized?
a) extensive coverage with position taking and advocacy
b) moderate coverage with interpretation and advocacy
c) moderate coverage with factual treatment and interpretation
d) low coverage with factual treatment
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Shelly DuMason is reporting on a new government deregulation measure related to manufacturing. The deregulation addresses greater leeway being given to U.S. toy manufacturers using a special kind of paint. Shelly covered the story with factual detail, but got very less coverage on the report. According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, which of the following will most likely help Shelly get extensive coverage with possible position-taking stance on the deregulation?
a) if she reports on the technology involved in manufacturing such toys
b) if she reports on the possible health risks of introducing such a deregulation
c) if she reports on the possible corruption that could arise from such a deregulation
d) if she reports on the possible effects on international trade by such a deregulation
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According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, which of the following would get the most coverage with position taking and advocacy?
a) issues on corruption
b) issues on poverty
c) issues on sports
d) issues on environmental protection
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According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, which of the following would get the least coverage with factual treatment?
a) issues on potential health risks
b) issues on sports
c) issues on economic deregulation
d) issues on weather
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According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, which of the following would get moderate coverage with factual treatment and interpretation?
a) issues on sports
b) issues on economic deregulation
c) issues on international trade
d) issues on corruption
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According to the audience interest/societal significance continuum, which of the following is most likely to get moderate coverage with advocacy and interpretation?
a) issues on environmental protection
b) issues on poverty
c) issues on international trade
d) issues on individual rights
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The societal significance perspective differs from the intrinsic audience interest perspective in that the societal significance perspective ________.
a) does not assume the role of serving the peoples right to know about issues
b) is not protected under the First Amendment
c) promotes social issues based on audience interest
d) tries to create social awareness on issues by increasing its media perception
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In the United States this duty, the societal perspective view of news media is recognized in the _____, which protects the news media in its role of providing information to people.
a) Fifth Amendment
b) First Amendment
c) Second Amendment
d) Ninth Amendment
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Which of the following is true of the societal significance perspective view of news coverage?
a) It covers news based on the interest of the audience.
b) It functions on the premise that coverage increases with audience interest.
c) It treats its issue to appeal and retain its audience.
d) It reflects the news medias role as providing information citizens need.
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According to the intrinsic audience interest theory, which of the following features of an issue increases audience interest in the issue?
a) that the issue is ongoing and relevant
b) that the issue is proximate to the audience
c) that the issue was reported unbiased
d) that the issue does not directly affect the audience
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On which of the following premises is the intrinsic audience interest theory of news coverage based?
a) that the news media organizations are owned by for non-profit firms
b) that the coverage and treatment decisions are governed by the relevance of the issue
c) that the coverage increases with audience interest
d) that the explanatory power of the theory comes primarily from the supply side
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To which page of the newspaper is advocacy journalism is usually restricted?
a) editorial
b) classifieds
c) feature article
d) cover page
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Which of the following is true for the news media when treating issues?
a) It can advocate a course of action for the issue.
b) It can take a biased stand in its assessment of the issue.
c) It need not take into account the potential ramification of covering the issue.
d) It should not interpret facts and events of the issue.
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In the news media environment, which of the following is considered the unit of analysis?
a) advocacy and course of action
b) public and interest groups
c) coverage and treatment
d) issues and events
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Which of the following was found in Iyengar and Kinders study on the effect of the news medias agenda-setting role on the public?
a) Viewers readily believed that the media did not have an agenda-setting plan.
b) Viewers were mostly skeptical of all reported news.
c) Viewers attached greater importance to an issue after seeing news coverage of it.
d) Viewers tended to lose interest in a story after it has been reported on the news.
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Which of the following is another term given to the news media?
a) the FifthRepublic
b) Ancien Rgime
c) the Watchmen
d) the Fourth Estate
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Assessing intrinsic audience interest in issues such as international trade policy and product safety generally lies in the domain of measurement rather than judgment.
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The theory of news media coverage and treatment uses the news organization as the unit of analysis.
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The First Amendment of the Constitution provides strong protection for corporations against charges of libel.
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The standard for a defamation case involving a public figure is the New York Times v. Sullivan defamation case.
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The New York v. Sullivan defamation case only pertains to celebrities.
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The First Amendment does not provide absolute defense for the news media against defamation charges.
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The truth defense is uniformly accepted in all states of the U.S.
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Plaintiffs in defamation against the media need not prove malicious intent.
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Being careless or sloppy with the facts is not sufficient for a finding of libel.
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A defendant in a defamation case cannot use the truth defense if the statement was written or published in any form.
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Defamation cases are governed by state law and the common law.
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Slander pertains to statements that are spoken.
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All defamation charges need a show of actual damages.
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Defamation is a branch of torts pertaining to false statements made to a third party that damage a persons reputation.
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Most news organizations in the United States are owned by for-profit companies.
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The media covers all issues under the same criteria of controls and editorial standards.
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An issue is considered more newsworthy if it has a degree of immediacy.
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The theory of media coverage and treatment gives extensive coverage to business matters and moderate coverage to environmental issues and individual rights.
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In combining the two theories of intrinsic audience interest and social significance, treatment depends more on audience interest while coverage depends more on social significance.
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One of the principal predictions of the intrinsic audience interest perspective is that coverage increases with the societal value on the issue.
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According to the intrinsic audience interest, predicting which issues the media will cover requires determining which issues are of societal value to readers and viewers.
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The societal significance perspective places the news media in the role of a watchdog.
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The societal significance perspective would emphasize an issue having a human cause.
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Between two cases of man-made risks and natural risks, the societal significance perspective would emphasize on the man-made risk.
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The societal significance perspective stresses on covering all stories with equal emphasis.
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The media has a responsibility to report the world as it sees fit.
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Illustrate, with examples, the framework for the analysis of nonmarket issues.
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Explain, with examples, the nonmarket positioning that takes place in public sentiment, political and legal spaces.
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Describe the different approaches to integrate market and nonmarket strategies.