Question 1
What does McChesney list as the core reason that media systems have long been shaped, and their determined, by public policy?
Answer
A.
The non-rivalrous nature of of media
B.
The overriding issue of public access
C.
The self interest of those who make public policy
D.
Stark competition among consumers for media products
10 points
Question 2
According to McChesney, deregulation is better thought of, in most cases and certainly in the case of media, as a misleading term for unabashed and unacknowledged regulation on behalf of powerful and self-interested parties.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 3
According to McChesney, once a process of deregulation nears completion, it's still relatively easy to reverse.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 4
If you spot a string of assertions in your paper without much support, that most likely means that you have found a place where you should include more evidence from your sources.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 5
According to McChesney, because of deregulation, political commentary on U.S. commercial radio has swung almost entirely to which side of the political spectrum?
Answer
A.
The far political Left
B.
The far political Right
C.
It has balanced, so that commentary lies essentially in the political middle.
5 points
Question 6
Turning your notes into text generally requires positioning them in a sequence, fitting them into place and reworking them so that they advance your case, according to Muth.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 7
Which of the following would be considered plagiarism?
Answer
A.
All of these are forms of plagiarism.
B.
Submitting as one's own a paper purchased from the Web.
C.
Pretending passages copied from an article is one's own writing.
D.
Pasting in someone else's graphics without acknowledgment or permission.
5 points
Question 8
In media markets, deregulation is in practice synonymous with commercialization, according to McChesney.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 9
Muth suggests one way to help you step back from your draft to revise and edit is to duplicate your draft so you can safely experiment with it without fear of losing the original.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 10
In academic writing, one should almost always use the word "said" when introducing sources, as illustrated in the following sentence:
Joe Black, author of landmark essay "Gilligan's Island as an Existential Exercise," says that most scholars miss the central conundrum upon which the stranded community revolves.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 11
According to Muth, what should a "launch statement" do?
Answer
A.
Provide a platform for the conclusion of your paper, much the same way in which a launch pad provides a foundation for a rocket.
B.
Help you to launch into your paper by serving as a precursor to your introduction.
C.
Serve as an introduction for a quotation, paraphrase, summary or other reference that tells readers who wrote it or why it is in your paper.
5 points
Question 12
According to Muth, which of the following guidelines will help you to capture your source material effectively in your paper?
Answer
A.
All of these could be useful.
B.
Paraphrase connections and details by explaining them in your own words.
C.
Quote compelling words, phrases or sentences exactly.
D.
Summarize top convey the gist, essence or main sense.
5 points
Question 13
In the case of media markets, the real issue is not regulation versus deregulation, but what, according to McChesney?
Answer
A.
Regulation in the public interest versus regulation to serve purely private interests.
B.
Regulation versus anarchy.
C.
Regulation versus re-regulation.
D.
Regulation versus self awareness.
5 points
Question 14
What, according to McChesney, would solve the problems caused by deregulation of the U.S. radio market?
Answer
A.
Further deregulation because the 1996 Telecommunications Act hampered the industry by not going far enough.
B.
A simple shift in policy to, say, a limit of just two or three stations per owner.
C.
The problems are intractable and would be very difficult to solve.
5 points
Question 15
According to McChesney, when William Kennard assumed the chair of the FCC in 1997, a former chair told Kennard that the function of the position was to do what?
Answer
A.
Make sure that regulations for media were fair and equitable to all parties.
B.
Ensure that public interests had a role in communications policymaking.
C.
Keep Congress in the loop.
D.
Referee fights between the wealthy and the super wealthy.
5 points
Question 16
According to McChesney, markets are natural.
Answer True
False
5 points
Question 17
According to conventional wisdom, the effect of deregulation in the U.S. media system has been rapid commercial development of spectacular new technologies, more competitive markets that give the people what they want, plus a tremendous spur to economic growth in the information age.
Does McChesney agree or disagree with this "conventional wisdom"?
Answer
A.
Agree
B.
Disagree
5 points
Question 18
According to Muth, which of the following are ways to strengthen launch statements?
Answer
A.
All of these!
B.
Identify the name of the author in the sentence that introduces the source.
C.
Relate the source clearly to the paper's thesis or to the point that it supports.
D.
Add the author's name in the middle of the source material.
5 points
Question 19
According to McChesney, which of the following happened to the U.S. radio industry as the result of deregulation mandated by the 1996 Telecommunications Act?
Answer
A.
The amount of advertising and commercialism in radio has increased.
B.
One firm, Clear Channel, has come to own nearly 1,200 stations.
C.
Big firms have stripped radio of local content, especially journalism.
D.
All of these.
5 points
Question 20
Some groups say that deregulation of media markets is necessary and beneficial for society as a whole. According to McChesney, this claim has three parts. Which of the following is NOT one of those parts?
Answer
A.
New technologies, like the Internet, make traditional justifications for regulation and public involvement in media obsolete.
B.
There is no alternative.
C.
Even if policymaking is corrupt, the market is the best means to rule media (and everything else).
D.
Neoliberalism can apply narrowly as well as broadly.