Lesson 4.2.7.4
4.2.7.4 Selection and presentation of news Quiz: AQA Sociology, Unit 2
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The 20 questions
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Which process describes how journalists and editors filter which stories become news?
- Deviancy amplification
- Sensationalism
- Agenda-setting
- Gatekeeping
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What term describes the criteria used by journalists to decide if an event is newsworthy?
- Cultural filters
- Primary definers
- News values
- Moral panics
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Which sociologist introduced the concept of 'primary definers' in media studies?
- Denis McQuail
- Stuart Hall
- David Gauntlett
- Stanley Cohen
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What term describes exaggerated media reporting that creates widespread public alarm about a group?
- Hyper-reality
- Cultural lag
- Moral panic
- Digital divide
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Which model by Herman and Chomsky argues that media ownership and advertising filter news content?
- Hypodermic syringe model
- Propaganda model
- Pluralist model
- Two-step flow model
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Which news value best explains prominent front-page coverage given to a sudden violent crime?
- Threshold
- Eliteness
- Negativity
- Continuity
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Which term describes using emotive headlines and dramatic imagery to boost news sales?
- Sensationalism
- Neutrality
- Impartiality
- Objectivity
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Which concept refers to the media's ability to influence which issues the public considers important?
- Cultural imperialism
- Deviancy amplification
- Agenda-setting
- Gatekeeping
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Which process describes media exaggeration triggering heightened social reaction against a labelled group?
- Deviancy amplification
- Media convergence
- Primary definition
- Agenda-setting
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According to the propaganda model, what structural factor limits diversity in news reporting?
- Digital convergence
- Citizen journalism
- Corporate ownership
- User feedback
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Which news value prioritises stories involving powerful, wealthy Western countries?
- Negativity
- Elite nations
- Proximity
- Personalisation
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What term did Stuart Hall use for powerful figures like police given initial media access?
- Moral entrepreneurs
- Secondary definers
- Gatekeepers
- Primary definers
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What term describes journalists filtering and selecting which news stories are presented to the public?
- Symbolic annihilation
- Gatekeeping
- Primary defining
- Churnalism
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Which perspective argues that news is a social construct rather than an objective reality?
- Positivism
- Social constructionism
- Functionalism
- Pluralism
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Which news value describes focusing on famous individuals rather than wider social issues?
- Continuity
- Personalisation
- Threshold
- Proximity
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Who identified the classic list of news values, including negativity and elite nations, in 1965?
- Hall and Jefferson
- Baudrillard and Lyotard
- Galtung and Ruge
- GUMG
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What term describes journalists uncritically publishing pre-packaged press releases without independent checking?
- Churnalism
- Agenda setting
- Gatekeeping
- Hyperreality
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What journalistic norm requires checking claims against evidence before presenting them as fact?
- Framing
- Personalisation
- Verification
- Sensationalism
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What process involves choosing which events to cover and which to leave out?
- News consumption
- News selection
- News framing
- News reception
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Which sociological perspective argues that news selection mainly serves to support ruling-class ideology?
- Marxism
- Feminism
- Postmodernism
- Pluralism
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