1) True or false: About half of Americans perceive a great deal of bias in the news. a) True b) False 2) News media bias is when... a) a whole group of people start lying about what actually happened. b) journalists decide whether or not to report a particular story. c) assumptions or opinions skew news reporting in a way that is unfair or distorting. d) what is reported on the news contains wrong information. 3) News journalism is meant to ________ us. a) persuade b) inform c) entertain 4) News journalism and opinion journalism are ______. a) always in the same news office b) not the same thing and are usually separate in a news office c) almost the same, but opinion journalism has more pictures d) related because opinion journalism is a type of news opinion. 5) Which of the following is an example of partisan bias? a) A female journalist interviews mostly female engineers, even though there are more male engineers than female engineers. b) A journalist heard reports of vandalism and wrote a story about it. It turns out that animals had been getting into people's trash and making a mess; there were no human vandals. c) A journalist decides not to report a story that would make his newspaper's owner mad. d) A journalist spends much more time reporting on the Republican party candidates than candidates in the Democratic party. e) A sports journalist is writing about a game between his favorite team and their rivals. He doesn't want to be biased, so he writes most of the article about how well the rival team did. 6) Which of the following is an example of demographic bias? a) A female journalist interviews mostly female engineers, even though there are more male engineers than female engineers. b) A journalist heard reports of vandalism and wrote a story about it. It turns out that animals had been getting into people's trash and making a mess; there were no human vandals. c) A journalist decides not to report a story that would make his newspaper's owner mad. d) A journalist spends much more time reporting on the Republican party candidates than candidates in the Democratic party. e) A sports journalist is writing about a game between his favorite team and their rivals. He doesn't want to be biased, so he writes most of the article about how well the rival team did. 7) Which of the following is an example of corporate bias? a) A female journalist interviews mostly female engineers, even though there are more male engineers than female engineers. b) A journalist heard reports of vandalism and wrote a story about it. It turns out that animals had been getting into people's trash and making a mess; there were no human vandals. c) A journalist decides not to report a story that would make his newspaper's owner mad. d) A journalist spends much more time reporting on the Republican party candidates than candidates in the Democratic party. e) A sports journalist is writing about a game between his favorite team and their rivals. He doesn't want to be biased, so he writes most of the article about how well the rival team did. 8) Which of the following is an example of neutrality bias? a) A female journalist interviews mostly female engineers, even though there are more male engineers than female engineers. b) A journalist heard reports of vandalism and wrote a story about it. It turns out that animals had been getting into people's trash and making a mess; there were no human vandals. c) A journalist decides not to report a story that would make his newspaper's owner mad. d) A journalist spends much more time reporting on the Republican party candidates than candidates in the Democratic party. e) A sports journalist is writing about a game between his favorite team and their rivals. He doesn't want to be biased, so he writes most of the article about how well the rival team did. 9) Which of the following is an example of "big story" bias? a) A female journalist interviews mostly female engineers, even though there are more male engineers than female engineers. b) A journalist heard reports of vandalism and wrote a story about it. It turns out that animals had been getting into people's trash and making a mess; there were no human vandals. c) A journalist decides not to report a story that would make his newspaper's owner mad. d) A journalist spends much more time reporting on the Republican party candidates than candidates in the Democratic party. e) A sports journalist is writing about a game between his favorite team and their rivals. He doesn't want to be biased, so he writes most of the article about how well the rival team did. 10) What is framing? a) Giving different sides of a story the attention they deserve b) The way a journalist approaches and organizes a problem c) Words and phrases that influence the audience's perception of an issue or event d) The people, organizations, documents, and other providers of information that are used to put together a news report e) The process that news outlets use to decide which issues and events to cover 11) What is fairness and balance? a) Giving different sides of a story the attention they deserve b) The way a journalist approaches and organizes a problem c) Words and phrases that influence the audience's perception of an issue or event d) The people, organizations, documents, and other providers of information that are used to put together a news report e) The process that news outlets use to decide which issues and events to cover 12) What is tone? a) Giving different sides of a story the attention they deserve b) The way a journalist approaches and organizes a problem c) Words and phrases that influence the audience's perception of an issue or event d) The people, organizations, documents, and other providers of information that are used to put together a news report e) The process that news outlets use to decide which issues and events to cover 13) What is story selection? a) Giving different sides of a story the attention they deserve b) The way a journalist approaches and organizes a problem c) Words and phrases that influence the audience's perception of an issue or event d) The people, organizations, documents, and other providers of information that are used to put together a news report e) The process that news outlets use to decide which issues and events to cover 14) What are sources? a) Giving different sides of a story the attention they deserve b) The way a journalist approaches and organizes a problem c) Words and phrases that influence the audience's perception of an issue or event d) The people, organizations, documents, and other providers of information that are used to put together a news report e) The process that news outlets use to decide which issues and events to cover

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