The Cable News Network broadcasts news for
a. 8 hours per day.
b. 12 hours per day.
c. 16 hours per day.
d. 24 hours per day.
Question -2-It is predicted that by 2015, Americans will spend, on average,
a. 25 hours per week with media.
b. 20 hours per day with media.
c. 15 hours per day with media.
d. 10 hours per day with media.
Question -3-Which of the following does not fall under the category of info-tainment?
a. Televised talk shows
b. The Washington Post
c. The Huffington Post
d. Blogs
Question -4-What has been the effect of the Internet on twenty-first century newspapers?
a. Traditional print newspapers have disappeared.
b. All media are now owned by multinational conglomerates.
c. Some newspapers have moved to an all-digital format.
d. Traditional newspapers are forced to focus strictly on national and international news.
Question -5-What is the significance of the Telecommunications Act of 1996?
a. It deregulated media ownership, creating large media companies that owned multiple outlets in multiple formats.
b. It deregulated media ownership, creating a multitude of small, privately-owned outlets.
c. It deregulated media ownership, dismantling the three broadcast companies that had been in operation since the 1950s.
d. It increased regulation of broadcast television, but deregulated cable networks.
Question -6-What was a byproduct of the rise of cable television and its nonstop political news cycle?
a. Declining interest in non-political news coverage
b. Shrinking readership for newspapers
c. Stagnant profits for media outlets
d. Closing of radio stations nationwide
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