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MAC121
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theory believes that the press have certain obligations to society which must be accepted and fulfilled
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The Umbrella Code for journalists in Nigeria is ____
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lead is almost like a headline. It is usually a short sentence but if deployed effectively, can have great effect.
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The excesses of necessitated the need for the society to demand a high moral standard from journalists
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The media theory that calls for grassroots participation in the control of the media is the
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According to ____, an action is justified if the intentions of the doer are good, regardless of the consequences that ensure from the action
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Generally, abbreviations should be used in broadcast copy. True or False?
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When your sources are anonymous, your readers congratulate you for upholding the confidentiality of sources
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One of these provisions is not contained in the codes for Nigerian Journalists
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A telephone conversation or interview recorded for later playback on air is called
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11. Add means
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Absolutist theory of ethics is based on the ________ of ethics
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If your job is to make inquiries rather than attend a function, the section of the library should be your first port of call
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The heart of news gathering operation is the
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All Radio and TV script besides commercial refers to
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Objectivist theory holds that ethics is _______ rather than emotional
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17. Dateline refers to
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The instrument most professions, including the media profession uses to regulate the professional conduct of their members is codified as
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19. Cut line is also called
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Specialist reporters could also be regarded as
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Reporters discover and publish information that is based on rumour and speculation
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The abuse of freedom by the press in the 20th Century led to the calls for a
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Because the reporter helps chronicle events as they happen, he/she is fondly regarded as
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Special reporter could be assigned to report______
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The former Editor of The Times, Herold Evans, says News is
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One of this is not a principle of the International Code of Ethics for journalists
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An action is either good or bad depending on the context in which it was made. This is the position of
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The most used lead in Nigerian national newspapers is
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Surveillance of the environment has to do with______
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_____ is the body expected to interpret the code while acting as a judicator when any of the provisions of the code is breached
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Teleological theory of ethics is also called
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Antinomian theory is closely related to
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Journalistic ethics is ultimately concerned with for journalistic actions
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Reporters primarily write for the following reasons ____
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Information given to a reporter in complete confidence and should not be printed under any circumstances is called
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A lead provides answer to all except
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theory consists mainly of guidelines, techniques, traditions and conventions that guide the work of media production
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Writing news stories from tips gotten from cocktail parties could be regarded as
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39. Credit line means
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As a reporter, some of your morally correct principles and standards could be compromised in certain circumstances. This is the position of ____
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An action is either good or bad depending on the context in which it was made. This is the position of ______
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Between 1979 and 1983, many journalists sold their souls and craft to the highest political bidder or indeed to anyone who puts up the bid. This is a vivid picture of an ________ ethical crisis
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Specialist reporters could also be regarded as______
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Transmission of the social heritage from one generation to the next is____
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Determinants of news include all except @
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The naturally makes the first decision on what constitutes news
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Quotations give a sense that readers have talked directly with the sources.
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A beat reporter could be regarded as a______
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When events that depart from everyday experiences make news, it is because of the involved.
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Which regulatory body‘s code of conduct reads thus, “in obtaining news or pictures, reporters and press photographers should do nothing that will cause pain or humiliation to innocent, bereaved or otherwise distressed persons’
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