MAC121

1. Credit line means

s the body expected to
interpret the code while
acting as a judicator when
any of the provisions of the
code is breached

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions

If your job is to make
inquiries rather than attend
a function, the
section of the library should
be your first port of call

The following abbreviation
except one are allowed in a
broadcast

Reporters’ area of
specialization or coverage
is journalistically referred to
as

The most used lead in
Nigerian national
newspapers is

From the perspective of
Lasswell and Wright (1948),
when the press collects and
distributes information, it is
engaging in

Programmes broadcast
seven days a week at the
same time is called

Transmission of the social
heritage from one
generation to the next is

An action is either good or
bad depending on the
context in which it was
made. This is the position
of

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
______ for journalistic
actions

Generally, abbreviations
should be used in
broadcast copy. True or
False?

In the Newsroom, the head
holds his/her regular
briefings over the

Journalistic ethics as a
branch of philosophy helps
journalists’ in determining
what is

Soviet-communist media
theory was prevalent in

The Umbrella Code for
journalists in Nigeria is

The four theories of the
press could also be aptly
describes as

With regards to the ethics
of news writing and
reporting, the
journalist acts according to
his/her whims and caprices

20. Dateline refers to

21. Continuity means

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
for journalistic actions

Writing news stories from
tips gotten from cocktail
parties could be regarded
as

Embargoed news materials
are termed HFR. This
means

25. Add means

Information that may be
used by a reporter on
his/her own responsibility
and cannot be attributed
even to a “reliable source”
is called

Journalistic professional
ethical norms first began to
be codified in

28. Cut line is also called

The heart of news
gathering operation is the

One of this is not a principle
of the International Code of
Ethics for journalists

The practice of working as
a Journalist for a
Newspaper and at the
same time a Press
Secretary to a Governor
amounts to

The excesses of ____
necessitated the need for
the society to demand a
high moral standard from
journalists

Surveillance of the
environment has to do with

theory calls for
decentralization and
localization of mass media
structures and control in
order to ensure community
participation in media
activities

When your sources are
anonymous, your readers
congratulate you for
upholding the confidentiality
of sources

The excesses of
necessitated the need for
the society to demand a
high moral standard from
journalists

Reporters who cover
specialized beats in both
the print and electronic
media have the same
functions. True or False?

Man’s ability to feel and
empathize with others
makes it possible for
him/her to behave1

Teleological theory of ethics
is also called ______

codes reflect an
organization’s commitment
to certain standards of
conduct

The authoritarian theory
dates back to the

involves crediting a story to
a source

All Radio and TV script
besides commercial refers
to

44. Cut line is also called

The Umbrella Code for
journalists in Nigeria is
____

Special reporter could be
assigned to report crime,
sport or business. True or
false?

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

The media function that
concerns interpretation and
analysis is regarded by
Lasswell & Wright as

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

theory believes that the
press have certain
obligations to society which
must be accepted and
fulfilled