MAC121

The Law of Defamation
applies to

When events that depart
from everyday experiences
make news, it is because of
the
involved.

One of these provisions is
not contained in the codes
for Nigerian Journalists

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

The
attributes of a journalist
requires that he/she
develops the ability to be
impartial, impersonal and
dispassionate

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

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

According to ____, an
action is justified if the
intentions of the doer are
good, regardless of the
consequences that ensure
from the action

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

is the main theme of the
story which provides the
spine of the story.

Teleological theory of ethics
is also called ______

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

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

Specialist reporters could
also be regarded as______

helps stories move in a
smooth, logical order from
field to the next

When a newspaper or any
other mass medium
presents news in a way
designed to arouse a quick
and excited reaction, this is
amounts to

The abuse of freedom by
the press in the 20th
Century led to the calls for
a

18. HFR refers to

Theory states that it is the
result or consequence of
actions that determine the
rightness or wrongness of
such action

Determinants of news
include all except @

Theory states that it is the
result or consequence of
actions that determine the
rightness or wrongness of
such action

The authoritarian theory
dates back to the

The Newspaper library,
where published stories,
photographs and resource
materials are stored for
reference purposes is
called

A reporter who has a
natural instinct for news,
could easily identify news,
is said to have

Surveillance of the
environment has to do with

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

A situation whereby a
journalist believes that
writing or publishing certain
stories would be offensive
to his or her employer is
known

28. Mast head:

Specialist reporters could
also be regarded as

The heart of news
gathering operation is the

The instrument most
professions, including the
media profession uses to
regulate the professional
conduct of their members is
codified as

The function of the press
does not include

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

Antinomian theory is closely
related to _____

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

Materials meant for a
newspaper story are still
referred to as

The 5 key principles of
radio programme include all
except

Special reporter could be
assigned to report______

Embargoed news materials
are termed HFR. This
means

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a______

The Reporter must write
and shape the writing to the
following except

The heading on the editorial
page that gives information
about the Newspaper is
called

43. Morgue is

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is _______ rather
than emotional

Antinomian theory is closely
related to

46. Cut line is also called

Because reporters are able
to recount events and
happenings in a society per
time, they are often referred
to as

Reporters primarily write for
the following reasons ____

All radio and television
scripts beside commercials
is called

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

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

52. CAR refers to

A beat reporter could be
regarded as a

The abuse of freedom by
the press in the 20th
Century led to the calls for
a _______

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the
_of ethics

The following are not types
of lead except

A broadcast to a station to
be recorded or sent to
another station or other
stations is called

lead is almost like a
headline. It is usually a
short sentence but if
deployed effectively, can
have great effect.

A lead provides answer to
all except

60. Credit line means

The head of the newsroom
operations is

Objectivist theory holds that
ethics is
rather than emotional

Absolutist theory of ethics is
based on the ________ of
ethics

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

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

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

Journalistic professional
ethical norms first began to
be codified in

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

Restore the cancelled
version written in a copy is
designated as

Journalistic ethics is
ultimately concerned with
for journalistic actions